This list of languages is alphabetical by English name. More structured lists are also available:

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• ISO 639
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Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.

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Contents:	Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abanyom
• Abkhazian
• Abujmaria
• Adele
• Afrikaans
• Agul
• Aimaq, or Barbari
• Aini
• Ainu
• Akan
• Akawaio (Carib)
• Akkadian (Semitic) (extinct)
• Albanian
• Aleut
• Algonquin
• Alem�n Coloneiro (Germanic)
• Alsatian (Germanic)
• Altay
• Alutor
• Amharic
• Amorite
• Anglo-Saxon
• Amdang
• Ammonite
• Angaur
• Anlo
• Apachean languages
• Arabic (Semitic)
• Aragonese
• Aramaic (Semitic)
• Arawakan languages
• Armenian
• Ashkenazi Hebrew
• Ashkun
• Assamese
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
• Athabaskan
• Asturian
• Avestan
• Awadhi
• Aymara
• Azerbaijani

B

• Badaga
• Badeshi
• Bajelan
• Balochi
• Bambara
• Bashkir
• Basque
• Bavarian
• Belarusian (Slavic)
• Bemba
• Bengali
• Beothuk
• Berber
• B�t�
• Bhili
• Bhojpuri
• Biafran
• Bihari
• Bikya (Furu)
• Blackfoot
• Bokmal or Bokmaal
• Bolgar
• Bonan, also known as Paoan
• Bosnian (Slavic)
• Brahui
• Breathanach
• Breton (Celtic)
• Brithenig
• Bulgarian (Slavic)
• Burmese
• Burushaski
• Buryat

C

• Caluyanun
• Camunic (extinct)
• Cantonese (Sinitic)
• Carib
• Carlestia (constructed, based on European languages)
• Catalan (Romance)
• Catawba
• Cayuga
• Cebuano (Malayo-Polynesian)
• Ceqli (constructed)
• Chagatai
• Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
• Chamorro
• Chaouia
• Chavacano
• Chechen
• Chenchu
• Chenoua
• Cherokee
• Chiricahua Apache
• Chhattisgarhi
• Chichewa
• Chipewyan
• Chittagonian
• Choctaw
• Chorasmian
• Chukchi
• Chulym
• Chuvash
• Cocoma
• Cocopa
• Coeur d'Alene
• Coptic
• Cornish (Celtic)
• Corsican
• Cree
• Crimean Turkish
• Croatian (Slavic)
• Cuman
• Cumbric (Celtic) (extinct)
• Curonian
• Czech (Slavic)

D

• Dacian (extinct)
• Dalmatian
• Dameli
• Danish (Germanic)
• Dargestani
• Dari (Zoroastrian)
• Dari-Persian
• Darkhat
• Daur, also known as Dagur
• Dhatki
• Dida
• Dioula or Jula
• Dirwali (also known as Gawri or Kalami)
• Divehi
• D'ni (constructed)
• Dogri
• Dogrib
• Dolgan
• Dongxiang
• Duala
• Dumaki
• Dungan
• Dutch (Germanic)
• Dzhidi

E

• East Yurghur
• Edomite
• Ekspreso
• Elamite (extinct)
• Enets (Yenisey Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
• English (Germanic)
• Erzya (Finno-Ugric)
• Esperanto (constructed, based on European languages)
• Estonian (Finno-Ugric)
• Etruscan
• Even
• Evenk
• Ewe
• Eyak
• Extremenian

F

• Faeroese
• Fars
• Fijian
• Filipino
• Finnish (Finno-Ugric)
• Flemish
• Fon
• French Cr�ole
• French (Romance)
• Frisian
• Friulian (Romance)
• Fulani
• Fur

G

• Ga
• Gadaba
• Gagauz
• Galician
• Garhwali
• Gaulish
• Gayo
• Gazi
• Ge'ez
• Gelangali
• Gen / Gen-Gbe, Mina
• Georgian
• German / Deutsch (Germanic)
• Ghomara
• Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu)
• Gilaki
• Gilbertese (= (I-)Kiribati)
• Gondi
• Gorani
• Gothic (extinct)
• Gowari (also known as Gawarbati or Narsati)
• Greek
• Guanche
• Guaraginga
• Guarani
• Gujarati
• Gwich'in

H

• Hadza / Hatsa
• Haitian creole
• Han
• Harauti
• Haryani
• Harzani
• Hausa
• Hawaiian
• Hazaragi
• Hebrew (Semitic)
• Hiligaynon
• Hindi (Indo-Iranian)
• Hittite (Anatolian)
• Hixkaryana (Carib)
• Hmong
• Hopi
• Hungarian (Finno-Ugric)
• Hurrian
• Hutterite German

I

• Ibibio
• Icelandic (Germanic)
• Ido (constructed, reformed version of Esperanto)
• Ibanag
• Igbo
• Illyrian
• Ilocano (Malayo-Polynesian)
• Ilonggo (Malayo-Polynesian)
• Inari Sami
• Indonesian (Malayo-Polynesian)
• Ingrian
• Interlingua (constructed, based on European languages)
• Interlingue, originally Occidental (constructed, based on European languages)
• Inuktitut
• Inupiaq
• Inuvialuktun
• Iraqw
• Irish (Irish Gaelic) (Celtic)
• Irkut
• Irula
• Isan
• Ishkashimi
• Istro-Romanian (Romance)
• Italian / Italiano (Romance)
• Izhorian (Finno-Ugric)

