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This is a partial index of 773 Wikipedia articles treating natural languages, arranged alphabetically.

For a published list of languages, see ISO 639-1 (list of ISO 639-1 codes for 136 major languages), or for a more inclusive list, see ISO 639-3 (list of ISO 639-3 codes, 7,874 in total as of June 2013). The enumeration of languages and dialects can easily be taken into the five-digit range; the Linguasphere Observatory has a database (LS-2010) with more than 32,800 coded entries and more than 70,900 linguistic names.

Languages with at least 50 million first-language speakers, millions (according to: Ethnologue)

Afroasiatic languages   Berber languages   Chadic languages   Cushitic languages   Semitic languages Altaic languages   Korean language   Japonic languages   Mongolic languages   Tungusic languages   Turkic languages

Amerind languages   Australian Aboriginal languages   Austroasiatic languages   Austronesian languages   Languages of the Caucasus   Dravidian languages   Eskimo–Aleut languages Indo-European languages   Albanian language   Armenian language   Baltic languages   Celtic languages   Germanic languages   Greek language   Indo-Aryan languages   Iranian languages   Romance languages   Slavic languages

Khoisan languages   Niger–Congo languages   Nilo-Saharan languages   Paleosiberian languages   Papuan languages Sino-Tibetan languages   Chinese language   Tibeto-Burman languages   Tai–Kadai languages   Uralic languages   Basque language

Language	Group
A
Are'are	Malayo-Polynesian
'Auhelawa	Malayo-Polynesian
A'Tong	Tibeto-Burman
Aari	Omotic
Aariya	unclassified
Abanyom	Bantu
Abaza	Northwest Caucasian
Abenaki	Eastern Algonquian
Abkhaz or Abkhazian	Northwest Caucasian
Abujmaria	Dravidian
Acehnese	Malayo-Polynesian
Adamorobe Sign Language	Signing
Adele	Kwa
Adyghe	Northwest Caucasian
Afar	Cushitic
Afrikaans	Germanic
Afro-Seminole Creole	English-based creole
Aimaq or Barbari	Iranian
Aini	Turkic
Ainu	language isolate
Akan	Kwa
Akawaio	Carib
Aklanon	Malayo-Polynesian
Albanian	Indo-European
Aleut	Eskimo–Aleut
Algonquin	Algonquian
Alsatian	Germanic
Altay	Turkic
Alutor	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
American Sign Language	Signing
Amharic	Semitic
Anda	Khoisan
Amdang	Nilo-Saharan
Angika	Indo-Aryan
Anyin	Kwa
Ao	Tibeto-Burman
A-Pucikwar	Andamanese
Arabic	Semitic
Aragonese	Romance
Aramaic	Semitic
Are	Malayo-Polynesian
Argobba	Semitic
Aromanian or Macedo-Romanian	Romance
Armenian	Indo-European
Arvanitic	Indo-European
Ashkun	Indo-Iranian
Assamese	Indo-Iranian
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Semitic
