# List of languages by number of speakers in Europe

This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only.

## List

| Rank | Name | Native speakers | Total speakers |
| 1 | Russian | 106,000,000 | 160,000,000 |
| 2 | German | 97,000,000 | 170,000,000 |
| 3 | French | 81,000,000 | 210,000,000 |
| 4 | Italian | 65,000,000 | 82,000,000 |
| 5 | English | 63,000,000 | 260,000,000 |
| 6 | Spanish | 47,000,000 | 176,000,000 |
| 7 | Polish | 38,500,000 | |
| 8 | Ukrainian | 32,600,000 | |
| 9 | Romanian | 24,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 10 | Dutch | 22,000,000 | |
| 11 | Serbo-Croatian | 19,000,000 | |
| 11 | Turkish | 15,752,673 | |
| 12 | Bavarian | 14,000,000 | |
| 13 | Greek | 13,500,000 | |
| 14 | Hungarian | 13,000,000 | |
| 15 | Swedish | 11,100,000 | 13,280,000 |
| 16 | Czech | 10,600,000 | |
| 17 | Portuguese | 10,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| 17 | Catalan | 10,000,000 | |
| 18 | Serbian | 9,000,000 | |
| 19 | Bulgarian | 7,800,000 | |
| 20 | Albanian Arbëresh Arvanitika | 5,367,000 5,877,100 (Balkans) | |
| 21 | Neapolitan | 5,700,000 | |
| 22 | Croatian | 5,600,000 | |
| 23 | Danish | 5,500,000 | |
| 24 | Finnish | 5,400,000 | |
| 25 | Norwegian | 5,200,000 | |
| 25 | Slovak | 5,200,000 | |
| 27 | Swiss German | 5,000,000 | |
| 28 | Mainfränkisch | 4,900,000 | |
| 29 | Sicilian | 4,700,000 | |
| 30 | Tatar | 4,300,000 | |
| 31 | Venetian | 3,800,000 | |
| 32 | Lombard | 3,600,000 | |
| 33 | Belarusian | 3,300,000 | |
| 34 | Lithuanian | 3,000,000 | |
| 35 | Bosnian | 2,500,000 | |
| 36 | Galician | 2,400,000 | |
| 37 | Slovene | 2,100,000 | |
| 38 | Upper Saxon | 2,000,000 | |
| 39 | Irish | 1,873,997 (census) 240,000 | |
| 40 | Latvian | 1,750,000 | |
| 43 | Macedonian | 1,600,000 | |
| 43 | Piedmontese | 1,600,000 | |
| 42 | Romani | 1,500,000 | |
| 43 | Chechen | 1,400,000 | |
| 45 | Sardinian | 1,350,000 | |
| 46 | Limburgish | 1,300,000 (2001) | |
| 47 | Bashkir | 1,221,000 | |
| 48 | Chuvash | 1,100,000 | |
| 49 | Estonian | 1,165,400 | |
| 50 | Low German (Low Saxon) | 1,000,000 | 2,600,000 |
| 50 | Kazakh | 1,000,000 | |
| 50 | Palatinate German | 1,000,000 | |
| 53 | Ripuarian (Platt) | 900,000 | |
| 54 | Swabian German | 820,000 | |
| 55 | Avar | 760,000 | |
| 56 | Basque | 750,000 | |
| 57 | Friulan | 600,000 | |
| 57 | Walloon | 600,000 | |
| 57 | Yiddish | 600,000 | |
| 60 | Welsh | 538,000 899,500 | 750,000 |
| 61 | Kabardian | 530,000 | |
| 62 | Silesian | 522,000 | |
| 63 | Maltese | 520,000 | |
| 64 | Azerbaijani | 500,000 | |
| 64 | Ligurian | 500,000 | |
| 64 | Mari | 500,000 | |
| 64 | Occitan | 500,000 | |
| 68 | Crimean Tatar | 480,000 | |
| 69 | Frisian | 470,000 | |
| 70 | Kumyk | 450,000 | |
| 70 | Ossetian | 450,000 | |
| 72 | Rhaeto-Romance | 370,000 | |
| 73 | Asturian (Astur-Leonese) | 351,791 | 641,502 |
| 74 | Udmurt | 340,000 | |
| 75 | Luxembourgish | 336,000 | 386,000 |
| 76 | Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino) | 320,000 | few |
| 77 | Icelandic | 330,000 | |
| 78 | Karachay-Balkar | 300,000 | |
| 78 | Ingush | 300,000 | |
| 80 | Montenegrin | 240,700 | |
| 81 | Komi | 220,000 | |
| 81 | Zeelandic | 220,000 | |
| 83 | Breton | 206,000 | |
| 84 | Extremaduran | 200,000 | |
| 84 | Picard | 200,000 | |
| 86 | Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) | 140,000 | |
| 86 | Gagauz | 140,000 | |
| 87 | Tabasaran | 126,900 | |
| 88 | Erzya | 120,000 | |
| 89 | Adyghe | 117,500 | |
| 90 | Aromanian | 114,000 | |
| 91 | Scots | 110,000 | |
| 92 | Võro | 87,000 | |
| 93 | Kalmyk | 80,500 | |
| 94 | Faroese | 66,150 | |
| 95 | Scottish Gaelic | 57,000 | |
| 96 | Norman | 50,000 | |
| 96 | Kashubian | 50,000 | |
| 98 | Abaza | 49,800 | |
| 99 | Karelian | 36,000 | |
| 100 | Corsican | 30,000 | 125,000 |
| 100 | Tat | 30,000 | |
| 102 | Aragonese | 25,000 | 55,000 |
| 103 | Sami | 23,000 | |
| 104 | Walser German | 20,000 | |
| 104 | Sorbian (Wendish) | 20,000 | |
| 104 | Italiot Greek | 20,000 native speakers in 1981 | 50,000 |
| 107 | Yenish | 16,000 | |
| 108 | Mirandese | 15,000 | |
| 109 | Silesian German | 11,000 | |
| 110 | Nenets | 4,000 | |
| 111 | Megleno-Romanian | 3,000 | |
| 112 | Kven | 2,000-8,000 | |
| 113 | Moksha | 2,000 | |
| 113 | Elfdalian | 2,000 | |
| 115 | Vepsian | 1,640 | |
| 116 | Istro-Romanian | 1,100 | |
| 117 | Istriot | 900 | |
| 118 | Cornish | 557 | |
| 119 | Cimbrian | 400 | |
| 120 | Judeo-Italian | 250 | |
| 121 | Manx | 230 | 2,300 |
| 122 | Ingrian | 120 | |
| 123 | Wymysorys | less than 20 | 70 |
| 124 | Latin | dead | only several dozen and definitely less than 100 |
| unranked | Emilian | | |
| unranked | Romagnol | | |