Languages of the World

There are roughly 6,800 languages spoken on this planet. It is estimated that 2,200 are spoken in Asia, 2,060 in Africa, 1,300 in the Pacific, 1,000 in the Americas, and 230 in Europe. However, 96% of them are spoken by a mere 4% of the world’s population and half of the world's languages are spoken in only eight countries.

Here is a list of the more commonly known languages in their English as well as their native spelling, along with the main regions where they are spoken. (If you are having trouble displaying some of the characters, your current default font may not support all languages.)

English Name	Native Name	Primarily Spoken in
Abaza	абаза бызшва	Russia, Turkey
Adyghe	адыгэбзэ	Russian republics of Adygea and Krasnodar
Albanian	shqip	Albania, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia
Amharic		Ethiopia
Arabic	العربية	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Western Sahara (SADR), Yemen
Aramaic	אַרָמִית	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Georgia, Lebanon, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Aromanian (Vlach)	Armăneashce / Vlăheshte	Greece, Albania, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia
Armenian	Հայերէն	Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Assamese	অসমিয়া	India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Asturian	Asturianu	Spain (the autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and Leon), Portugal
Avar	магIарул мацI	Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey
Azeri		Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Russian Dagestan
Bambara	Bamanankan	Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire
Basque	euskera	Spain, France
Belarusian	Беларуская мова	Belarus, Poland
Bengali	বাংলা	Bangladesh, India
Berber	Tamazight	Morocco, Algeria
Bosnian	Bosanski	Bosnia, Herzegovina, Sandžak (in Serbia and Montenegro)
Breton	ar brezhoneg	France
Bulgarian	Български	Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, the Western Outlands region in Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Republic of Macedonia
Catalan	català	Spain, France, Andorra, Italy
Cayuga		Canada (Ontario)
Chechen	Нохчийн мотт	Russia
Cheyenne	Etsėhesenestse / Tsêhést	United States (Montana, Oklahoma)
Chinese	中文
Chinese (Cantonese)	粤语 [廣東話]	South-eastern Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau
Chinese (Cantonese)	粵語 [粤语]	China (the PRC and the ROC), Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
Chinese (Hakka)	客家話	Southern Mainland China, Taiwan
Chinese Simplified (Mandarin)	普通話[普通话]	Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia.
Chinese Traditional (Mandarin)	國語[普通話]	Taiwan, Singapore
Chinese (Taiwanese)	台語	Taiwan
Comanche	numu tekwapu	United States (Oklahoma, Texas, California)
Cornish	Kernewek, Kernowek, Kernuak, Curnoack	United Kingdom (Cornwall)
Corsican	corsu	French Territorial Collectivity of Corsica
Croatian	Hrvatski	Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro
Czech	čeština	Czech Republic
Dari	دَرِي	Afghanistan
Danish	dansk	Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland
Dungan		Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Dutch	Nederlands	Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Indonesia, France
Estonian	eesti keel	Estonia
Faeroese	Føroyska	Faroe Islands, Denmark
Farsi/Persian	فارسى	Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Fijian	vaka-Viti	Fiji
Finnish	suomi	Finland, Estonia, Sweden (Torne Valley), Norway (Finnmark), Northwestern Russia (Karelia)
Flemmish	Vlaams	Netherlands, Belgium, France
French	français	France, including French Overseas Departments, Communities and Territories; Canada; Belgium; Switzerland; Luxembourg; Monaco; many Western and Central African nations; Haiti; and the U.S. states of Louisiana and Maine.
Frisian	Frysk	Germany, Denmark, Netherlands
Friulan	Furlan	Italy
Gaelic (Irish)	Gaeilge (na hÉireann)	Ireland, Canada
Gaelic (Manx)	Gaelg (Vannin)	Isle of Man
Gaelic (Scottish)	Gàidhlig (na h-Alba)	Scotland, Canada
Galician	Galego	Galicia, Spain
Georgian	ქართული	Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia
German	Deutsch	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg
Greek	ελληνικά	Greece, Cyprus
Guernsey Norman French	Dgèrnésiais	Bailiwick of Guernsey
Guarani	ava ñe'ê	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Gujarati	ગુજરાતી	India, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan
Haida	Xaad Kil/Xayda Kil/Kasaan/K'iis Xaat'aagang	Canada, United States (British Columbia, Alaska)