Ateso or Teso	Nilotic
Asi	Malayo-Polynesian
Asturian	Romance
Auslan	Signing
Austro-Bavarian	Germanic
Avar	Northeast Caucasian
Avestan	Indo-Iranian
Awadhi	Indo-Iranian
Aymara	Aymaran
Azerbaijani	Turkic
B
Badaga	Dravidian
Badeshi	Indo-Iranian
Bahnar	Austroasiatic
Balinese	Malayo-Polynesian
Balochi	Indo-Iranian
Balti	Tibeto-Burman
Bambara or Bamanankan	Mande
Banjar	Malayo-Polynesian
Banyumasan	Malayo-Polynesian
Bartangi	Iranian
Basaa	Bantu
Bashkardi	Iranian
Bashkir	Turkic
Basque	Isolated
Batak Karo	Malayo-Polynesian
Batak Toba	Malayo-Polynesian
Bats	North Caucasian
Beja	Cushitic
Belarusian	Slavic
Belhare	Tibeto-Burman
Berta	Nilo-Saharan
Bemba	Bantu
Bengali	Indo-Aryan
Bezhta	Northeast Caucasian
Berber	Afro-Asiatic
Betawi	Malayo-Polynesian
Bete	Niger–Congo
Bété	Niger–Congo
Bhili	Indo-Aryan
Bhojpuri	Indo-Aryan
Bijil Neo-Aramaic	Semitic
Bikol	Malayo-Polynesian
Bikya or Furu	Bantu
Bissa	Mande
Blackfoot	Algonquian
Boholano	Malayo-Polynesian
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic	Semitic
Bonan or Paoan	Mongolic
Bororo	Bororoan
Bodo	Bodo
Bosnian	Slavic
Brahui	Dravidian
Breton	Celtic
British Sign Language	Signing
Bru	Austroasiatic
Brunei Malay	Malayo-Polynesian
Bua	Niger–Congo
Buginese	Malayo-Polynesian
Bukusu	Bantu
Bulgarian	Slavic
Bunjevac	Slavic
Burmese	Tibeto-Burman
Burushaski	language isolate
Buryat	Mongolic
C
Caluyanon or Caluyanun	Malayo-Polynesian
Cantonese	Sinitic
Cape Verdean Creole or Kabuverdianu	Portuguese-based creole
Catalan	Romance
Cayuga	Iroquoian
Cebuano	Malayo-Polynesian
Chabacano or Chavacano	Creole
Chaga or Kichagga	Bantu
Chakma	Indo-Aryan
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	Semitic
Cham	Malayo-Polynesian
Chamorro	Malayo-Polynesian
Chaouia or Tachawit	Berber
Chechen	Northeast Caucasian
Chenchu	Dravidian
Chenoua	Berber
Cherokee	Iroquoian
Cheyenne	Algonquian
Chhattisgarhi	Indo-Aryan
Chickasaw	Muskogean
Chintang or Chhintang	Tibeto-Burman
Chilcotin	Athabaskan
Chinese	Sinitic
Chiricahua or Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache	Athabaskan
Chichewa or Nyanja	Bantu
Chipewyan	Athabaskan
Chittagonian	Indo-Aryan
Choctaw	Muskogean
Chorasmian or Khwarezmian	Iranian
Chukchi or Chukot	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Chulym	Turkic
Church Slavonic	Slavic
Chuukese or Trukese	Malayo-Polynesian
Chuvash	Turkic
Cocoma or Cocama	Tupian
Cocopa	Hokan
Coeur d’Alene	Salishan
Comanche	Uto-Aztecan
Comorian	Bantu
Cornish	Celtic (revived)
Corsican	Romance
Cree	Algonquian
Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish	Turkic
Croatian	Slavic
Cuyonon	Malayo-Polynesian
Czech	Slavic
D
Dagaare	Niger-Congo
Dagbani	Gur
Dahlik	Semitic
