# Àkójọ àwọn èdè gẹ́gẹ́ bíi iye àwọn afisọ̀rọ̀ abínibí

Ipinkiri lowolowo awon Ibatan Ede Eniyan
Awon ede mesan ti won je didiye pe won iye to pojulo awon afisoro abinibi laye, lati SIL Ethnologue, 2005.
Eyi ni **Àkójọ àwọn èdè gẹ́gẹ́ bíi iye àwọn afisọ̀rọ̀ abínibí** .

## Iye afisoro to ju 60 legbegberun lo

| Language | Family | Ethnologue (estimate) | Encarta estimate | Other estimates | Estimated ranking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Mandarin Chinese** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 845,000,000 | 800,000,000 | 1,052 million including second language speakers (Ethnologue, 1999 )/ 1,151 million (982 native, 179 second language) / It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. | 1 |
| **Spanish** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance | 329,000,000 | 358,000,000  | 417 million including second-language speakers (Ethnologue 1999)./ 500 million currently/ It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. | 2 |
| **English** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, English | 328,000,000 | 350,000,000  | 508 million including second speakers (Ethnologue, 1999 )/1,000 million (as a total of first, second and foreign language spoken according to List of countries by English-speaking population)/ It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. | 3 |
| **Hindi/Urdu** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 182,000,000 Hindi, 60,600,000 Urdu | 200,000,000 Hindi , 40,000,000 Urdu  | 487 million (366 million with all varieties of Hindi and Urdu + 120 million as a second language in 1999)/ 484.5 million (258 mill. properly Hindi, 422 million all varieties of Hindi and 51,5 of Urdu according to Indian Census 2001 + 11 million Urdu speakers in 1993 census of Pakistan )/ 552 million currently. 473.5 million of 1,028 million spoken some variety of Hindi or Urdu according to Indian Census (46%). In Pakistan 7.57% speak Urdu. Currently the population of India is 1,173 million and 168 million is currently the population of Pakistan. (294.4 million speak properly Hindi as a first language): 258 million of 1,028 million spoken Hindi according to the 2001 Indian census (25.08%). | 4 |
| **Arabic** | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | 221,000,000\* | 150,000,000  |
246 million including second language speakers (Ethnologue, 1999)
It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. \*Ethnologue further counts each of sixteen dialects. | 5 |
| **Bengali** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 181,000,000 | 170,000,000  | 211 million including second language speakers, official language of Bangladesh (Ethnologue, 1999 ). | 6 |
| **Portuguese** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance | 178,000,000 | 150,000,000  | 191 million including second language speakers (Ethnologue, 1999 )/ 220 million native, 20 million second language = 240 million total  | 7 |
| **Russian** | Indo-European, Slavic, East Slavic | 144,000,000 | 160,000,000  | 277 million including second language speakers (Ethnologue, 1999)/ It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. | 8 |
| **Japanese** | Japonic, formerly Language isolate | 122,000,000 | 126,000,000  | 130 million native, 2 million second language = 132 million total | 9 |
| **German** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic | 90,300,000 | 100,000,000  | 101 million native (88 million Standard German, 5 million Swiss German, 8 million Austrian German), 60 million second language in EU + 5–20 million worldwide. | 10 |
| **Javanese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | 84,600,000 | 70,000,550  |  | 11 |
| **Wu** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 77,200,000 | 90,000,000  |  | 12 |
| **Punjabi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 78,300,000 | 70,000,000  | Both counts include the two Lahnda dialects of Western Punjabi and Siraiki 61–62 million (2000 WCD) (taken together with Eastern Punjabi (28 million): approx. 90 million total) | 13 |
| **Korean** | language isolate (status as part of the Altaic family controversial) | 75,100,000 | 75,000,000  | 50,100,000 in South Korea (2013). Population total all countries 82,100,000 (2013 WA) | 14 |
| **French** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance | 67,800,000 | 70,000,000  | 128 million “native and real speakers" (includes 64,473,140 French people) and 72 million *"bilinguals"*. More than 200 total both native and second language. Not including partial speakers, and up to 450+ million total with significant knowledge of the language. French is the ninth most spoken language in the world when including second language speakers. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. | 15 |
| **Telugu** | Dravidian, South Central | 69,800,000 | 69,666,000 | 74,002,856 (2001 census) | 16 |
| **Vietnamese** | Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Vietic | 68,600,000 | 68,000,000 | 70 million native, perhaps up to 16 million second language, = ~86 million total | 17 |
| **Marathi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 68,100,000 | 68,022,000 | Indian census:71,936,894 68 million native, 3 million second language = 71 million total | 18 |
| **Tamil** | Dravidian | 65,700,000 | 66,000,000 | Indian census:60,793,814 78 million  | 19 |
| **Italian** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance | 61,700,000 | 62,000,000 |  | 20 |

## 20 to 60 legbegberun afisoro abinibi

| Language | Family | Ethnologue (2005 estimate) | Encarta estimate | Other | Estimated ranking |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Turkish**  | Altaic, Turkic, Oghuz | 59 million | 61,000,000 | Official in Turkey, (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), Cyprus; spoken in Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria, France, United Kingdom, Kosovo by Turkish Population | 21 |
| **Cantonese/Yue** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 55,500,000 |  |  | 22 |
| **Tagalog (including Filipino)** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine | 48.9 million | 17 million (2006) | Official in Philippines  (in the form of Filipino). Significant communities in Canada, People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States (Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands). ~49 million native, ~51 million second language = ~100 million total  | 23 |
