List of language names
This article is a resource of how to say the native name of most major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.
Languages
Abaza - Aбаза бызшва
Abenaki † - Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan
- Formerly Spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe
Abkhaz - Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа
- Official Language in: the Republic of Abkhazia
and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Adangme - Adangbɛ
- Official Language in: the Republic of Ghana
Adangbe - Adangbe
- Official Language in: the Republic of Togo
Adyghe - Aдыгэбзэ
Afar - Qafár af
Afrikaans - Afrikaans
- Official Language in: the Republic of South Africa
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Botswana
and the Republic of Namibia 
Ainu - アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak
Ajië - A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu
Akan - Akan, Fante, Twi
- Official Language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland
Albanian - Shqip, Shqiptar
- Official Language in: the Republic of Albania
and Kosovo 
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Italian Republic
, the Republic of Macedonia 
, Montenegro 
, Romania 
, and the Republic of Serbia 
Aleut - Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý
- Spoken in: Alaska, United States of America
and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation 
Amdang - Sìmí Amdangtí
- Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region, Republic of Chad
Amharic - ኣማርኛ
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- Formerly Spoken in: Ancient Egypt
Angika - अंगिका
- Spoken in: the Republic of India
and the Democratic Republic of Nepal 
Apache - Ndéé
- Spoken in: The Southwestern United States of America
Arabic - اللغة العربية
Aragonese - l'Aragonés
Aramaic - ܐܪܡܝܐ
- Spoken in: the Islamic Republic of Iran
, the Republic of Iraq 
, the State of Israel 
, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 
, the Lebanese Republic 
, the State of Palestine 
, the Syrian Arab Republic 
, and the Republic of Turkey 
Arapaho - Hinono'eitiitt
- Spoken by: the Native American tribe of the Arapaho
Armenian - Հայերեն
- Official Language in: the Republic of Armenia
and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic 
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Cyprus
, the Republic of Poland 
, and Romania , Samtskhe-Javakheti Republic, Republic of Hungary 
, Republic of Iraq , Republic of Lebanon , Repyblic of Turkey , Ukraine 
and California, United States of America 
Armenian (Eastern) - Արևելահայերեն
- Spoken in: the Republic of Armenia ,
Armenian (Western) - Արեւմտահայերէն
- Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora
Arrernte - Arrernte Angkentye
- Spoken in: the Northern Territory, Commonwealth of Australia
Assamese - অসমীয়া
- Spoken in: the Kingdom of Bhutan
, the People's Republic of Bangladesh 
, and the Republic of India .
Asturian - Asturianu
- Spoken in: the Principality of Asturias, Kingdom of Spain
Avar - MагIарул MацI
- Spoken in: the Republic of Azerbaijan
, Georgia 
, the Republic of Kazakhstan 
, the Republic of Turkey , and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation 
Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Spoken on: the eastern Iranian Plateau
Aymara - Aymar Aru
- Spoken by: the Bolivian/Chilean/Peruvian Aymara people
Äynu - ئەينۇ
- Spoken in: the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Azerbaijani - Azərbaycanca, آذربایجان دیلی
- Official Language in: the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
- Spoken in: Iran , Turkey and Georgia
Baga † - Barka
- Formerly Spoken in: the Republic of Guinea
Bai - 白语
- Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
Balinese - ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
- Spoken in: Bali, Republic of Indonesia
Balti - སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی
- Spoken in: Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
and Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Republic of India 
Bambara - Bamanankan
- Spoken in: the Republic of Mali
Bantu † - Narrow Bantu
- Formerly Spoken in: Subsaharan Africa
Basa-Gumna † - Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta
- Formerly Spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Bashkir - башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele
- Official Language in: the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
and the Republic of Kazakhstan
Basque - Euskara
Bassa - ɓasaá
- Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People
Batak - 
- Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia
Belarusian - Беларуская
- Official Language in: the Republic of Belarus
and the Republic of Poland - Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine
Bemba - iciBemba
- Official Language in: the Republic of Zambia
Bengali - বাংলা
- Official Language in: the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India
Berber - Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
- Spoken in: Northern Africa