Dalecarlian	Germanic
Dameli	Indo-Aryan
Danish	Germanic
Dargin	Northeast Caucasian
Dari (Zoroastrian)	Iranian
Dari-Persian	Iranian
Daur or Dagur	Mongolic
Dena'ina or Tanaina	Athapaskan
Dhatki	Indo-Aryan
Dhivehi or Maldivian	Indo-Aryan
Dida	Kru
Dioula or Jula	Mande
Dogri	Indo-Aryan
Dogrib or Tli Cho	Athapaskan
Dolgan	Turkic
Domaaki or Dumaki	Indo-Aryan
Dongxiang or Santa	Mongolic
Duala	Bantu
Dungan	Sinitic
Dutch	Germanic
Dzhidi or Judeo-Persian	Iranian
Dzongkha	Tibeto-Burman
E
Eastern Yugur	Mongolic
Egyptian Arabic	Semitic
Ekoti	Bantu
Enets or Yenisey Samoyed	Samoyedic
English	Germanic
Erzya	Uralic
Esperanto	planned language
Estonian	Uralic
Even	Tungusic
Evenk or Evenki	Tungusic
Ewe	Volta–Niger
Extremaduran	Romance
F
Faroese	Germanic
Fang	Bantu
Fijian	Malayo-Polynesian
Filipino	Malayo-Polynesian
Finland-Swedish Sign Language	Signing
Finnish	Uralic
Finnish Sign Language	Signing
Flemish language	Belgium
Fon	Volta–Niger
Franco-Provençal or Arpitan	Romance
French	Romance
French Sign Language	Signing
Frisian, North	Germanic
Frisian, Saterland	Germanic
Frisian, West	Germanic
Friulian	Romance
Fula or Fulfulde or Fulani	Senegambian
Fur	Nilo-Saharan
Futunan	Polynesian
Futuna-Aniwa	Polynesian
G
Ga	Kwa
Gadaba	Dravidian
Gagauz	Turkic
Galician	Romance
Gan Chinese	Sinitic
Ganda	Bantu
Gangte	Tibeto-Burman
Garhwali	Indo-Aryan
Gayo	Malayo-Polynesian
Gen or Gẽ or Mina	Volta–Niger
Georgian	South Caucasian
German	Germanic
German Sign Language	Signing
Gikuyu or Kikuyu	Bantu
Gilbertese or Kiribati	Malayo-Polynesian
Gileki	Iranian
Goaria	Indo-Aryan
Gondi	Dravidian
Gorani language (Našinski)	Slavic
Gorani language (Zaza-Gorani) or Gurani	Iranian
Gawar-Bati or Gowari or Narsati	Indo-Aryan
Greenlandic or Kalaallisut	Eskimo–Aleut
Greek	Indo-European
Guaraní	Tupian
Guinea-Bissau Creole	Portuguese-based creole
Gujarati	Indo-Aryan
Gula Iro or Kulaal	Adamawa
Gullah or Sea Island Creole English	English-based creole
Gusii	Bantu
Gwichʼin	Athabaskan
H
Hadza or Hatsa	Language isolate
Haida or Masset	Na-Dené
Haitian Creole	French-based creole
Hakka	Sinitic
Hän	Athabaskan
Hani	Tibeto-Burman
Harari	Semitic
Harauti	Indo-Aryan
Harsusi	Semitic
Haryanavi	Indo-Aryan (a dialect of Hindi)
Harzani	Iranian
Hausa	Afro-Asiatic
Havasupai or Upland Yuman	Hokan
Hawaiian	Malayo-Polynesian
Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language	Signing
Hazaragi	Iranian (a dialect of Persian)
Hebrew	Semitic
Herero	Bantu
Hértevin	Semitic
Hiligaynon	Malayo-Polynesian
Hindi	Indo-Aryan
Hindustani (the original term for Urdu/Hindi	Indo-Aryan
Hinukh	Northeast Caucasian
Hiri Motu	Motu-based Pidgin
Hixkaryana	Carib
Hmong	Hmong–Mien
Hmu	Hmong-Mien
Ho	Austroasiatic
Hobyót	Semitic
Hopi	Uto-Aztecan
Hulaulá	Semitic
Hungarian	Finno-Ugric
Hutterite German	Germanic
I
Ibibio	Benue–Congo
Iban	Malayo-Polynesian
Ibanag	Malayo-Polynesian
Icelandic	Germanic
Ifè	Volta–Niger
Igbo or Ibo or Biafra	Volta–Niger
Ikalanga or Kalanga	Bantu
Ili Turki	Turkic
Ilokano or Ilocano	Malayo-Polynesian
Inari Sami	Uralic
Indonesian	Malayo-Polynesian
Ingrian or Izhorian	Uralic
Ingush	Northeast Caucasian
Inuktitut	Eskimo–Aleut
Inupiaq	Eskimo–Aleut
Inuvialuktun	Eskimo–Aleut
Iraqw	Cushitic
Irish or Irish Gaelic	Celtic
Irish Sign Language	Signing
Irula	Dravidian
Isan or Northeastern Thai	Tai–Kadai
Ishkashimi or Ishkashmi	Iranian
Istro-Romanian	Romance
Italian	Romance
Itelmen or Kamchadal	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
J
Jacaltec or Jakalteko	Mayan
Jalaa	unclassified, possibly Niger–Congo
Japanese	Japonic
Japhug	Sino-Tibetan
Jaqaru	Aymaran
Jarai	Malayo-Polynesian
Javanese	Malayo-Polynesian
Jibbali or Shehri	Semitic
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic	Aramaic
Jicarilla Apache	Athabaskan
Juang	Austroasiatic
Jurchen	Tungusic
K
Kabardian	Northwest Caucasian
Kabyle	Berber
Kachin or Jingpo	Tibeto-Burman
Kalami or Gawri or Dirwali	Indo-Aryan
Kalasha-mun	Indo-Aryan
Kalmyk or Oirat	Mongolic
Kalto or Nahali	Indo-Aryan
Kankanai or Kankanaey	Malayo-Polynesian
Kannada	Dravidian
Kaonde or Chikaonde	Bantu
Kapampangan	Malayo-Polynesian
Karachay-Balkar	Turkic
Karagas	Turkic
Karaim	Turkic
Karakalpak	Turkic
Karelian	Uralic
Kashmiri	Indo-Aryan
Kashubian	Slavic
Kazakh	Turkic
Kerek	Paleosiberian
Ket	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Khakas	Turkic
Khalaj	Turkic
Kham or Sheshi	Tibeto-Burman
Khandeshi	Indo-Aryan
Khanty or Ostyak	Uralic
Khasi	Austroasiatic
Khitan	Mongolic
Khmer	Austroasiatic
Khmu	Austroasiatic
Khowar	Indo-Aryan
Kildin Sami	Finnic
Kimatuumbi	Bantu
Kinaray-a or Hiraya	Malayo-Polynesian
Kinyarwanda	Bantu
Kirombo	Bantu
Kirundi	Bantu
Kivunjo	Bantu
Klallam or Clallam	Salishan
Kodava Takk or Kodagu or Coorgi	Dravidian
Kohistani or Khili	Indo-Aryan
Kolami	Dravidian
Komi or Komi-Zyrian	Uralic
Konkani	Indo-Aryan
Kongo or Kikongo	Bantu
Koraga	Dravidian
Korandje	Nilo-Saharan
Korean	isolated
Korku	Austroasiatic
Korowai	Trans–New Guinea
Korwa	Austroasiatic
Koryak	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Kosraean	Malayo-Polynesian
Kota	Dravidian
Koyra Chiini or Western Songhay	Nilo-Saharan
Koy Sanjaq Surat	Semitic
Koya	Dravidian
Krymchak or Judeo-Crimean Tatar	Turkic
Kujarge	unclassified, perhaps Chadic
Kui	Dravidian
Kumauni	Indo-Aryan
Kumyk	Turkic
Kumzari	Iranian
ǃKung	Khoisan
Kurdish	Iranian
Kurukh or Kurux	Dravidian
Kusunda	isolate
Kutenai or Kootenay or Ktunaxa	isolated
Kuy	Austroasiatic
Kwanyama or Ovambo	Bantu
Kxoe	Khoisan
Kyrgyz or Kirghiz	Turkic
L
Laal	unclassified
Ladakhi	Tibeto-Burman
Ladin	Romance
Ladino or Judeo-Spanish	Romance
Laki	Iranian
Lakota or Lakhota or Teton	Siouan
Lambadi or Lamani or Banjari	Indo-Aryan
Lao or Laotian	Tai–Kadai
Larestani	Iranian
Latin	Latino-Faliscan, liturgical language
Latgalian	Baltic
Latvian	Baltic
Laz or Lazuri	South Caucasian
Leonese	Romance
Lezgi or Agul	Northeast Caucasian
Ligbi or Ligby	Mande
Limburgish	Germanic
Lingala	Bantu
Lipan Apache	Athabascan
Lisan al-Dawat	Indo-Aryan
Lishana Deni	Semitic
Lishanid Noshan or Lishana Didan	Semitic
Lithuanian	Baltic
Livonian or Liv	Uralic
Lombard	Romance
Lotha	Tibeto-Burman
Low German or Low Saxon	Germanic
Lower Sorbian	Slavic
Lozi or Silozi	Bantu
Ludic or Ludian	Uralic
Lunda or Chilunda	Bantu
Luri	Iranian
Lushootseed	Salishan
Lusoga or Soga	Bantu
Luvale	Bantu
Luwati	Indo-Iranian
Luxembourgish	Germanic
M
Macedonian	Slavic
Madurese	Malayo-Polynesian
Magadhi	Indo-Aryan
Maguindanao	Malayo-Polynesian
Maithili	Indo-Aryan
Makasar	Malayo-Polynesian
Makhuwa or Makua	Bantu
Makhuwa-Meetto	Bantu
Malagasy	Malayo-Polynesian
Malay	Malayo-Polynesian
Malayalam	Dravidian
Malaysian Sign Language	Signing
Maltese	Semitic
Malto or Sauria Paharia	Dravidian
Malvi or Malavi or Ujjaini	Indo-Aryan
Mam	Mayan
Manchu	Tungusic
Mandaic	Semitic
Mandarin	Sinitic
Mandinka	Mande
Mansi or Vogul	Uralic
Manx	Celtic
Manyika	Bantu
Maori	Malayo-Polynesian
Mapudungun or Mapuche	isolated
Maranao	Malayo-Polynesian
Marathi	Indo-Aryan
Mari or Cheremis	Uralic
Maria	Dravidian
Marquesan	Malayo-Polynesian
Marshallese or Ebon	Malayo-Polynesian
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language	Signing
Masaba	Bantu
Masbatenyo or Minasbate	Malayo-Polynesian
Meitei or Manipuri or Meithei	Tibeto-Burman
Mauritian Creole or Morisyen	French-based creole
Maya	Mayan
Mazandarani or Tabari	Iranian
Meänkieli or Tornedalen Finnish	Uralic
Megleno-Romanian	Romance
Megrelian or Mingrelian	South Caucasian
Mehri or Mahri	Semitic
Menominee	Algonquian
Mentawai	Malayo-Polynesian
Meroitic	unclassified, maybe Nilo-Saharan or isolated
Mescalero Apache	Athabaskan
Meru or Kimeru	Bantu
Michif	mixed, French and Cree based
Mikasuki or Miccosukee	Muskogean
Mi'kmaq or Micmac	Algonquian
Minangkabau	Malayo-Polynesian
Mirandese	Romance
Mnong or M'Nong	Austroasiatic
Mobilian Jargon	pidgin, Choctaw and French based
Moghol	Mongolic
Mohawk	Iroquoian
Moksha	Uralic
Molengue	Bantu
Mon	Austroasiatic
Mongolian	Mongolic
Mono	Ubangian
Mono	Uto-Aztecan
Mono	Malayo-Polynesian
Montagnais	Algonquian
Montenegrin	Slavic