| **Gujarati** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 46.5 million | 46.1 million | -- | 24 |
|  **Min** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 46.2 million | -- | Southern Min: 49m, Northern Min 10.43m | 25 |
| **Polish** | Indo-European, Slavic, West Slavic | 40.0 million | 44 million |  | 26 |
| **Ukrainian** | Indo-European, Slavic, East Slavic | 39.4 million | 47 million | -- | 27 |
| **Xiang** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 36.0 million |  |  | 28 |
| **Malayalam** | Dravidian, Kerala, Southern - India | 35,706,000 | 35,706,000 | Indian census:33,066,392 | 29 |
| **Kannada** | Dravidian, Southern | 35.4 million | 35.4 million | 38 million native, 9 million second language, = 47 million total | 30 |
| **Maithili** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 45 million | 24,191,900 |  | 31 |
| **Bhojpuri** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 38.5 million | 26,254,000 |  | 32 |
| **Burmese** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Lolo-Burmese | 32,300,000 | 32.3 million | 50-56 million total speakers, including 18 to 23 million as second language (Myanmar Language Commission) | 33 |
| **Oriya** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 31.7 million | 32.3 million | Oriya is an official language of India and is spoken by over 35 million people all over the world. Indian Census:33,017,446 | 34 |
| **Malay** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Malayic | 39,100,000 | 23.6 million (2006) | Official in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore. Native to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. Significant communities in Australia, Bahrain. 18 million native, 3 million second language, = 21 million total (not counting Indonesian)  | 35 |
| **Sunda** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | 34 million | 27 million |  | 36 |
| **Persian** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian | 31.3 million | 31.3 million | 33.9 million 2009 CIA Factbook; 23.9 million Farsi Western in Iran (1997) Ethnologue ; | 37 |
| **Hakka** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 30,000,000 | -- |  | 38 |
| **Hausa** | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic | 24,200,000 | 24.2 million (2006) | Official in Niger, north Nigeria. Significant communities in Chad, Benin, Ghana, Sudan 24 million native, ~15 million second language, = ~39 million total | 39 |
| **Romanian** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance | 23,400,000 | 26,265,555 | Official in Moldova, Romania, Serbia (Vojvodina). Significant communities in Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Spain, Ukraine. 26 million native, 4 million second language. The total is about 30 million.  | 40 |
| **Indonesian** (also known as Bahasa Indonesia) | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | 23.2 million | 17.1 million | national language in Indonesia over 140 million second language speakers per Ethnologue. Almost 100% of the population of Indonesia speaks Bahasa Indonesia, a dialect of Malay. | 41 |
| **Azerbaijani** | Altaic, Turkic, Oghuz | 21.7 million | 31.4 million | 25–35 million native, including Qashqai (data for Iran uncertain); 8 million second language (outside Iran) ;Azerbaijani, South 24.4 (1996) www.photius.com - 12.7 million Johnstone and Mandryk 2001(irak 0.6 million 1982 , Suria 0.03 1961 ,Turkey 0.53 million ;Azerbaijani, Iran 15.9 million 2009 24% ;Azerbaijani, North 7.5 million 2007 ;Azerbaijani, Qashqai 1.5 miilion 1997 | 42 |
| **Dutch** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic | 21,700,000 | 20 million (2006) | 25 million Official in Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Suriname. Significant communities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Indonesia and South Africa (excluding Afrikaans). | 43 |
|  **Gan** | Sino-Tibetan, Chinese | 21 million | -- | 48 million, 29 million in Jiangxi | 44 |
| **Thai** | Kradai, Tai | 20.3 million (2000) | 46.1 million (2006) | Encarta includes Northern, Northeastern and Southern Thai as well as Central whereas ethnologue Thai is just Central Thai ~31 million native (1983 SIL, 1990 Diller, 2000 WCD) (dated data), = ~60 million first and second language (2001 A. Diller). Includes Southern Thai, Northern Thai/Western Lao, but not Shan, Isan, or Lao. | 45 |
| **Yoruba** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid | 20,000,000 | 20 million (2006) | Official in Nigeria. | 46 |
| **Pashto** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern Iranian | 19,000,000 | 26,811,657 | Official in Afghanistan. Native to Pakistan. Significant communities in Iran, United Arab Emirates.  | 47 |

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| Language | Family | Ethnologue (2005 estimate) | Encarta estimate | Other | Ranking by Ethnologue estimate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sindhi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 19,720,000 | 19,720,000 (2006) | Official in Pakistan, India. Significant communities in People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong), UK, Philippines Oman. 17 million native, 13 million second language, = 30 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 48 |
| **Uzbek** | Altaic, Turkic, Eastern Turkic | 18,466,000 | 20.1 million (2006) | Official in Uzbekistan. Native to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  | 49 |
| **Igbo** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Igboid | 18 million | 18 million | Official in Nigeria unknown number second language. | 50 |
| **Oromo** | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic | split into different dialects in their consideration | 17.2 million (2006) | National language of Ethiopia. Significant communities in Kenya 24 million native (31.6% of Ethiopia [1994 census]), ~2 million second language, = 26 million total (1998 census) | 51 |
| **Amharic** | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South | 17,413,000 | 17.4 million (2006) | Official in Ethiopia. Significant communities in Israel.27 million native (32.7% Ethiopia [1994 census] and 2.7 million emigrants), 10% (7 million) as a second language = 34 million total | 52 |
| **Nepali** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 16,056,000 | 16,056,000 | Official in Nepal, India (Sikkim). Significant communities in Bhutan.approx. 30 million in Nepal, 16 million as native tongue and 15 million as a second language (2006) | 53 |
| **Kurdish** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern | 16,000,000 | Kurdish is absent from Encarta's list of "Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People" | Official in Iraq. Native to Armenia, Iran, Syria, Turkey. Significant communities in Germany, Lebanon.  | 54 |
| **Cebuano** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | 15.8 million | 15 million (2006) | Native to Philippines 18.5 million native, ~11.5 million second language, = 30 million total (2000 census) | 55 |
| **Assamese** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 15,334,000 | 15,374,000 | Official in India (Assam). Significant communities in Bhutan and Bangladesh. Assamese is spoken and/or understood by almost everyone in the state of Assam. Assam had a population of 26.7 million in 2003-04. So, Assamese has another 8-10 million second language speakers. Assamese is also understood and spoken widely in Arunachal Pradesh, which has a population of 1.1 million. These are mostly second or third language speakers. Various tribes in Nagaland, with a population of 2 million, use Nagamese, a variant of Assamese, for communication. Thus, a total of approximately, 28-30 million people speak and understand Assamese. | 56 |
| **Malagasy** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Bornean, Barito | 15 million | 10.5 million (2006) | Official in Madagascar. Significant communities in Mayotte. 17 million  | 57 |
| **Hungarian** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric | 14,500,000 | 14.5 million (2006) | Official in Hungary, Serbia (Vojvodina), Slovenia, Austria. Significant communities in Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States, Israel 14 million native (1995) | 58 |
| **Zhuang** | Kradai, Tai | 14 million | 14 million | Official in People's Republic of China (Guangxi) 14 million native (1992), unknown number second language | 59 |
| **Madurese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | 13,694,000 | 13,694,000 | Native to Indonesia (Originally Java, Madura)  | 60 |
| **Sinhalese** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | 13,220,000 | 13.2 million (2006) | Official in Sri Lanka. Significant communities in United Arab Emirates 13 million native, 2 million second language, = 15 million total (1993)  | 61 |
| **Greek** | Indo-European, Greek | 12 million | 12 million | Official in Cyprus, Greece. Significant communities in Albania, Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.  12 million (2004), up to 10–12 million more second language | 63 |
| **Czech** | Indo-European, Slavic, West Slavic | 12 million (2006) | 12 million (1990 WA). | Official in Czech Republic. | 62 |
| **Fula/Fulfulde** | Niger-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian | ~13 million (all varieties) | 11,428,700 | Official in Niger, Nigeria. National language in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal. Significant communities in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone. | 63 |
| **Shona** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | 7,000,000 | 14 million | National language of Zimbabwe. Significant communities in Botswana, Mozambique. 15 million native, 1.8 million second language, = 16–17 million total, including Ndau, Manyika (2000 A. Chebanne)  | 64 |

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| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | SIL estimate | Number of speakers | Estimated ranking by number of native speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Somali** | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic | Official in Somalia. Native to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya. Significant communities in Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen.10-16 million native and at least 500,000 second-language speakers.million (2004 WCD)  | 9.8 million (2006) |  | 65 |
| **Zulu** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa. Significant communities in Lesotho, Swaziland  | 9.6 million (2006) | 9.6 million native, ~16 million second language, = ~25 million total (1996 census) | 66 |
| **Serbian** | Indo-European, Slavic, South | 9,000,000 | 8,600,000 (1996) | Serbian language official in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro. | 67 |
| **Quechua** | Quechuan | Official in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru. Significant communities in Argentina | 8.3 million (2006) | 10.4 million, all varieties | 68 |
| **Kazakh** | Altaic, Turkic, Northwestern, Southern | Official in Kazakhstan. Significant communities in People's Republic of China (Xinjiang), Russia, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  | 8.2 million (2006) | 12 million | 69 |
| **Tibetan** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Kanauri | Official in People's Republic of China (Tibet Autonomous Region and part of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu). Significant communities in India  | 7.1 million (2006) | 7.6 million | 70 |
| **Tajik** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian | Official in Tajikistan. Significant communities in Uzbekistan  | 4.4 million. | 7.9-17 million native (estimates vary due to lack of official data, moreover these exclude Tajiks of Afghanistan) | 71 |
| **Chichewa (Nyanja)** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Malawi, Zambia. Significant communities in Mozambique, Zimbabwe.  |  | 9.3 million native (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk), 0.4 million second language (1999 WA), = 9.7 million total | 72 |
| **Haitian Creole** | Indo-European, Romance, Creole | Official in Haiti. Significant communities in Bahamas, Canada (Quebec), Cuba, Cayman Islands (UK), Dominican Republic, France (Guadeloupe), United States (Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York).  | 7.4 million (2006) | 12 million (2005) | 73 |
| **Belarusian** | Indo-European, Slavic, East Slavic | Official in Belarus. Significant communities in Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Russia  | 10.2 million (2006) | 9.1 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 74 |
| **Lombard** | Indo-European, Romance | Native to  Italy | -- | 5 million Western Lombard + 3 million Eastern Lombard + others = 9.13 million (Ethnologue 2006) | 75 |
| **Hebrew** | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, North Central | Official in Israel. Significant communities in USA (New York, California) and Canada (Ontario).  | 9.42 million (2006)Àdàkọ:Failed verification | ~up to 10.0 million speakers including 2nd language speakers | 76 |
| **Swedish** | Indo-European, Germanic, North | National language of Sweden. National language in Finland. | 9 million (2006) | 8.8 million (1986), ~9 million (2005) | 77 |
| **Kongo** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language in Angola, Congo-Brazzaville (Kituba), Congo-Kinshasa. | 4.7 million (2006) | 8.7 million, all varieties, including Yombe and creolized Kituba (1986–2002) (dated data) | 78 |
| **Akan** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | National language in Ghana | 7 million (2006) | 8.3 million native, ~1 million second language, = ~10 million total (2004 SIL) | 79 |
| **Tshiluba** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Congo-Kinshasa |  | 7.8 million native, 0.7 million second language, = 8.5 million total (1991 UBS). Includes 1.5 million Kiluba. | 80 |
| **Ilokano** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines. Significant communities in United States (Hawaii).  | 8 million (2006) | 7.7 million native (2000 census), ~2.3 second language = 10 million total | 81 |
| **Uyghur** | Altaic, Turkic, Southeastern, Eastern | Official in People's Republic of China (Xinjiang). Significant communities in Kazakhstan  | 7.6 million (2006) | 7.6 million | 82 |
| **Neapolitan** | Indo-European, Romance |  Native to  Italy | -- | 7.5 million native | 83 |
| **Bulgarian** | Indo-European, Slavic, South | Official in Bulgaria. Significant communities in Moldova, Ukraine, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, USA | 9 million (2006) | 7.7 million in Bulgaria (2005) and ~1 million abroad = 8.5 million native | 84 |
| **Kinyarwanda** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Rwanda. Significant communities in Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda  |  | 7.3 million (1998) | 85 |
| **Khmer** | Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Khmer | 7,039,200 | 8 million (2006) | Official in Cambodia. Significant communities in Thailand, United States (California), Vietnam 14 million native, 1 million second language, = 15 million total (2004)  | 86 |
| **Xhosa** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa. Significant communities in Lesotho  | 6.9 million (2006) | 7.2 million (1996 census) | 87 |
| **Balochi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian | Native to Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan. Significant communities in Oman, United Arab Emirates | 7 million (2006) | 7.0 million (1998) | 88 |
| **Hiligaynon** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 7 million (2006) | 6.9 million (2000 census), est. 4.1 million second language = ~11 million total | 89 |
| **Tigrinya** | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South | Official in Eritrea, Ethiopia | 5.1 million (2006) | 4.5 million in Ethiopia (6% of population (1994 census)), ~2.25 million in Eritrea (50% of population (CIA)), = 6.75 million native, 146,934 as second language (1994 census), = 6.9 million total | 90 |
| **Catalan** | Indo-European, Romance | Official and Native to Andorra, Spain (Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencia, Aragon (La Franja)), France (Pyrénées-Orientales), Italy (Alghero). | 6.6 million (2006) | 6.7 million native, ~5 million second language, = ~12 million total (1996) (includes Valencian) | 91 |
| **Minangkabau** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Malayic | Indonesia (Sumatra) | 6.5 million (2006) | 6.5 million (1981 Moussay) (dated data) | 92 |
| **Turkmen** | Altaic, Turkic, Southwestern, Eastern | Official in Turkmenistan. Significant communities in Afghanistan, Iran. | 6.4 million (2006) | 6.4 million (1995) | 93 |
| **Croatian language** | Indo-European, Slavic, South | 6,2 million | Croatian 7,000,000 million (1996) | Official in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro Significant communities in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia. | 94 |
| **Makhuwa** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Major language of Mozambique. Significant communities in Tanzania | 2.5 million (2006) | 6.4 million, all varieties, including Lomwe | 95 |
| **Santali** | Austro-Asiatic, Munda | Official in India | 6.2 million (2006) | 6.2 million (1997) | 96 |
| **Albanian** | Indo-European, isolate | Official in Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo . Significant communities in Greece, Italy. | 6.0 million | 3.6 million (data from Albania) | 97 |
| **Armenian** | Indo-European, isolate | Official in Armenia and the *de-facto* territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Significant communities in Russia, USA, Georgia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, France. | 6 million (2006) | 6.7 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, etc.) | 98 |
| **Afrikaans** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic   | Official in South Africa. Significant communities in Namibia, Botswana, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and United Kingdom.  | 6.0 million (2006) | 6.0 million native, 10.3 million second language, = 16 million total (1996 census) | 99 |
| **Mongolian** | Altaic, Mongolian | Official in People's Republic of China (Inner Mongolia), Mongolia | 5.7 million (2006) | 5.7 million | 100 |
| **Bhili** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 1.3 million (2006) | 5.6 million, all varieties (1994). Includes 1.6 million Wagdi, etc. | 101 |
| **Danish** | Indo-European, Germanic, North | Official in Denmark, Faroe Islands (Denmark). Significant communities in Germany (Southern Schleswig) and Greenland.  | 5.3 million (2006) | 5.6 million (2006?) | 102 |
| **Finnish** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finnic | Official in Finland. Significant communities in Sweden and Estonia. | 6.1 million (2006) | 5.4 million (1993) | 103 |
| **Tatar** | Altaic, Turkic, Northwestern, Northern | Official in Russia (Tatarstan). Significant communities in Bashkortostan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  | 5.7 million (1989 USSR census), at least 5.34 million (2002 census: ethnic Tatars in Russia only) |  | 104 |
| **Gikuyu** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Major language of Kenya | 5.4 million (2006) | 5.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) | 105 |
| **Slovak** | Indo-European, Slavic, West Slavic | Official in Slovakia and Vojvodina district of Serbia. | 5.6 million (2006) | 5.0 million (1990 WA) | 106 |
| **More** | Niger-Congo, Gur | National language of Burkina Faso | 5.1 million (2006) | ~5 million (1991) | 107 |
| **Guarani** | Tupi | Official in Paraguay. Significant communities in Argentina.  | 5.1 million (2006) | 4.9 million (1995) | 108 |
| **Swahili** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Tanzania. Significant communities in Comoros, Mayotte, Oman  | 5 million (2006) | ~5 million native, ~80 million second language | 109 |
| **Southern Quechua**  | Quechuan | Official in Peru, Bolivia | ~5,000,000 |  | 110 |

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | SIL estimate | Number of speakers | Estimated ranking by number of native speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Kirundi** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Burundi. |  | 4.9 million (1986) (dated data) | 111 |
| **Sesotho (southern)** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Lesotho, South Africa. |  | 4.9 million (1996 census) | 112 |
| **Central Morocco Tamazight** (Berber) | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern | 3,500,000National language in Algeria, Mali and Niger (Tuaregs); unrecognized in Morocco, Libya and Tunisia. Large migrant communities in France, Benelux, Spain and Germany . | 32.3 million (2006) | 37+ million (1998) | 113 |
| **Romani** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Significant communities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and USA  | 3.1 million (2006) | 4.8 million, all varieties, including Domari (data for Vlax 2002–2004; for Domari 2000 WCD). | 114 |
| **Norwegian** | Indo-European, Germanic, North | Official in Norway. Significant communities in the United States. | 5 million (2006) | 4.7 million (2006, Statistics Norway) | 115 |
| **Pahari-Potwari** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Pakistan: Areas of Pakistani administered Kashmir e.g. Mirpur District, Rawalpindi. Dialects include Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Chibhali, Pindiwali, Punchhi (Poonchi), and Mirpuri. (Mirpuri can also refer to Mirpur Punjabi, a Lahnda language. Pahari-Potwari is related to Punjabi. |  | 4.7 million, all varieties | 116 |
| **Tibetan** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Bodic | Official in People's Republic of China (Tibet, Qinghai, parts of Sichuan, Gansu) | 1.3 million (2006) | 4.6 million, all varieties | 117 |
| **Kanuri** | Nilo-Saharan, Saharan | Official in Niger, Nigeria. Significant communities in Chad (Kanembu)  |  | 4.4 million native, 0.5 million second language, = 4.9 million total (data mostly from 1985) (dated data) | 118 |
| **Kashmiri** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Official in and  native to India. | 4.5 million (2006) | 4.6 million (1997) | 119 |
| **Bikol** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 3.3 million (2006) | 4.5 native, all varieties (2000 census), unknown number second language | 120 |
| **Yi** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmic | People's Republic of China | 4.2 million (2006) | 7.8 million ethnic Yi (2000 census) | 121 |
| **Georgian** | Kartvelian | Official in Georgia. Significant communities in Israel.  | 4.1 million (2006) | 4.2 million (1993 UBS) | 122 |
| **Qusqu-Qullaw** | Quechuan | Official in Peru (Cusco and Puno departments) Also spoken in Bolivia, Argentina | 4 million |  | 123 |
| **Tswana** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Botswana, South Africa. National language of Namibia | 4 million (2006) | 4.4 million native, 200,000 second language, = 4.6 million total (1993 Johnstone) (dated data) | 124 |
| **Umbundu** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Angola |  | ~4 million native, unknown number second language (1995 WA) | 125 |
| **Konkani** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Official in India (Goa).Significant communities in Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada. | 6 million (2006) | ~4 million (1999 WA) | 126 |
| **Balinese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Bali-Sasak | Indonesia (Bali, Lombok) | 3.8 million (2006) | 3.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 127 |
| **Northern Sotho (sePedi)** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa. Significant communities in Botswana  |  | 3.7 million (1996 census) | 128 |
| **Luyia** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Kenya | 3.6 million (2006) | 3.6 million (1989 census) (dated data) | 129 |
| **Wolof** | Niger-Congo, Atlantic | National language in Mauritania, Senegal. Significant communities in The Gambia.  | 3.4 million (2006) | 3.6 million native (2002), unknown number second language | 130 |
| **Buginese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, South Sulawesi | Indonesia |  | 3.5 million native, 0.5 million second language, = ~4 million total (1991 SIL) | 131 |
| **Luo (Dholuo)** | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic | Kenya | 3.4 million (2006) | 3.5 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data) | 132 |
| **Maninka** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language of Guinea, Mali. Significant numbers in Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone.  | 2.5 million (2006) | 3.3 million, all varieties | 133 |
| **Mazanderani** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western Iranian | Iran | 3.3 million (2006) | 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Gilaki) | 134 |
| **Gilaki** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western Iranian | Iran | 3.3 million (2006) | 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Mazanderani) | 135 |
| **Shan** | Kradai, Tai | Myanmar | 3 million (2006) | 3.3 million | 136 |
| **Tsonga** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa. Significant communities in Mozambique, Swaziland.  | 3.2 million (2006) | 3.3 million (1989, 1996) (dated data) | 137 |
| **Galician** | Indo-European, Romance. |  Official in Galicia, Spain. | 3.2 million (2006) | 3.2 million (1986) (data dated) | 138 |
| **Lao** | Kradai, Tai | Official in Laos. Native to Thailand. | 3.2 million (2006) | ~19 million Lao-Phutai dialects (including Isan) (data dated) | 139 |
| **Sukuma** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania | 5 million (2006) | 3.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 140 |
| **Yiddish** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic | official in Russia (Jewish Autonomous Oblast) Significant communities in Belarus, Israel, Latvia, Ukraine, USA.  | 3 million (2006) | 3.2 million | 141 |
| **Jamaican Creole** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Creole | Jamaica. Significant communities in Panama, Costa Rica  | 2.8 million (2006) | 3.2 million (2001) | 142 |
| **Piemonteis** | Indo-European, Italic, North | Italy (official in the Piedmont region), Argentina | 3.1 million (2000) | 3.1 million (2000), might not include speakers in Latin America | 143 |
| **Kyrgyz** | Altaic, Turkic, Northwestern, Southern | Official in Kyrgyzstan. Native to Tajikistan | 3.1 million (2006) | 3.1 million (1993 UBS) (dated data) | 144 |
| **Waray-Waray** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 2.4 million | 3.1 native (2000 census), unknown number second language | 145 |
| **Ewe** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | Official in Togo. National language of Ghana. | 2.5 million (2006) | 3.1 million native, 500,000 second language, = 3.6 million total (2003) | 146 |
| **South Bolivian Quechua** | Quechuan | Official in Bolivia, also spoken in Argentina  | 3,637,500 (ethnologue)sout |  | 147 |
| **Lithuanian** | Indo-European, Baltic | Official in Lithuania. Significant communities in Latvia.  | 4 million (2006) | 3.1 million (1998) | 148 |
| **Luganda** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Major language of Uganda |  | 3.0 million native (1991 census), ~1 million second language (1999 WA), = ~4 million total | 149 |
| **Lusoga** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Major language of Uganda, official status unclear/pending  |  | +/- 3 million native speakers (2002 census), +/- 100,000 second-language speakers (dated data) | 150 |
| **Acehnese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Malayic | Indonesia | 3 million (2006) | ~3 million (1999 WA) | 151 |
| **Kimbundu** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Angola |  | ~3 million (1999 WA) | 152 |
| **Hindko** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Pakistan | 2.5 million (2006) | ~3 million (1993) (dated data) | 153 |
| **Ibibio-Efik** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Cross River | Efik official in Nigeria | 1.5 million (2006) | ~3 million, including Anaang (1990; 1998 B. Connell) (dated data) | 154 |

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively, or as an immigrant language, by more than 1% of the population | Number of speakers | Estimated ranking by number of native speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Rajbangsi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 3.0 million (1991 census) | 155 |
| **Garhwali** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 2.9 million (2000) | 156 |
| **Bambara** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language of Mali | 2.8 million native, 10 million second language, = 13 million total | 157 |
| **Hmong** | Hmong-Mien | China. Significant communities in France (French Guiana), Laos, United States (Minnesota, Wisconsin), Vietnam | 2.8 million (2006) ~4 million (Lemoine, 2005) | 158 |
| **Ometo** | Afro-Asiatic, Omotic | Ethiopia | 2.8 million, all varieties, including Welayta (1998 census) | 159 |
| **Indian Sign Language** | Language isolate (Sign language) | Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | 2.7 million in India, plus unknown number in Bangladesh, Pakistan (2003). Same language as Pakistani Sign Language | 160 |
| **Betawi creole** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Creole | Indonesia | 2.7 million (1993 Johnstone) | 161 |
| **Karen** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karenic | Myanmar, Thailand, India | 2.6 million, all varieties (dated data) | 162 |
| **Gondi** | Dravidian | India | 2.6 million (1997) | 163 |
| **Senoufo** | Niger-Congo, Gur | National language of Mali. Native to Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire.  | 2.6 million, all varieties (1991, 1993, 2001) | 164 |
| **Kalenjin** | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic, Nilotic | Kenya | 2.5 million (1989 census) | 165 |
| **Kumauni** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 2.4 million in India (1998) | 166 |
| **Kamba** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Kenya | 2.4 million native, 600,000 second language, = 3.0 million total (1989 census) | 167 |
| **Luri** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western Iranian | Iran | 2.4 million (1999, 2001) | 168 |
| **K'iche'** | Mayan | Guatemala | 2.3 million (2000 SIL) | 169 |
| **Kapampangan** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 2.3 million (2000 census) | 170 |
| **Bemba** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Zambia | 2.2 million (2006) 3.6 million native, unknown number second language (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 171 |
| **Central Aymara** | Aymaran | Official in Bolivia, Peru. Significant numbers in Argentina.  | 2.2 million Central Aymara (1987) | 172 |
| **Tiv** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid | Nigeria | 2.2 million native, unknown number second language (1991 UBS) | 173 |
| **Brahui** | Dravidian | Pakistan, Afghanistan | 2.2 million | 174 |
| **Gbaya** | Niger-Congo, Ubangian | Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa | 2.2 million, all varieties, including Ngbaka (2000 WCD) | 175 |
| **Zarma** | Nilo-Saharan, Songhai | Official in Niger | 2.2 million (1998) | 176 |
| **Baoulé** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.1 million (1993 SIL) | 177 |
| **Dogri** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Official in India (Jammu and Kashmir states) | 2.1 million (1997) | 178 |
| **Lingala** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa. | 2.1 million native (2000 WCD), 7 million second language in Congo-Kinshasa (1999 WA), unknown additional second-language speakers in Congo-Brazzaville, = 9+ million total. According to Britannica (2005 Yearbook) more than 36 million people speak Lingala as lingua franca. | 179 |
| **Sasak** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | Indonesia | 2.1 million (1989) | 180 |
| **Kurux** | Dravidian | India, Nepal | 2.1 million (1997) | 181 |
| **Mundari** | Austro-Asiatic, Munda | India | 2.1 million (1997) | 182 |
| **Dinka** | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic, Nilotic | Southern Sudan | 2+ million | 183 |
| **Slovene** | Indo-European, Slavic, South Slavic | Official in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia. | 2.0 million (1991 census) plus minorities in Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy; several hundred thousand (100 000 - 200 000) in US, Canada and Australia | 184 |
| **Batak** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Northern Sumatra | Indonesia | 2 million (2006) ~6.2 million, all varieties (c. 1991 UBS) (dated data). Includes Toba, Dairi, Simalungun, etc. | 185 |
| **Macedonian** | Indo-European, Slavic, South | Official in Republic of Macedonia , also sizeable communities in Albania, Greece, Germany, Italy and USA  | 2.0 million (1995)  | 186 |
| **Buyei** | Kradai, Tai | China | ~2 million (1990 census) | 187 |
| **Beti-Pahuin** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Major language of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea. Significant communities in Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe.  | ~2 million. Includes Fang, Ewondo, etc. | 188 |

## 1 si 2 legbegberun afisoro abinibi

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | SIL estimate | Ranking by number of native speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Zazaki** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western Iranian | Turkey | 1.5–2.5 million (all dialects) (1998 Paul) | 189 |
| **Occitan** | Indo-European, Romance | France, Italy, Spain, Monaco | 1,939,000 | 190 |
| **Tulu** | Dravidian | India | 1.9 million (1997) | 191 |
| **Ligurian** | Indo-European, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italic | Italy, France, Monaco | 1,920,848 | 192 |
| **Sidamo** | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic | Ethiopia | 1.9 million native, 100,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (1998 census) | 193 |
| **Bashkir** | Altaic, Turkic, Northwestern, Northern | Official in Russia (Bashkortostan) | 1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 194 |
| **Yao** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique | ~1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 195 |
| **Chuvash** | Altaic, Turkic | Official in Russia (Chuvashia) | 1.8 million native, 200,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 196 |
| **Ijaw** (Izon) | Niger-Congo, Ijoid languages | Indigenous in Nigeria | 1.8 million (all varieties) (Izon 1 million) | 197 |
| **Fon** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | National language of Benin Significant communities in Togo  | 1.7 million native (2000 Hoddenbagh), unknown number second language | 198 |
| **SiSwati** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa, Swaziland. Significant communities in Lesotho  | 1.7 million (1996 census, 1993 Johnstone) | 199 |
| **Irish** | Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic | Official in the Republic of Ireland; Northern Ireland, Small communities in USA, Canada and Australia | 1,656,790 (2006 Irish Census)  | 200 |
| **Latvian** | Indo-European, Baltic | Official in Latvia. Significant communities in Australia, USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil.  | 1.6 million | 201 |
| **Nyankore** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Uganda | 1.6 million (1991 census) | 202 |
| **Makasar** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | Indonesia | 1.6 million native, 400,000 second language, = 2 million total (1989) | 203 |
| **Gusii** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Kenya | 1.6 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) | 204 |
| **Khandeshi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 1.6 million (1997) | 205 |
| **Ndebele** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa. National language of Zimbabwe. | 1.6 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 206 |
| **Chin** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Myanmar, India | 1.6 million (1990 BAP, 1996 UBS). All varieties, but *not* including Mizo etc. | 207 |
| **Limburgish** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Meuse-Rhenish | Official in Netherlands (as a regional language). Belgium and Germany (no official status) | 1.6 million | 208 |
| **Vlax Romani** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Albania, Colombia, Hungary | 1.5 million | 209 |
| **Sara** | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, Bongo-Bagirmi | National language of Chad. Significant communities in Central African Republic.  | 1.5 million native, all varieties, large number second-language speakers (dated data) | 210 |
| **Pangasinan** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 1.5 million (2000 census) | 211 |
| **Tonga** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Zambia, Zimbabwe | 1.5 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 212 |
| **Lampung** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | Indonesia | ~1.5 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) | 213 |
| **Sardinian** | Indo-European, Romance | Official in Italy (Sardinia) | ~1.5 million (1977 M. Ibba, Rutgers University) | 214 |
| **Scots** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic | Scotland, Significant communities in Northern Ireland  | ~1.5 million native (General Register Office for Scotland, 1996) | 215 |
| **Dong** | Kradai, Kam-Sui | China | 1.5 million | 216 |
