List of language names

This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.

Languages

† = Extinct language

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ꞌAreꞌare – Areare

Spoken in: southern Malaita, Solomon Islands

ʼOle – ʼOlekha

Spoken in: Kingdom of Bhutan
A

A-Hmao – ad Hmaob lul, A-hmaos

Spoken in: Guizhou and Yunnan,

Aari – አፋን፡ኣሪ፡

Spoken in:

Aasáx † – Aasá

Formerly spoken in:

Abau – Abau

Spoken in:,

Abaza – Aбаза бызшва

Official language in:,

Abellen – Ayta Abellen

Spoken in:,

Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe

Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

Official language in: and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia,

Aborlan Tagbanwa – tabanawa

Spoken in:,

Abui – Abui

Spoken in:

Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ

Spoken in:

Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh

Spoken in:

Achagua – Achawa

Spoken in:,

Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩

Spoken in: and

Achi – achi'

Recognised Minority Language in:

Acholi – Lwo

Spoken in: and

Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí

Formerly spoken in:

Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas

Formerly spoken in:,

Adangbe – Adangbe

Spoken in:

Adangme – Adangbɛ

Official language in:

Adele – Gidire

Spoken in: and

Adioukrou – mɔjukru

Spoken in:

Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla

Spoken in:

Adyghe – Адыгабзэ

Western Circassian language. Official language in:,
Spoken also in:,,,,,, etc.

Adzera – Adzera

Spoken in:,

Afade – afaë

Spoken in: and

Afar – Qafar af

Official language in:
Recognised Minority Language in: and

Afrihili – El-Afrihili

Proposed lingua franca of

Afrikaans – Afrikaans

Official language in:
Recognised Minority Language in: and

Aghem – aghím

Spoken in:

Aghul – агъул чӀал

Official language of:,

Aguacateco – awakateko

Spoken in:

Aguaruna – Awajún

Spoken in:

Ahirani – खान्देशी, अहिराणी

Spoken in: Maharashtra,

Ahom † – ??? ?? ????, ???? ?? ????

Formerly spoken in: Assam,

Ahtna – Atnakenaege

Official language of:,

Aikanã – Tubarão, Huari

Spoken in:,

Ainu † – アイヌイタク, Aynu Itak

Recognised Minority Language in:

Ajië – A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu

Official language in: Houaïlou,

Aka-Jeru – Akajeru, Jeru, Yerawa

Spoken in: Andaman Islands,

Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi

Official language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland

Akhvakh – Ашвaлъи мицIи

Spoken in: Southern, and Northern

Akkadian † – akkadû or ????

Formerly an Official language in: Akkad or central Mesopotamia which is modern-day
Later it became a lingua franca in the Middle East and

Aklanon – Akeanon, Binisaya nga Akeanon or Inakeanon

Official Regional Language in:

Akum – aakuem

Spoken in: and

Alabama – Albaamaha

Spoken in:,
Now extinct in:,

Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar

Official language in: and
Recognised Minority Language in:,,,, and

Albanian Sign Language – Gjuha e Shqipe e Shenjave

Signed in:

Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý

Official language in:,
Spoken in:,

Algerian Arabic – الدارجة الجزائرية

Spoken in:

Algerian Saharan Arabic – dŷazāri' or جزائري

Spoken in:,,,,,, and

Algonquin – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ or anicinâbemowin

Spoken in:,

Aloápam Zapotec – tizha'

Spoken in: northern,

Alsatian – Elsässisch, Elsässerditsch

Spoken in:,

Altai – Алтай тили

Spoken in: and,

Altai – Алтай тил

Spoken in:,

Alur – Lur

Spoken in: the and

Alutiiq – Sugt’stun, Alutiit’stun

Official language in:,

Alyutor – nəməlʔu

Spoken in: and,

Amami – 島口, シマユムタ

Spoken in:,

Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí

Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region,

American Sign Language – Sign Language

Signed in: the and

Amharic – ኣማርኛ

Official language in:

Amis – 'Amis or Pangcah

Spoken in:

Amo – Timap

Spoken in:

Ana Dogon – Ana Tiŋa

Spoken in:

Ancash Quechua – qichwa, nuna shimi

Spoken in:,

Ancient Egyptian † – ??? ????