Hausa	هَوُسَ	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
Hawaiian	Ōlelo Hawai'i	Hawai'i: concentrated on Ni'ihau and Hawai'i, but speakers throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. mainland
Hebrew	עברית / עִבְרִית	Israel
Hindi	हिन्दी	India
Hungarian	magyar	Hungary
Icelandic	Íslenska	Iceland, parts of Canada (Manitoba)
Ingush	ГІалгІай	Russia, Uzbekistan
Italian	italiano	Italian
Japanese	日本語	Japan
Jersey Norman French	Jèrrais	Normandy, France
Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ	Karnataka (India)
Kashmiri	काऽशुर / كٲشُر	Kashmir (India, Pakistan)
Kashubian	kaszëbsczi jãzëk	Pomerania (Poland)
Kazak		Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Iran
Khmer		Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
Konkani	कोंकणी / ಕೊಂಕಣಿ	Konkan (India)
Korean	한국어 [韓國語]	North Korea, South Korea, northeastern part of China
Kurdish	Kurdí	Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Armenia, Lebanon
Kyrgyz	Кыргыз	Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xinjiang (China)
Lao		Laos, Thailand
Latvian	latviešu valoda	Latvia
Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba	Lithuania
Luo	Dholuo	Sudan, Uganda, Southern Kenya, Northern Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch	Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Germany
Macedonian	Македонски	Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece
Maldivian	ދިވެހި	Maldives, Lakshadweep (India)
Malay	Bahasa melayu	Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, southern Thailand, southern Philippines, adjacent parts of Indonesia
Malayalam	മലയാളം	India
Maltese	Malti	Malta
Māori	te Reo Māori	New Zealand
Marathi	मराठी	India
Menominee	Mamaceqtaw	United States (Wisconsin)
Mohawk	Kanien’keha	United States, Canada (Southern Quebec, northern New York)
Moldovan	лимба молдовеняскэ	Republic of Moldova
Mongolian	Монгол	China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia
Navajo	Diné	United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado)
Nepali	नेपाली	Nepal, India, Bhutan
Norwegian	Norsk	Norway
Polish	polski	Poland
Portuguese	português	Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / ﺏﺎﺠﻨﭘ	India, Pakistan
Romanian	Română	Romania
Russian	Русский язык	Russia and countries formerly part of Soviet Union
Sanskrit	संस्कृत	India and some other areas of South and Southeast Asia
Sardinian	Limba Sarda	Sardinia (Italy)
Sark Norman French	Sèrtchais / Serquiaise	Channel Island of Sark
Serbian	Српски	Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Croatia
Sindhi	سنڌي	Pakistan, India
Slovak	slovenčina	Slovakia
Slovenian	slovenščina	Slovenia
Spanish	español castellano	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Western Sahara
Swabish	Schwäbisch	Germany
Swahili	Kiswahili	Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Somalia, Comoros Islands (including Mayotte), Mozambique, Malawi
Swedish	svenska	Sweden, Finland
Tadjik		Tajikistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Asia), Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Tagalog	Tagalog	Philippines
Tahitian	Te Reo Tahiti	French Polynesia
Tamil	தமிழ்	South India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore
Tatar	татарча / تاتارچا	Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, China, Finland, former Soviet Union
Telugu	తెలుగు	India
Thai	ภาษาไทย	Thailand
Tlingit	Lingít	USA, Canada (Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon)
Tongan	Faka-Tonga	Kingdom of Tonga
Turkish	Türkçe	Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Greece, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Azerbaijan
Turkmen		Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey
Tuscarora	Sgarooreh’ / Skarù∙rę’	Canada, United States (Southern Ontario, around Niagara Falls, New York, and in eastern North Carolina)
Ukrainian	Українська	Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Kazakhstan
Urdu	اردو	India, Pakistan
Uyghur		China, Kazakhstan
Uzbek	Ўзбек	Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia
Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	Vietnam
Welsh	Cymraeg	United Kingdom, Argentina,
Wolof	Wollof	Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania
Walloon	walon	Belgium
Xhosa	isiXhosa	South Africa
Yiddish	ײִדיש	United States, Russia, Israel, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, Canada, Argentina
Yoruba	Yorùbá	Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Zulu	isiZulu	South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland