Languages of the World
Browse languages by estimated speakers, official use and country coverage. Each language page lists countries where the language is official, national, regional or otherwise reported.
World Languages
| Rank | Language | Countries | Official countries | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 75 | 75 | - |
| 2 | French | 38 | 38 | - |
| 3 | Other | 30 | 30 | - |
| 4 | Arabic | 26 | 26 | - |
| 5 | Spanish | 26 | 26 | - |
| 6 | Portuguese | 11 | 11 | - |
| 7 | Unspecified | 11 | 11 | - |
| 8 | Chinese | 8 | 8 | - |
| 9 | Russian | 8 | 8 | - |
| 10 | Dutch | 6 | 6 | - |
| 11 | German | 5 | 5 | - |
| 12 | Filipino | 4 | 4 | - |
| 13 | Italian | 4 | 4 | - |
| 14 | Swahili | 4 | 4 | - |
| 15 | Catalan | 3 | 3 | - |
| 16 | Guaraní | 3 | 3 | - |
| 17 | Kikongo | 3 | 3 | - |
| 18 | Malay | 3 | 3 | - |
| 19 | Samoan | 3 | 3 | - |
| 20 | Tamil | 3 | 3 | - |
| 21 | Afrikaans | 2 | 2 | - |
| 22 | Asian Languages | 2 | 2 | - |
| 23 | Aymara | 2 | 2 | - |
| 24 | Bobo | 2 | 2 | - |
| 25 | Chamorro | 2 | 2 | - |
| 26 | Chewa | 2 | 2 | - |
| 27 | Croatian | 2 | 2 | - |
| 28 | Danish | 2 | 2 | - |
| 29 | Greek | 2 | 2 | - |
| 30 | Hindi | 2 | 2 | - |
| 31 | Korean | 2 | 2 | - |
| 32 | Lingala | 2 | 2 | - |
| 33 | Luvale | 2 | 2 | - |
| 34 | Ndebele | 2 | 2 | - |
| 35 | Other Pacific Island Languages | 2 | 2 | - |
| 36 | Papiamento | 2 | 2 | - |
| 37 | Quechua | 2 | 2 | - |
| 38 | Romanian | 2 | 2 | - |
| 39 | Serbian | 2 | 2 | - |
| 40 | Slovak | 2 | 2 | - |
| 41 | Swazi | 2 | 2 | - |
| 42 | Swedish | 2 | 2 | - |
| 43 | Tsonga | 2 | 2 | - |
| 44 | Turkish | 2 | 2 | - |
| 45 | Turkmen | 2 | 2 | - |
| 46 | Vietnamese | 2 | 2 | - |
| 47 | 13 Minority Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 48 | Akyem | 1 | 1 | - |
| 49 | Albanian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 50 | Amharic | 1 | 1 | - |
| 51 | Angolar | 1 | 1 | - |
| 52 | Aramaic | 1 | 1 | - |
| 53 | Armenian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 54 | Asante | 1 | 1 | - |
| 55 | Azerbaijani | 1 | 1 | - |
| 56 | Baikenu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 57 | Basque | 1 | 1 | - |
| 58 | Belarusian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 59 | Belizean Creole | 1 | 1 | - |
| 60 | Bemba | 1 | 1 | - |
| 61 | Bengali | 1 | 1 | - |
| 62 | Berber | 1 | 1 | - |
| 63 | Bhojpuri | 1 | 1 | - |
| 64 | Bisa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 65 | Bislama | 1 | 1 | - |
| 66 | Bissa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 67 | Boron | 1 | 1 | - |
| 68 | Bosnian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 69 | Bulgarian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 70 | Bunak | 1 | 1 | - |
| 71 | Burmese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 72 | Bwamu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 73 | Cabo Verdian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 74 | Cantonese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 75 | Castilian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 76 | Chokwe | 1 | 1 | - |
| 77 | Chuwabo | 1 | 1 | - |
| 78 | Comorian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 79 | Creole | 1 | 1 | - |
| 80 | Czech | 1 | 1 | - |
| 81 | Dagara | 1 | 1 | - |
| 82 | Dagarte | 1 | 1 | - |
| 83 | Dagomba | 1 | 1 | - |
| 84 | Dangme | 1 | 1 | - |
| 85 | Dari | 1 | 1 | - |
| 86 | Dogon | 1 | 1 | - |
| 87 | Dyula | 1 | 1 | - |
| 88 | Dzongkha | 1 | 1 | - |
| 89 | English Only | 1 | 1 | - |
| 90 | Estonian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 91 | Ewe | 1 | 1 | - |
| 92 | Fante | 1 | 1 | - |
| 93 | Faroese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 94 | Fataluku | 1 | 1 | - |
| 95 | Fiji Hindi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 96 | Fijian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 97 | Finnish | 1 | 1 | - |
| 98 | Fiote | 1 | 1 | - |
| 99 | Forro | 1 | 1 | - |
| 100 | Fula | 1 | 1 | - |
| 101 | Ga | 1 | 1 | - |
| 102 | Galician | 1 | 1 | - |
| 103 | Galoli | 1 | 1 | - |
| 104 | Georgian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 105 | Gilbertese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 106 | Gourmantche | 1 | 1 | - |
| 107 | Greenlandic | 1 | 1 | - |
| 108 | Gurunsi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 109 | Haitian Creole | 1 | 1 | - |
| 110 | Hebrew | 1 | 1 | - |
| 111 | Herero Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 112 | Hiri Motu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 113 | Hungarian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 114 | Icelandic | 1 | 1 | - |
| 115 | Idate | 1 | 1 | - |
| 116 | Indigenous Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 117 | Indonesian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 118 | Irish | 1 | 1 | - |
| 119 | Jamaican Patois | 1 | 1 | - |
| 120 | Japanese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 121 | Kaonde | 1 | 1 | - |
| 122 | Kavango Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 123 | Kazakh | 1 | 1 | - |
| 124 | Kemak | 1 | 1 | - |
| 125 | Khmer | 1 | 1 | - |
| 126 | Kimbundu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 127 | Kinyarwanda | 1 | 1 | - |
| 128 | Kirundi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 129 | Kokomba | 1 | 1 | - |
| 130 | Kwanhama | 1 | 1 | - |
| 131 | Kyrgyz | 1 | 1 | - |
| 132 | Lala | 1 | 1 | - |
| 133 | Lamba | 1 | 1 | - |
| 134 | Languages | 1 | 0 | - |
| 135 | Lao | 1 | 1 | - |
| 136 | Latvian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 137 | Lenje | 1 | 1 | - |
| 138 | Lhotshamkha | 1 | 1 | - |
| 139 | Lithuanian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 140 | Lobi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 141 | Lomwe | 1 | 1 | - |
| 142 | Lozi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 143 | Lunda | 1 | 1 | - |
| 144 | Lunguie | 1 | 1 | - |
| 145 | Luxembourgish | 1 | 1 | - |
| 146 | Macedonian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 147 | Makasai | 1 | 1 | - |
| 148 | Makhuwa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 149 | Malagasy | 1 | 1 | - |
| 150 | Maldivian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 151 | Malinke | 1 | 1 | - |
| 152 | Maltese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 153 | Mambai | 1 | 1 | - |
| 154 | Mambwe | 1 | 1 | - |
| 155 | Mandarin | 1 | 1 | - |
| 156 | Manx | 1 | 1 | - |
| 157 | Maori | 1 | 1 | - |
| 158 | Maraka/Soninke | 1 | 1 | - |
| 159 | Marka | 1 | 1 | - |
| 160 | Marshallese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 161 | Midiki | 1 | 1 | - |
| 162 | Minianka | 1 | 1 | - |
| 163 | Mongolian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 164 | Montenegrin | 1 | 1 | - |
| 165 | Mossi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 166 | Muhumbi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 167 | Multilingual | 1 | 1 | - |