Formerly spoken in: Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική

Formerly spoken in: much of the Mediterranean Sea

Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية

Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus

Andi – къӀаваннаб мицӀцӀи

Spoken in: Southern,

Anfillo – Mao

Spoken in:

Angika – अंगिका

Official language in:,
Spoken in:

Anglo-Norman † – Anglo-Normaund

Formerly spoken in: the and

Angloromani – Pogadi Chib

Spoken in: the

Anindilyakwa – Amamalya Ayakwa

Spoken in:,

Antiguan and Barbudan Creole – Aanteegan an' Baabyuudan / raa bak

Spoken in: the Leeward Islands

Anufo – Anufɔ

Recognised Minority Language in:

Apache – Ndéé

Spoken in: Southwestern

Apalachee † – ?

Formerly spoken in:,

Apsaalooke – Apsáalooke

Spoken in: Great Plains,

Arabela – Tapweyokwaka

Spoken in:

Arabic – العربية

Official language in: 28 countries and 4 international organizations

Aragonese – l'Aragonés

Official language in:,

Arakanese – ရက္ခိုင်ဘာသာ

Spoken in:, and Chittagong Division,

Araki – Soron Raki

Spoken in: Araki Island,

Aramaic – ܐܪܡܝܐ

Spoken in:,,,,,,, and

Aranese – aranés

Official language in: in,

Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit

Spoken by: the Arapaho people,

Arawak – Lokono

Spoken in:,,,, and

Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht

Spoken in:

Archi – аршаттен

Spoken in:,

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit † – ?????????

Formerly spoken in: modern-day Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,

Arikara – Sáhniš

Spoken in:,

Arin † – bbˈirk

Formerly spoken in:

Armenian – Հայերեն

Official language in:
Recognised Minority Language in:,,, Samtskhe-Javakheti,,,,,, and

Armenian Sign Language – Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու

Signed in:

Aromanian – Aromanian

Recognised Minority Language in:,, and

Arpitan – arpetan or francoprovençâl

Spoken in: and
Recognised Minority Language in:

Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye

Spoken in:,

Arvanitika – arbërisht or αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ

Spoken in:

Assamese – অসমীয়া

Spoken in:,, and

Assiniboine – Nakhóda

Spoken in: and the

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic – ܣܘܪܝܬ

Spoken in:,,, and

Asturian – Asturianu

Spoken in:,

Atayal – Tayal

Spoken in:

Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin

Spoken in:,

Attapady Kurumba – അട്ടപ്പാടി കുറുംബ

Spoken in:

Auregnais † – Auregnais

Formerly spoken in:, a part of

Auslan – Sign Language

Official language in:

Austral – Reo Tuha‘a pae

Spoken in: in

Austrian Sign Language – Österreichische Gebärdensprache

Signed in:

Auye-Dao – Auwje, Maniwo, Moi, Moi-Wadea

Spoken in:,

Avar – авар мацӏ, اوار ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, ماعارۇل ماض

Spoken in:,,,, and

Avestan – ???????

Formerly spoken in: the eastern Iranian Plateau
The Avestan language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language

Awadhi – अवधी

Spoken in:

Aweer – Boni

Spoken in:

Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ

Spoken in:

Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco

Spoken in:,

Aymara – Aymar Aru

Spoken by: Aymara people in,, and

Äynu – ئەينۇ

Spoken in: the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,

Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca

Official language in: and,
Spoken in:, and

Azerbaijani Sign Language – Azərbaycan işarət dili

Signed in:

Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí

Spoken in:,
B

Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ

Spoken in: British Columbia in Canada

Badaga – படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ

Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, India

Baga † – Barka

Formerly spoken in: the Republic of Guinea

Bagheli – बघेली

Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India

Bagri – बागड़ी

Spoken in: North of Rajasthan, India

Bagvalal – багвалал мисӀсӀ

Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan, Russia

Bai – Baip‧ngvp‧zix

Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Bajan Creole – Bajan

Spoken in: Barbados

Bajjika – बज्जिका

Spoken in: India and Nepal

Baki – Baki

Spoken in: Vanuatu

Balinese – ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ

Spoken in: Bali, Republic of Indonesia

Balkan Romani – Balkaniko Romanes

Spoken in: the Balkans

Balochi – بلۏچی

Spoken in: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan

Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی

Spoken in: Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, India

Bambara – Bamanankan

Official language in: the Republic of Mali

Bamileke – Bamiléké

Spoken in: the Western High Plateau, Cameroon

Banaban † – ?

Formerly spoken in: Banaba, Kiribati

Banda – ?