J

• Jacaltec
• Jalaa
• Japanese / 日本語
• Javanese
• Jicarilla
• Judaeo-Spanish
• Judeo-Crimean Tatar
• Jurchen

K

• Kabyle
• Kafiri
• Kalaallisut or Greenlandic
• Kalash
• Kalasha-ala, also known as Waigali
• Kalmyk
• Kalto, also known as Nahali
• Kamas (Samoyedic)
• Kamchadal, also known as Itelmen
• Kamvari
• Kankonian
• Kannada
• Kaonde
• Karachay-Balkar
• Karagas
• Karaim
• Karakalpak
• Karelian (Finno-Ugric)
• Kashmiri
• Kashubian
• Kawi
• Kazakh
• Kelen
• Kemi Sami
• Kerek
• Ket
• Khakas
• Khalaj
• Khandeshi
• Khanty (Ostyak) (Finno-Ugric)
• Khazar
• Khirwar
• Khmer
• Khowari
• Khunsari
• Kildin Sami
• Kinyarwanda
• Kimatuumbi
• Kiribati (= Kiribatese = Kiribatian)
• Kirundi
• Kiswahili
• Klallam
• Klingon (constructed)
• Kodagu
• Kohistani (also known as Khili)
• Kolami
• Komi (Finno-Ugric)
• Konda
• Konkani
• Koraga
• Korandje
• Korasani
• Korean / 한국어
• Korowai
• Koryak
• Kota
• Koya
• Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
• Kujarge
• Kui
• Kumauni
• Kumyk
• Kumzari
• Kurdish
• Kurukh
• Kurumba
• Kuvi
• Kyrgyz

L

• L�adan
• Laal
• Ladin
• Lahnda
• Lakota (Lakhota)
• Lamani, also known as Banjari
• Lao
• Lappish
• Latin / Latina
• Latvian (Baltic)
• Lenni Lenape
• Lepontic
• Ligbi (also known as Ligby)
• Lingala
• Lipan
• Lishana Deni
• Lishan Didan
• Lishanid Noshan
• Lithuanian (Baltic)
• Livonian (Finno-Ugric)
• Loglan (constructed)
• Lojban (constructed, based on Loglan)
• Lozi
• Lude
• Luganda
• Lummi
• Lunda
• Luri
• Lushootseed
• Lusoga
• Luvale
• Luwati
• Luxembourgish
• Lydian (Anatolian)

M

• Macedonian (Slavic)
• Macedoromanian (Romance)
• Maithili
• Makasar
• Malagasy
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Maldvian
• Maltese
• Malto
• Malvi
• Manchurian
• Manda
• Mandaic
• Mandarin (Chinese)
• Mandinka
• Mansi (Vogul) (Finno-Ugric)
• Manx (Manx Gaelic)
• Maori
• Marathi
• Mari (Cheremis) (Finno-Ugric)
• Maria
• Marquesan
• Marshallese
• Mator
• Maya
• Mayang
• Mazandarani
• Menominee
• Me�nkieli
• Megleno-Romanian
• Meroitic
• Merya
• Mescalero
• Messapian
• Michif
• Mi'kmaq
• Minangkabau
• Mlahs�
• Moabite
• Mobilian
• Moghol
• Mohawk
• Moksha (Finno-Ugric)
• Mon
• Mongolian
• Mpre
• Mundari
• Munji
• Muria
• Muromian

N

• Nafaanra
• Nagarchal
• Nahuatl
• Naiki
• Nama
• Nanai
• Nangalami
• Natanzi
• Nauruan
• Navajo
• Nayini
• Ndebele
• Negidal
• Nenets (Yurak) (Samoyedic)
• Nepali
• New Kypchak
• Nganasan (Tavgi) (Samoyedic)
• Ngumba
• Nhengatu
• Nigerian pidgin
• Niuean
• Nivkh (Gilyak)
• Nogai
• Norn
• Northern Sami
• Northern Sotho
• North Yukaghir
• Norwegian
• Novial (constructed, based on European languages)
• N/u
• Nuka, or Nuka-Dora
• Nuristani
• Nuxalk
• Nyabwa
• Nyanja
• Nynorsk

O

• Occidental, later Interlingue (constructed, based on European languages)
• Occitan
• Oirat
• Ojibwe
• Olcha
• Old Nubian language
• Old Church Slavonic
• Old French
• Old Norse
• Old Prussian (Baltic)
• Old South Arabian
• Olonetsian (also known as Olonets or Livvi) (Finno-Ugric)
• Omagua
• Oriya
• Ormuri
• Oroch
• Orochen
• Orok
• Oromifa
• Oropom
• Ossetic
• Ottoman Turkish