Berta - Gebeto or Wetawit
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Bhojpuri - भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري
- Spoken in: Bihar, Republic of India ; Jharkhand, Republic of India ; Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India ; Co-operative Republic of Guyana
; Republic of Suriname 
; and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 
Bislama - Bislama
Blackfoot - ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ
- Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe
Bodo - बड़ो
- Spoken in: Republic of India and Democratic Republic of Nepal
Bosnian - Босански, Bosanski
- Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Montenegro - Recognised Minority Language in: Republic of Albania , Kosovo , Republic of Macedonia , and Republic of Serbia
Braille - ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑
Breton – Ar Brezhoneg
- Spoken in: Brittany, French Republic
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Buginese - ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
- Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia
Buhid - ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ
- Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines
Bulgarian - български език
- Official Language in: Republic of Bulgaria
and Mount Athos, the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Hellenic Republic 
- Recognised Minority Language in: Romania , Republic of Serbia , and Ukraine
Burmese - မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား
Cahuilla - Ivia
- Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America
Cantonese - 廣東話
- Official Language in: Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China
Carrier - ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Catalan - Català
- Official Language in: Principality of Andorra
; the Balearic Islands, Kingdom of Spain 
; Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain 
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- Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales, French Republic
; Sardinia, Italian Republic 
; and Aragón, Kingdom of Spain 
Cayuga - Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’
- Spoken by: the Iroquois Cayuga people living in the Canadian First Nation reservation of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation
Cebuano - Bisaya, Sinugboanon
- Spoken in: Central Visayas, Philippines and Mindoro, Philippines
Chamorro - Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro
Chechen - Нохчийн Mотт
- Official Language in: the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation
and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
- Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee
, in Oklahoma 
Chewa - Nyanja
Cheyenne - Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots
- Spoken in: Montana, United States of America
and Oklahoma, United States of America
Chhattisgarhi - छत्तीसगढ़ी
- Spoken in: Republic of India
Chickasaw - Chikasha
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America
Chinese - 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文
- Official Language in: the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
; the People's Republic of China ; Republic of Singapore 
; Republic of China 
; and the Wa State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar 
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia
, the Philippines , and the United States of America
Chinese (Classical) - 古文 or 文言
- Spoken in: the People's Republic of China , Japan
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, the Republic of China , and Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
Chipewyan - ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné
- Spoken in: the Canada
Choctaw - Chahta', Chahta Anumpa
- Spoken in: The United States of America
Chuvash - Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla
Cimbrian - Zimbrisch
- Spoken in: the Italian Republic
Comanche - Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America
Coptic - ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ
- The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language
Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek
Corsican - Corsu
Cree - ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
- Official Language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Croatian - Hrvatski
- Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Republic of Croatia
; and Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia 
- Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland, Republic of Austria
; Baranya County, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary ; Molise, Italian Republic 
; Montenegro ; Carașova, Caraș-Severin County Romania ; and Lupac, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
Cupeño † - Kupangaxwicham Pe'memelki
- Formerly Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America
Czech - Český Jazyk, Čeština
- Official Language in: the Czech Republic
Dakhini - دکنی
- Official Language in: the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates
Dakota - Dakȟótiyapi
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States of America
Dalecarlian - Dalmål
- Spoken in: Kingdom of Sweden
Danish - Dansk
- Official Language in: Kingdom of Denmark
and the Faroe Islands 
- Recognised Minority Language in: Federal Republic of Germany
, Greenland 
, and Republic of Iceland 
Dargwa - Дарган Mез
Dari - فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi
- The Dari language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language
Dhivehi - ދިވެހި
Drehu - Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu
Dungan - 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян
- Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people
Dutch - Nederlands
- Official Language in: Aruba
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, Country of Curaçao, 
, the Netherlands, 
, Sint Maarten, 
, and Republic of Suriname,
Dzongkha - རྫོང་ཁ་
Egyptian Arabic † - اللغة المصرية العامية
- Formerly Spoken in: Lower Egypt
English - English
Erzya - Эрзянь Kель
Esperanto - Esperanto
Estonian - Eesti
Evenki - Эвэды̄ турэ̄н
- Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia , the Mongolian aimag of the Selenge Province
, and the Russian krai of Krasnoyarsk Krai 
Ewe - Èʋe, Èʋegbe
- Spoken by: the Beninois/Togolese Ewe people
Eyak - I•ya•q
Faroese - Føroyskt
Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti
Fiji Hindi - फिजी बात or Fiji Baat
- Spoken in: Fiji
Filipino - Wikang Filipino
- Official Language in: the Philippines
Finnish - Suomi
- Official Language in: Finland
and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia 
; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Fon - Fon gbè, Fɔngbè
- Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people
French - Français
Frisian (North) - Noordfreesk
- Official Language in: the German archipelago of Heligoland
and the German district of Nordfriesland 
Frisian (Saterland) - Seeltersk
- Spoken in: the German municipality of Saterland
Frisian (West) - Frysk
- Official Language in: the Dutch province of Friesland
Friulian - Furlan
- Spoken in: Italy
Fula - Fulani, Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular'Fulaare
- Spoken in: Central Africa
Fur - For
- Spoken in: the Republic of Chad
and Darfur, Republic of the Sudan 
Ga - Gã
Galician - Galego
- Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia
Gan - 赣语, 贛語
Ge'ez - ግዕዝ
Georgian - ქართული
German - Deutsch
- Official Language in: Austria
, the Belgian German-Speaking Community 
, Germany , Liechtenstein 
, Luxembourg 
, the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol 
, and Switzerland 
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Brazilian city of Pomerode
, the Czech Republic , Denmark , Hungary , the Italian autonomous province of Trentino , Kazakhstan , Namibia , Poland , Romania , Russia 
, the Slovak municipality of Krahule 
, and the Vatican City 
(Administrative and commanding language of the Swiss Guard)
Gikuyu - Gĩkũyũ
- Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province
Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati
Godoberi - ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci
Greek - Ελληνικά
- Official Language in: Cyprus and Greece
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Armenia , Italy , Romania , Turkey , and Ukraine
Greenlandic - Kalaallisut
Guaraní - Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju
- Official Language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes
, Bolivia 
, and Paraguay 
Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
- Official Language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat
Gumuz - Bega
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Gurung - तमु क्यी
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
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Gwich'in - Gwich'in
- Official Language in: the Canadian federal territory of the Northwest Territories
Haida - Xaat Kíl
Hainanese - 海南話
Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen
Hakka - 客家話, 客家话
- Spoken by: the Hakka people
Harari - ሃራሪ
- Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region
Hausa - حَوْسَ
- Spoken by: the Hausa people
Hawaiian - ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- Official Language in: the American state of Hawaii
Hebrew - עברית
- Official Language in: Israel
- The Hebrew language is a Jewish liturgical language
Herero - Otjiherero
Himba - Omuhimba, Simba
- Spoken in: Gabon
Hindi - हिन्दी
Hindustani - ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी
Hiri Motu - Hiri Motu
Hmong - lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob
Hopi - Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi
- Spoken in: the northeastern area of the State of Arizona, United States of America
Hungarian - Magyar
- Official Language in: Hungary
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Croatia , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia
, and Ukraine
Icelandic - Íslenska
Ido - Ido
- The Ido language is a International auxiliary language.
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Igbo - Asụsụ Igbo
Ik - Icetot
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Ilocano - Iloko
- Official Language in: the Philippine province of La Union
Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia
Ingush - ГӀалгӀай мотт
- Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia
Interlingua - Interlingua
Inuktitut – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
- Official Language in: the Canadian provinces of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
; the Nunavik area of the Canadian province of Quebec 
; and the Canada-administrated/Inuit-claimed autonomous area of Nunatsiavut
Inupiat - Iñupiatun
Irish - Gaeilge
Isthmus Nahuatl - Mela'tájtol
Italian - Italiano
- Official Language in: the Croatian Istria County
, Italy , San Marino 
, the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria , Switzerland , and the Vatican City
Japanese - 日本語, 日本語
Javanese - ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
- Spoken in: the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java, New Caledonia
, and Suriname
Judaeo-Spanish - גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול, Ladino
- Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora
Jutish - Jydsk
- Spoken in: Denmark
Jèrriais - Jèrriais
- Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Jersey
and the British royal fief of Sark 
Kabardian - Kъэбэрдеибзэ
- Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria
and Karachay-Cherkessia 
Kabyle - شئعم
- Spoken in: Algeria
Kaingang - Kanhgág
- Spoken in: Brazil
Kannada - ಕನ್ನಡ
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Karnataka
Kanuri - Kanuri
Karakalpak - Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili
- Official Language in: the Uzbek autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan
Karamojong - ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ
- Spoken in: the Moroto District, Karamoja Sub-Region, Northern Region, Republic of Uganda
Karelian - Karjalan Kieli
- Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia
Kashmiri - كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur
Kashubian - Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk
- Official Language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania
Kazakh - Қазақ Tілі
- Official Language in: Kazakhstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic
Kelantanese Malay - بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate
Kendeje - Kendeje
- Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad
Khakas - Хакас Tілі
Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ
Khoekhoe - Khoekhoegowab
Khowar - کھوار
Kinyarwanda - Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda
Kiribati - Taetae Ni Kiribati
Konkani - कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Goa
Korean - 조선말, 한국어
- Official Language in: North Korea
, South Korea 
, and the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Yanbian
Kuliak - Rub
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Kumyk - Къумукъ Tил
- Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan
Kurdish - Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди
Kutchi - کچھی or કચ્છી
- Spoken in: South Asia
Kwadi † - !Kwa/tse
- Formerly Spoken in: Angola
- (Kwadi is a "click language".)
Ladakhi - ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།
Ladin - Ladin
- Spoken in: Italy
Lakota - Lakȟótiyapi
- Spoken by: the Lakota people
Lao - ພາສາລາວ
Latin language - Latina
- Official Language in: the Vatican City
Latvian - Latviešu
Laz - ლაზური ნენა
Leonese - Llïonés
Lepcha - ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Limbu - ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Limburgish - Lèmburgs
- Official Language in: the Netherlands
Lingala - Lingála
- Official Language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the Republic of the Congo 
Lisu - ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ
- Official Language in: the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Nujiang Lisu and the Chinese autonomous county of Weixi Lisu
Lithuanian - Lietuvių
Livonian - Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ
- Spoken in: Latvia
Low German - Plattdüütsch
- Spoken in: Denmark , Germany , and the Netherlands
Low Prussian Dialect - Niederpreußisch
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Luba-Kasai - Tshiluba
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luganda - Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda
- Spoken in: Uganda
Luiseño - Cham'teela
- Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America
Luo - Kavirondo or Dholuo
Luri - لری or Lori
- Spoken in: Iran , Iraq , Kuwait
, Oman 
, and the United Arab Emirates
Luxembourgish - Lëtzebuergesch
- Official Language in: Luxembourg
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Belgian community of the French Community of Belgium
Maasai - ɔl Maa
- Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people
Macedonian - Mакедонски
- Official Language in: Republic of Macedonia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Romania , and Serbia
Magahi - मगही
Magar - मगर भाषा
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Maithili - मैथिली, মৈথিলী
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Bihar and Nepal
Makassarese - Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ
- Spoken in: the southern tip of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi
Malay - بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu
- Official Language in: Brunei , Malaysia , and Singapore
Malayalam - മലയാളം
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry
Maltese - Malti
Manchu - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
- Spoken by: the Manchu people
- (There are only 18 speakers left; none under the age of 80)
Mandarin - 國語
- Spoken in: Most of China
Manx – Gaelg
- Official Language in: the Isle of Man
Marathi - मराठी
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Maharashtra and the Indian territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Marshallese - Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl
- Official Language in: the Marshall Islands
Masalit - kana masara
- Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Republic of the Sudan
Meitei - মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Manipur
Miami-Illinois - Myaamia
- Spoken in: the Illinois Confederation
Michoacán Nahuatl - Pómaro Nahuatl
- Spoken in: Mexico
Min - 閩語 or 闽语
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Min Bei - 闽北语
- Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level city of Nanping
Min Dong - 閩東語
- Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou and Ningde
Min Nan - 閩南語 or 闽南语
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Min Zhong - 闽中话
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Mon - ဘာသာ မန်
- Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River
Mongolian - Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
- Official Language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and Mongolia
Muscogee Creek - Mvskoke, Mvskokē
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Musgu - Mulwi
Muskum † - Muzuk
- Formerly Spoken in: Chad
Māori – te Reo Māori
Nagumi † - Gong or Ngong
- Formerly Spoken in: Cameroon
Nahuatl - Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli
Navajo – Diné bizaad
- Spoken by: the Navajo Nation
Ndyuka - 
- Spoken in: French Guiana
and Suriname
Nepal Bhasa - नेपाल भाषा
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim and Nepal
Nepali - नेपाली
- Official Language in: the Indian district of the Darjeeling district , the Indian state of Sikkim , and Nepal
Ngbee † - Lingbee
- Formerly Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Northern Thai - ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ
- Spoken in: the northern area of Thailand
, and some other parts of Southeast Asia
Norwegian - Norsk
Nuosu - ꆈꌠ꒿
- Spoken in: China
Nyangia - Nyang'i
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Occidental - Interlingue
Occitan - Occitan
- Official Language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran
Ojibwe - ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
- Spoken by: the Ojibwe people
Okinawan Japanese - ウチナーヤマトゥグチ
Old Church Slavonic † - Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ
- Formerly Spoken in: Eastern Europe
Old English † - Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ
Omotik † - Laamoot
- Formerly Spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Odia - ଓଡ଼ିଆ
- Official Language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha
Pahari - पहाड़ी
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab, Sikkim , Uttarakhand, and West Bengal; Nepal , the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir , and Greater Tibet
Palula - پالولہ
- Spoken in: the Pakistani district of the Chitral District
Pattani Malay - بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี
Persian - فارسی
- Official Language in: Afghanistan
, Iran , and Tajikistan 
Phoenician † - 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌
- Formerly Spoken in: the Near East
Piman - Tepiman
- Spoken in: the State of Arizona, United States of America and the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, United Mexican States
Pipil - Náhuat or Nawat
- Spoken in: the Salvadoran cities of San Salvador
and Sonsonate; and the Salvadoran department of La Libertad 
Pitjantjatjara - Pitjantjatjara
- Spoken in: the northwestern area of the Australian state of South Australia
Plautdietsch - Plautdietsch
- Spoken in: Eastern Europe, with some scattered speakers in the Americas
Polish - Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna
- Official Language in: Poland
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Romania , Slovakia , and Ukraine
Portuguese - Português
- Official Language in: Angola , Brazil , Cape Verde
, East Timor 
, Equatorial Guinea 
, Guinea-Bissau 
, Macau , Mozambique 
, Portugal 
, and São Tomé and Príncipe 
Punjabi language - पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی
- Official Language in: the Indian federal district of Delhi ; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Pakistani province of Punjab
Pu-Xian Min - 興化話 or 莆仙話
- Spoken in: the Chinese county of Xianyou and the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou, Putian, and Quanzhou
Raga - Hano
- Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Republic of Vanuatu
Rajasthani - राजस्थानी
Romani - Romani Ćhib
- Spoken by: the Romani people
; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Romanian - Română
- Official Language in: Moldova
, Romania , Transnistria 