Spoken in: the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan

Bangala – Mɔnɔkɔ na bangála

Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bangime – Baŋgɛri-mɛ

Spoken in: the Republic of Mali

Banjarese – basa Banjar, jaku Banjar, باس بنجر

Recognised Minority Language in: South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Bantawa – बान्तावा

Official language in: Sikkim, India and Koshi Province, Nepal

Baoulé – wawle

Spoken in: Ivory Coast

Baram – Baraamu

Spoken in: Nepal

Barasana-Eduria – Taiwano, Jãnerã - Eduria Oca

Spoken in: Vaupés Department, Colombia

Basaa – ɓasaá, ɓàsàa

Spoken in: Cameroon

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

Official language in: Basque Country and Navarre, Kingdom of Spain
Spoken in the French Basque Country, Atlantic Pyrenees Republic of France, but with no legal status.

Bassa – Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀

Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People

Batak –

Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia

Bats – ბაცბა მოტტ

Spoken in: Georgia

Bavarian – Boarisch, Boirisch

Spoken in: Bavaria in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy

Beaver – Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ

Spoken in: British Columbia and Alberta, Canada

Bedik – Ménik

Spoken in: Senegal

Beja – Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, تُبڈاوِ

Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan

Belarusian – Беларуская

Official language in: the Republic of Belarus
Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Belizean Creole – Belize Kriol, Kriol

Spoken in: Belize

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

Beothuk † – Beothuk

Formerly spoken in: the island of Newfoundland, Canada

Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ

Spoken in: Northern Africa

Berom – Cèn Bèrom or Lêm Bèrom

Spoken in: Plateau State, Nigeria

Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit

Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Betawi – Basè Betawi, Basa Betawi

Spoken in: Jakarta, Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City in Banten, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Bogor Regency, Depok City in West Java, Indonesia

Bezhta – бежкьалас миц

Spoken in: Dagestan, Russia

Bhili – भीली, ભીલી

Spoken in: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, India

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

Bhumij – ভূমিজ, ଭୁମିଜ୍, भूमिज, ???????

Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Biblical Hebrew –

Formerly spoken in: the Kingdom of Judah, the Kingdom of Israel and the Hasmonean dynasty
Biblical Hebrew is a Jewish liturgical language

Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut

Spoken in: Malakula, Vanuatu

Bihari – बिहारी भाषा

Spoken in: India and Nepal

Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo

Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau

Bikol – Bikol

Spoken in: Bicol Region, Philippines

Bilen – ብሊን

Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea

Bishnupriya Manipuri – বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী

Spoken in: Northeast India and Bangladesh

Bislama – Bislama

Official language in: Republic of Vanuatu

Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ

Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe

Bodo – बड़ो

Spoken in: Republic of India and Democratic Republic of Nepal

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Spoken in: Buhi, Camarines Sur of the Bicol Region of the Philippines

Bole – bòo pìkkà

Spoken in: Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State and Plateau State, Nigeria

Boma – Kiboma

Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bono – Abron

Spoken in: Ghana and Ivory Coast

Bontoc – Bontoc

Spoken in: Mountain Province, the Philippines

Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski

Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
Recognised Minority Language in: Republic of Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Republic of Serbia

Botlikh – Буйхалъи мицIцIи

Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan, Russia

Bouyei – Haausqyaix

Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan and Vietnam

Brahui – براہوئی

Spoken in: Balochistan, Pakistan

Braj Bhasha – ब्रजभाषा

Spoken in: India

Brazilian Sign Language – Língua Brasileira de Sinais

Signed in: Brazil and by Brazilian diaspora

Breton – Brezhoneg

Spoken in: Brittany, French Republic

British Sign Language – Sign Language, Breetish Sign Leid, Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine

Signed in: the United Kingdom

Budu Dogon – Bunɔɡɛ

Spoken in: Mali

Budukh – Budad mez

Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Bugan – Pakan

Spoken in: Yunnan, China

Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ

Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia

Bugun – Khowa

Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ

Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines

Bukharian –, бухорӣ, buxorī

Spoken in: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Bulgarian – български език

Official language in: Republic of Bulgaria, and Hellenic Republic
Recognised Minority Language in: Romania, Republic of Serbia, and Ukraine

Bulgarian Sign Language – Български жестомимичен език

Signed in: Bulgaria

Bunun – Bunun

Recognised Minority Language in: Taiwan

Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား

Official language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ

Spoken in: Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Buryat – буряад хэлэн

Official language in: Buryatia, Russia

Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ

Spoken in: Ethiopia