| 168 | Nama/Damara | 1 | 1 | - |
| 169 | Namwanga | 1 | 1 | - |
| 170 | Naueti | 1 | 1 | - |
| 171 | Nauruan | 1 | 1 | - |
| 172 | Ndau | 1 | 1 | - |
| 173 | Nepali | 1 | 1 | - |
| 174 | New Zealand Sign Language | 1 | 1 | - |
| 175 | Nganguela | 1 | 1 | - |
| 176 | Nhaneca | 1 | 1 | - |
| 177 | Northern Chinese | 1 | 1 | - |
| 178 | Northern Sotho | 1 | 1 | - |
| 179 | Norwegian Bokmål | 1 | 1 | - |
| 180 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 1 | 1 | - |
| 181 | Nsenga | 1 | 1 | - |
| 182 | Nyanja | 1 | 1 | - |
| 183 | Oshiwambo Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 184 | Other African Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 185 | Other Asian Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 186 | Other European Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 187 | Other Micronesian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 188 | Other Mozambican Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 189 | Other Or Not Stated | 1 | 1 | - |
| 190 | Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | - |
| 191 | Palauan | 1 | 1 | - |
| 192 | Pashto | 1 | 1 | - |
| 193 | Persian (Farsi) | 1 | 1 | - |
| 194 | Peuhl/Foulfoulbe/Fulani | 1 | 1 | - |
| 195 | Philippine Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 196 | Polish | 1 | 1 | - |
| 197 | Romansh | 1 | 1 | - |
| 198 | Sami | 1 | 1 | - |
| 199 | Samoan/English | 1 | 1 | - |
| 200 | San | 1 | 1 | - |
| 201 | Sango | 1 | 1 | - |
| 202 | Sekalanga | 1 | 1 | - |
| 203 | Sembukushu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 204 | Sena | 1 | 1 | - |
| 205 | Senoufo | 1 | 1 | - |
| 206 | Senufo | 1 | 1 | - |
| 207 | Sesarwa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 208 | Setswana | 1 | 1 | - |
| 209 | Seychellois Creole | 1 | 1 | - |
| 210 | Sharchopkha | 1 | 1 | - |
| 211 | Shekgalagadi | 1 | 1 | - |
| 212 | Shona | 1 | 1 | - |
| 213 | Sinhala | 1 | 1 | - |
| 214 | Slovene | 1 | 1 | - |
| 215 | Somali | 1 | 1 | - |
| 216 | Sonrhai/Djerma | 1 | 1 | - |
| 217 | Sorani | 1 | 1 | - |
| 218 | Sotho | 1 | 1 | - |
| 219 | Southern Ndebele | 1 | 1 | - |
| 220 | Southern Sotho | 1 | 1 | - |
| 221 | Swiss German | 1 | 1 | - |
| 222 | Tajik | 1 | 1 | - |
| 223 | Tamacheq | 1 | 1 | - |
| 224 | Tetun Prasa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 225 | Tetun Terik | 1 | 1 | - |
| 226 | Thai | 1 | 1 | - |
| 227 | Tigrinya | 1 | 1 | - |
| 228 | Tok Pisin | 1 | 1 | - |
| 229 | Tokodede | 1 | 1 | - |
| 230 | Tonga | 1 | 1 | - |
| 231 | Tongan | 1 | 1 | - |
| 232 | Tongan And Other Language | 1 | 1 | - |
| 233 | Tongan Not Used At Home | 1 | 1 | - |
| 234 | Tongan Only | 1 | 1 | - |
| 235 | Tshiluba | 1 | 1 | - |
| 236 | Tswa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 237 | Tswana | 1 | 1 | - |
| 238 | Tumbuka | 1 | 1 | - |
| 239 | Tuvaluan | 1 | 1 | - |
| 240 | Two Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 241 | Ukrainian | 1 | 1 | - |
| 242 | Umbundu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 243 | Upper Guinea Creole | 1 | 1 | - |
| 244 | Urdu | 1 | 1 | - |
| 245 | Uzbek | 1 | 1 | - |
| 246 | Venda | 1 | 1 | - |
| 247 | Waima'a | 1 | 1 | - |
| 248 | Xhosa | 1 | 1 | - |
| 249 | Yue | 1 | 1 | - |
| 250 | Zambezi Languages | 1 | 1 | - |
| 251 | Zezuru/Shona | 1 | 1 | - |
| 252 | Zulu | 1 | 1 | - |