, and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina - Recognised Minority Language in: Hungary , Italy , Serbia , Spain
, and Ukraine
Romansh - Rumantsch
Russian - Русский
Rusyn - Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда
- Official Language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , Poland , Romania , Serbia , and Slovakia
Ruthenian† - Руский Языкъ
- Formerly Spoken in: the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 
Sami – Lappic, Lappish, Saame, Saami, Saamic, Samic, or Sámi
- Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden
Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa
- Official Language in: American Samoa
and Samoa 
Sanskrit - संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्
Sardinian - Sardu
- Official Language in: the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Italy
Saurashtra - ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu
Scots - Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans
Scottish Gaelic - Gàidhlig
Serbian - Српски, Srpski
- Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , and Slovakia
Shan - လိၵ်ႈတႆး
- Spoken in: the Myanma states of the Kachin State
and the Shan State 
and by the Shan people
Shanghaiese - 上海闲话
- Spoken in: the Chinese municipality of Shanghai
Sherpa language - शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Shona - Shona
Sicilian - Sicilianu
- Spoken in: the Italian region of Apulia
, Calabria 
, Campania 
; the Italian comune of Leece ; Malta 
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Sikkimese - འབྲས་ལྗོངས་
- Official Language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Sindhi - سنڌي
- Official Language in: India and the Pakistani province of Sindh
Sinhala - සිංහල
Slovak - Slovenčina
- Official Language in: Slovakia , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Hungary and Ukraine
Slovene - Slovenščina
- Official Language in: Slovenia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Hungary , and Italy
Somali - اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali
Sotho - Sesotho
- Official Language in: Lesotho
and South Africa
Spanish - Español
Stellingwarfs - Stellingwerfs
- Spoken in: the Netherlands
Sundanese - ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ
- Official Language in: the Indonesian province of West Java
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Swahili – Kiswahili
- Official Language in: Kenya , Tanzania
, and Uganda
Swedish - Svenska
- Official Language in: Finland and Sweden
Swiss German - Schwyzerdütsch
- Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg
, the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley 
and Piedmont, Liechtenstein , and Switzerland
Sylheti - ছিলটী, সিলেটী
- Spoken in: the Bangladeshi division of Greater Sylhet ; the Indian state of Assam's region of the Barak Valley ; the Indian state of Assam's districts of Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj ; and the Indian state of Tripura
Tagalog - ᜊᜊᜌᜒ, ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔, Wikang Tagalog
- Official Language in: the Philippines
Tahitian - Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti
- Spoken in: the French Polynesian area of the Society Islands
Turkish - Türkçe
- Official Language in: Turkey , Northern Cyprus
And Cyprus - Spoken in: the Bosnia And Herzegovina . Greece . Iraq . Kosovo . Macedonia . Romania . Bulgaria . Syria . Netherlands . Belgium . Germany
Tai Dam - ꪺꪕꪒꪾ
- Spoken in: the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County
Tai Khün - ไทเขิน
- Spoken in: Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Kingdom of Thailand
Tai Lü - ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ
- Spoken in: Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
Tai Nüa - ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ
Tamang - तामाङ
Tamil - தமிழ்
- Official Language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka
, Republic of Singapore - Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia
Tangut † - 西夏文
- Formerly the Official Language in: the Tangut Empire
Tatar - تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча
Telugu - తెలుగు
- Official Language in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and town of Yanam
Tepes - Soo
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Teribe - Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba
- Spoken in: the Costa Rican provinces of Limón
and Puntarenas 
, and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro 
and Chiriquí 
Tetum - Lia-Tetun
- Official Language in: the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Recognised Minority Language in: East Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
Thai - ภาษาไทย
- Official Language in: the Kingdom of Thailand
Tibetan - དབུས་སྐད་
- Official Language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and Upper Mustang, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Tigrinya - ትግርኛ
- Official Language in: the State of Eritrea
and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin
Tongan - Lea faka-Tonga
- Official Language in: the Kingdom of Tonga
Tongva † - Gabrielino
- Formerly Spoken in: the City of Los Angeles, United States of America
Tsez - Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец
- Spoken in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
Tswana - Setswana