Motu	Malayo-Polynesian
Muher	Semitic
Mundari	Austroasiatic
Munji	Iranian
Muong	Austroasiatic
Muria	Dravidian
N
Nafaanra	Senufo
Nagarchal	Dravidian
Nahuatl	Uto-Aztecan
Nama	Khoisan
Nanai	Tungusic
Nauruan	Malayo-Polynesian
Navajo or Navaho	Na-Dené
Ndau or Southeast Shona	Bantu
Ndonga	Bantu
Neapolitan	Romance
Negidal	Tungusic
Nenets or Yurak	Samoyedic
Nepal Bhasa or Newari	Tibeto-Burman
Nepali	Indo-Aryan
New Zealand Sign Language	Signing
Nihali or Nahali	isolated
Nganasan or Tavgi	Samoyedic
Ngumba	Bantu
Nheengatu or Geral or Modern Tupí	Tupian
Nias	Malayo-Polynesian
Nicaraguan Sign Language	Signing
Niellim	Adamawa
Nigerian Pidgin	pidgin, English-based
Nisenan	Penutian, Maiduan
Niuean or Niue	Malayo-Polynesian
Nivkh or Gilyak	isolated
Nogai	Turkic
Norfuk or Norfolk or Pitcairn-Norfolk	cant, English-Tahitian based
Norman or Norman-French	Romance
Northern Ndebele	Bantu
Northern Sami	Uralic
Northern Sotho or Sepedi	Bantu
Northern Straits Salish	Salishan
Northern Yukaghir	Yukaghir
Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk, Riksmål)	Germanic
Nuer	Nilotic
Nuxálk or Bella Coola	Salishan
Nyabwa	Kru
Nyah Kur	Austroasiatic
Nyangumarta	Pama–Nyungan
Nyoro	Bantu
Nǀu	Khoisan
O
Occitan or Provençal	Romance
Ojibwe or Ojibwa or Chippewa	Algonquian
Okinawan	Japonic
Olonets Karelian or Liv or Livvi	Uralic
Omagua	Tupian
Ongota	Afro-Asiatic
Odia	Indo-Aryan
Ormuri	Iranian
Oroch	Tungusic
Orok	Tungusic
Oromo or Afaan Oromoo	Cushitic
Ossetic or Ossetian	Iranian
P
Páez or Nasa Yuwe	isolated
Palauan	Malayo-Polynesian
Pangasinan	Malayo-Polynesian
Papiamento or Papiamentu	Portuguese-based creole
Parachi	Iranian
Parya	Indo-Aryan
Pashto or Pushto or Pashtu	Iranian
Pennsylvania Dutch or Pennsylvania German	Germanic
Persian or farsi, as it is referred to in the Persian language	Iranian
Phalura	Indo-Aryan
Phuthi	Bantu
Picard	Romance
Pirahã	Mura
Plautdietsch or Mennonite Low German	Germanic
Polish	Slavic
Portuguese	Romance
Pothohari or Pahari-Potwari	Indo-Aryan
Pradhan or Pardhan	Dravidian
Puelche	isolated
Puma	Tibeto-Burman
Punjabi or Panjabi or Gurmukhi	Indo-Aryan
Purépecha	Language isolate
Q
Qashqai or Ghashghai	Turkic
Quebec Sign Language	Signing
Quechua	Quechuan
R
Rajasthani	Indo-Aryan
Ratagnon or Datagnon or Latagnun	Malayo-Polynesian
Réunion Creole or Bourbonnais	French-based creole
Romanian	Romance
Romansh or Rhaeto-Romance	Romance
Romany or Gypsy	Indo-Iranian
Romblomanon	Malayo-Polynesian
Rotokas	East Papuan
Rotuman	Malayo-Polynesian
Runyankole language or Nyankore	Bantu
Russian	Slavic
Russian Sign Language	Signing
Ruthenian or Rusyn or Carpathian	Slavic
S
Salar	Turkic
Samoan	Malayo-Polynesian
Sandawe	Khoisan