P

• Pahari
• Pahlavi
• Palauan
• Pali
• Papiamento
• Parachi
• Parji, also known as Duruwa
• Parya
• Pashayi
• Pashto
• Passamaquoddy
• Pecheneg
• Pemon (Carib)
• Pengo
• Pennsylvania German
• Persian
• Phalura
• Phoenician languages
• Phrygian (extinct)
• Pictish
• Piraha (Mura)
• Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German
• Polish (Slavic)
• Portuguese
• Potiguara
• Pradhan, also known as Pardhan
• Prasuni, also known as Wasi-weri
• Proven�al
• Pucikwar
• Punjabi

Q

• Qashqai
• Quechua
• Quenya (constructed)

R

• Rajasthani
• Rappahanock
• Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance)
• Romanian (Romance)
• Romanica (constructed Romance)
• Romansh (Romance)
• Romany (Indo-Iranian)
• Rotokas
• Russenorsk
• Russian (Slavic)

S

• Salar
• Salishan languages
• Samaritan Hebrew
• Sami (Lappish) (Finno-Ugric)
• Samoan
• Sandawe
• Sangisari
• Sanglechi
• Sango
• Sanskrit (Indo-Iranian)
• Santali
• Saraiki
• Saramaccan
• Sardinian (Romance)
• Sarikoli
• Sasxsek
• Savara
• Savi
• Scanian (Germanic)
• Scots (Lallans) (Includes Ulster Scots (Ullans))
• Scots Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic or Gaelic)
• Selchuk = Salchuq
• Selkup (Ostyak Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
• Selonian
• Seminole
• Semnani
• Senaya
• Sened
• Senhaja de Srair
• Sepedi
• Sephardi Hebrew
• Serbian (Slavic)
• Serbo-Croatian (Slavic)
• Sesotho
• Shahrudi
• Shina
• Shona
• Shor
• Shughni
• Shumashti
• Sindarin (constructed)
• Sindhi
• Sinhalese
• Sioux
• Sivandi
• Skolt Sami
• Slavey
• Slovak (Slavic)
• Slovene (Slavic)
• Slovio (constructed Slavic)
• Soddo
• Soi
• Solresol (constructed)
• Somali
• Sona (constructed)
• Sonsorolese (or Sonsorol, or Sonsoral)
• Soqotri
• Sorbian (Slavic)
• Southern Sami
• South Yukaghir
• Spanish (Romance)
• Sranan
• Sucite
• Sudovian
• Sumerian (extinct)
• Sundanese
• Supyire
• Swabian (Germanic)
• Swahili (Bantu)
• Swati or Siswati
• Swedish (Germanic)
• Swiss German (Germanic)
• Syriac

T

• Tachelhit
• Tagalog (Malayo-Polynesian)
• Tahitian
• Tajik
• Takestani
• Talossan
• Talysh
• Tamil
• Tanacross
• Tarifit
• Tat
• Tatar, Kazan Tatar
• Telugu
• Teonaht
• Tetum
• Thai
• Tharu
• Thracian (extinct)
• Tibetan
• Ticonderoga
• Tigre
• Tigrinya
• Tigrignan
• Tirahi
• Tlingit
• Tobian
• Tocharian A and B
• Toda
• Tok Pisin
• Toki Pona (constructed pidgin based on sources from around the world)
• Tongan
• Tokelauan
• Trasianka | Трасянка
• Tregami
• Tshivenda
• Tsimshian
• Tswana (Setswana)
• Tu, also known as Monguor
• Tuareg languages
• Tulu
• Tupinamba
• Tupinkin
• Turkish
• Turkmen
• Turoyo
• Turvali, also known as Torwali (Indo-Iranian)
• Tuvaluan
• Tuvan (also known as Tuvin)

U

• Uatakassí
• Ubykh (Northwest Caucasian)
• Udihe
• Udmurt (Votyak) (Finno-Ugric)
• Ugaritic
• Uighur
• Ukrainian (Slavic)
• Urdu
• Uripiv
• Urum
• Ute
• Uzbek

V

• Vafsi
• Veps (Finno-Ugric)
• Verdurian (constructed)
• Vietnamese
• Visayan or (Bisaya)
• Volap�k (constructed, based on European languages)
• V�ro (Finno-Ugric)
• Vote (Finno-Ugric)
• Vulcan (constructed)

W

• Waddar
• Wakhi
• Walloon (Romance)
• Waneci
• Welsh (Celtic)
• Wenedyk
• West Yurghur
• Weyto
• Wolof
• Wotapuri-katarqalai
• Wu (Chinese)

X

• /Xam
• Xhosa
• Xibe
• !X��
• !Xu (!Kung) (Khoisan)

Y

• Yaghnobi
• Yakut
• Yapese
• Yazdi
• Yazgulami
• Yemenite Hebrew
• Yiddish
• Yidgha
• Yor�b�
• Yugh
• Yukaghir
• Yurats

Z

Only some major languages are listed here. See List of spoken and sign languages beginning with the letter Z for about 50 more.

• Zapotec
• Zazaki
• Zhuang
• Zulu
• Zuñi

External links

• Ethnologue language name index (http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp)
• Rosetta project (http://www.rosettaproject.org/live)
• Language Museum (http://www.language-museum.com/)

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