- Official Language in: the Republic of Botswana , the Republic of South Africa , and the Republic of Zimbabwe
Tuareg - Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger
Turkish - Türkçe
- Official Language in: the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Turkey
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , the Hellenic Republic , the Republic of Iraq , the Republic of Kosovo , the Republic of Macedonia , and Romania
Tulu language ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or 
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra
Uduk - Tw'ampa or T'wampa
- Spoken in: the Federal Democratic Republic of South Sudan
and the Republic of the Sudan
Ukrainian - Українська
- Official Language in: the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Ukraine
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , the Republic of Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , the Republic of Moldova , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Republic of Serbia , and the Slovak Republic
Urdu - اُردُو
- Official Language in: the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Indian states of Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir , Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Telangana
Uyghur - ئۇيغۇر تىلى Uzbek - اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek Valencian - Valencià Venda - Tshivenḓa Venetian - Vèneto Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt Nam Volapük - Volapük Võro - Võro Kiil Walloon – Walloon Warlpiri - Warlpiri Welsh - Cymraeg West Frisian – Frysk Wolof - Wolof Wu - 吴方言 Xaracuu - Kanala, Xârâcùù Xhosa – Xhosa Xiang - 湘语 Xibe - ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ Yapese - Yapese Yiddish - ייִדיש ייִדיש
- Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine
Yoruba - Yorùbá Yue - 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话 Zhuang - Vahcuengh Zulu – Zulu
† = Extinct Language
Alphabets and scripts
'Phags-pa † - ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ
- Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China , the Republic of India , Mongolia , and Greater Tibet
Abkhaz - Aҧсшәа
- Used in: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Anglo-Saxon - ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ
- Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England
Armenian Alphabet - Հայկական Այբուբեն
- Used in: the Republic of Armenia , the Republic of Cyprus , the Islamic Republic of Iran , the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , the Republic of Poland , Romania , and the United States of America
Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Spoken on: the Eastern Iranian Plateau
Bopomofo - ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ
- Used in: the People's Republic of China
Borama - 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Carian - 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵
- Formerly used in: Western Anatolia
Deseret - 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻
- The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script
Glagolitic † - Кѷрїлловица, ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ
- Formerly Used by: the Middle Age-Slavic People
Hanunó'o - ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
- Used in: Mindoro, Philippines
Kayah Li - ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ
- Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Kulitan - 
- Used in: Central Luzon, Philippines
N'Ko - ߒߞߏ
- Used in: Western Africa
Osmanya - 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Runic † - ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ
- Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics
Shavian - 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
- Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read
as an alternative phoenetic alphabet to the English language.
Siddhaṃ - 
- Used in: Central Asia, Japan
Tagbanwa - ᝦᝪᝨᝯ
- Used in: Palawan, Philippines
Tai Tham - ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
† = Extinct Alphabet or Script
Dialects
ǂAkhoe - ǂAkhoe Haiǁom
- Spoken in: Angola , Botswana , Namibia , and South Africa
Amoy - 廈門話 or 厦门话
Fuzhou - 平話 or 福州話
- Spoken in: East Asia
Hazāragī - هزارگی
- Spoken in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Pakistan
Kwanyama - Oshikwanyama
Hokkien - 福佬話
- Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian , Taiwan , and in Southeast Asia
Meänkieli - Meänkieli
Monégasque - Munegascu
- Spoken in: Monaco
Ningbo - 寧波閒話
- Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo
Pothohari - پوٹھوهاری or پوٹھواری
- Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir
Quanzhou - 泉州話
Saraiki - سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी
- Spoken in: the Pakistani province of Bahawalpur South Punjab
Seroa † - ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe
- Formerly Spoken in: Lesotho and South Africa
- (Seroa is a "click language".)
Teochew - 潮州話
- Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people
† = Extinct Dialect
Required fonts
Many languages require special fonts in order to display correctly. Most use fonts from the font family Noto, created by Google. They can be downloaded here.
However, some languages are not yet covered by Noto. These require other fonts, the download links for which are listed below:
- To view Northern Thai - Lanna Alif