Sango	Ngbandi-based creole
Sanskrit	Indo-Aryan, liturgical language
Santali	Austroasiatic
Sara	Malayo-Polynesian
Saraiki or Seraiki or Siraiki Southern Punjabi	Indo-Aryan
Saramaccan	English-based creole
Sardinian	Romance
Sarikoli	Iranian
Saurashtra or Sourashtra	Indo-Aryan
Savara	Dravidian
Savi	Indo-Aryan
Sawai	Malayo-Polynesian
Scots or Ulster Scots or Hiberno-Scots or Ullans	Germanic
Scots Gaelic or Scottish Gaelic or Gaidhlig or Gaelic	Celtic
Selangor Sign Language	Signing
Selkup or Ostyak Samoyed	Samoyedic
Semnani	Iranian
Senaya	Semitic
Serbian	Slavic
Serbo-Croatian	Slavic
Sesotho	Bantu
Seto or Setu	Uralic
Seychellois Creole	French-based creole
Shan	Tai–Kadai
Shimaore	Bantu
Shina	Indo-Aryan
Shona	Bantu
Shor	Turkic
Shoshoni	Uto-Aztecan
Shughni	Iranian
Shumashti	Indo-Aryan
Shuswap	Salishan
Siberian Tatar	Turkic
Sicilian	Romance
Sidamo	Cushitic
Sika	Malayo-Polynesian
Silesian	Slavic
Silt'e or Selti or East Gurage	Semitic
Sindhi	Indo-Aryan
Sinhalese	Indo-Aryan
Sioux	Siouan
Sivandi	Iranian
Skolt Sami	Uralic
Slavey	Athabaskan
Slovak	Slavic
Slovene or Slovenian	Slavic
Soddo or Kistane	Semitic
Somali	Cushitic
Sonjo or Temi	Bantu
Sonsorolese or Sonsorol	Malayo-Polynesian
Soqotri	Semitic
Sora	Austroasiatic
Sorbian, Lower	Slavic
Sorbian, Upper	Slavic
Sourashtra	Indo-Aryan
Southern Ndebele	Bantu
Southern Sami	Uralic
South Estonian	Uralic
Southern Yukaghir or Tundra Yukaghir	Yukaghir
Spanish	Romance
Sranan Tongo	English-based creole
St'at'imcets or Lillooet	Salishan
Sucite or Sìcìté Sénoufo	Senufo
Suba	Bantu
Sundanese	Malayo-Polynesian
Supyire or Supyire Senoufo	Senufo
Surigaonon	Malayo-Polynesian
Susu	Mande
Svan	South Caucasian
Swahili	Bantu
Swati or Swazi or Siswati or Seswati	Bantu
Swedish	Germanic
Syriac	Semitic
T
Tabasaran or Tabassaran	Northeast Caucasian
Tachelhit	Berber
Tagalog	Malayo-Polynesian
Tahitian	Malayo-Polynesian
Taiwanese Sign Language	Signing
Tajik	Iranian
Takestani	Iranian
Talysh	Iranian
Tamil	Dravidian
Tanacross	Athabaskan
Tangut	Tibeto-Burman
Tarifit or Rifi or Riff Berber	Berber
Tat or Tati	Iranian
Tatar	Turkic
Tausug	Malayo-Polynesian
Tehuelche	Chon
Telugu	Dravidian
Tetum	Malayo-Polynesian
Tepehua language	Totonacan
Tepehuán language	Uto-Aztecan)
Thai	Tai–Kadai
Tharu	Indo-Aryan
Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman
Tigre or Xasa	Semitic
Tigrinya	Semitic
Timbisha or Panamint	Uto-Aztecan
Tiv	Benue–Congo
Tlingit	Na-Dené
Tobian	Malayo-Polynesian
Toda	Dravidian
Tok Pisin	English-based creole
Tokelauan	Malayo-Polynesian
Tonga	Bantu
Tongan	Malayo-Polynesian
Torwali or Turvali	Indo-Aryan
Tregami	Indo-Aryan
Tsat	Malayo-Polynesian
Tsez or Dido	Northeast Caucasian
Tshiluba or Luba-Kasai or Luba-Lulua	Bantu
Tsimshian	Penutian
Tsonga	Bantu
Tswana or Setswana	Bantu
Tu or Monguor	Mongolic
Tuareg languages or Tamasheq	Berber
Tulu	Dravidian
Tumbuka	Bantu
Tunisian Arabic	Afroasiatic
Tupiniquim	Tupian
Turkish	Turkic
Turkmen	Turkic
Turoyo	Semitic
Tuvaluan	Malayo-Polynesian
Tuvan Tuvin or Tyvan	Turkic
U
Udihe or Ude or Udege	Tungusic
Udmurt or Votyak	Uralic
Ukrainian	Slavic
Ulch or Olcha	Tungusic
Unserdeutsch or Rabaul Creole German	German-based creole
Upper Sorbian	Slavic
Urdu	Indo-Aryan
Uripiv	Malayo-Polynesian
Urum	Turkic
Ute	Uto-Aztecan
Uyghur or Uigur	Turkic
Uzbek	Turkic
V
Vafsi	Iranian
Valencian	Romance
Valencian Sign Language	Signing
Vasi-vari or Prasuni	Indo-Aryan
Vastese	Romance
Venda or Tshivenda	Bantu
Venetian	Romance
Veps	Uralic
Vietnamese	Austroasiatic
Võro	Uralic
Votic or Votian	Uralic
W
Wa	Austroasiatic
Waddar	Dravidian
Waigali or Kalasha-Ala	Indo-Aryan
Waima or Roro	Malayo-Polynesian
Wakhi	Iranian
Wallisian or East Uvean	Polynesian
Walloon	Romance
Waray or Binisaya	Malayo-Polynesian
Washo	Hokan
Welsh	Celtic
Western Neo-Aramaic	Semitic
Wolane (Silt'e)	Semitic
Wolof	Niger–Congo
Wu	Sinitic
X
Xhosa	Bantu
Xiang	Sinitic
Xibe or Sibo	Tungusic
Xipaya	Tupian
ǃXóõ	Khoisan
Y
Yaaku language	Afro-Asiatic
Yaeyama language	Japonic
Yaghnobi	Iranian
Yakut	Turkic
Yankunytjatjara language	Pama–Nyungan languages, South Australia
Yanomami	Yanomaman
Yanyuwa	Pama–Nyungan
Yao (Dao; Mienic)	Hmong–Mien
Yapese	Malayo-Polynesian
Yaqui	Uto-Aztecan languages
Yauma	Bantu
Yavapai	Yuman languages
Yazdi	Iranian
Yazgulyam or Yazgulami	Iranian
Yemenite Hebrew	Semitic
Yeni	Niger–Congo
Yevanic	Indo-European
Yi language (Nuosu, Lolo)	Tibeto-Burman
Yiddish	Germanic
Yidgha	Iranian
Yogur (also known as Yoghur, (Mongolic) Sarï Uyghur, and (Mongolic) Yellow Uyghur	Mongolic
Yokutsan languages	Yok-Utian
Yonaguni language	Japonic
Yorùbá language	Volta–Niger
Yucatec Maya language	Yucatecan
Yucatec Maya Sign Language	Signing
Yuchi language	Language isolate, Nearly extinct
Yugur (also known as Yughur, (Turkic) Sarïgh Uyghur, and (Turkic) Yellow Uyghur	Turkic
Yukaghir languages	Yukaghir
Yupik languages	Eskimo–Aleut
Yurats language	Samoyedic
Yurok language	Algic
Z
Záparo	Saparoan
Zapotec	Oto-Manguean
Zazaki	Iranian
Zeelandic	Low Franconian
Zhuang	Tai–Kadai
Zoque	Mixe–Zoquean
Zulu Niger–Congo	Bantu
Zuñi or Zuni	isolated
Zway or Zay	Semitic

See also

• Language (for information about language in general)
• Constructed language and List of constructed languages
• List of fictional languages
• List of programming languages
• Sign language and List of sign languages
• Languages used on the Internet