| **Mende** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language of Sierra Leone | 1.5 million native, unknown number second language (1987 UBS) | 217 |
| **Tày** | Kradai, Kam-Tai, Tai | Vietnam | 1.5 million in Viet Nam (1999 census) | 218 |
| **Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, isolate | Mexico | 1.4 million (all varieties) (dated data) | 219 |
| **Afar** | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti | 1.4 million (1998 census) | 220 |
| **Dagbani** | Niger-Congo, Gur | National language of Ghana | 1.4 million, including Kusaal, Mampruli (2004 SIL) | 221 |
| **Koli** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India, Pakistan | 1.4 million, all varieties (some data dated) | 222 |
| **Chiga** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Uganda | 1.4 million (1991 census) | 223 |
| **Chechen** | Caucasic, Nakh | Official in Russia (Chechnya). | 1.33 million (2002 census) | 224 |
| **Tumbuka** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in Malawi. Significant communities in Zambia  | 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 225 |
| **Iu Mien** | Hmong-Mien, Yao | China | 1.3 million, all varieties (1995 Wang and Mao) | 226 |
| **Meru** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Kenya | 1.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data) | 227 |
| **Gogo** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania | ~1.3 million (1992 UBS) (dated data) | 228 |
| **Teso** | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic, Nilotic | Uganda. Significant communities in Kenya  | 1.3 million (1991 census) | 229 |
| **Meithei** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Official in India (Manipur) | 1.3 million (1997) | 230 |
| **Tamang** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Nepal | 1.3 million | 231 |
| **Makonde** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania, Mozambique | 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 232 |
| **Bai** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, unclassified | China | 1.2 million (2003) | 233 |
| **Tuareg** | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Southern | Official in Niger. National language of Mali. | 1.2 million (1991–1998) | 234 |
| **Mandinka** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language of Senegal. Significant communities in Gambia, Guinea-Bissau.  | 1.2 million (2002) | 235 |
| **Jula** | Niger-Congo, Mande | Native to Burkina Faso, Significant communities in Côte d'Ivoire  | ~1.2 million native, 3–4 million second language | 236 |
| **Temne** | Niger-Congo, Atlantic | National language of Sierra Leone | ~1.2 million native, 200,000 second language, = ~1.4 million total (1989 J. Kaiser) | 237 |
| **Haya** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania | ~1.2 million (1991 UBS) | 238 |
| **Serer** | Niger-Congo, Atlantic | National language of Senegal. Significant communities in Gambia.  | 1.2 million (2002) | 239 |
| **Beja** | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic or isolate | Sudan, Eritrea | 1.2 million (1982 SIL) | 240 |
| **Nyamwezi** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania | 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 241 |
| **Abron** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | Ghana | 1.2 million (2003) | 242 |
| **Alur** | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic, Nilotic | Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda | 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 243 |
| **Sena** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Mozambique, Malawi | 1.2 million, all varieties | 244 |
| **Azande** | Niger-Congo, Ubangian | Congo-Kinshasa, Southern Sudan, Central African Republic | 1.1 million (dated data) | 245 |
| **Walloon** | Indo-European, Romance | Belgium | 1.1 million (1998) | 246 |
| **Anyi** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana | 1.2 million (1993 SIL) | 247 |
| **Malvi** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | India | 1.1 million (1997) | 248 |
| **Kinaray-a** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines | Philippines | 1.1 million native (2000 census) | 249 |
| **Soninke** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language in Mali, Mauritania, Senegal. Significant communities in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia.  | 1.10 million (1991) | 250 |
| **Ho** | Austro-Asiatic, Munda | India | 1.08 million (1997) | 251 |
| **Estonian** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finnic | Official in Estonia | 1.08 million (1989 census) | 252 |
| **Nyakyusa** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Tanzania, Malawi | 1.05 million (1992 UBS) | 253 |
| **Gwari** | Niger-Congo, Nupe | Nigeria | 1.05 million (1991 SIL, 2002 SIL) | 254 |
| **Lugbara** | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, Moru-Madi | Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda | 1.04 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL) | 255 |
| **Basque** | Language isolate, Euskadi and Navarre (Spain) and Iparralde (France) | Basque Country | 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL) | 256 |
| **Naga** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | India | 1.03 million, all varieties (1997) | 257 |
| **Susu** | Niger-Congo, Mande | National language of Guinea. Significant communities in Sierra Leone.  | 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 258 |
| **Tausug** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippine | Philippines Significant communities in Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah)  | 1.02 million native (2000 census) | 259 |
| **Chokwe** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | National language of Angola. Significant communities in Congo-Kinshasa  | 1.01 million (1990 UBS) | 260 |
| **Kabardian** | Caucasic, Circassian | Official in Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria). Significant communities in Karachay-Cherkessia, Turkey  | 1.01 million (1993 UBS, 2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 261 |
| **Ryūkyū** | Japonic, Ryūkyūan | Japan | 1.01 million, all varieties (2000 WCD) | 262 |
| **Magindanaw** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippine | Philippines | 1.0 million native (2000 census), unknown number second language | 263 |
| **Maranao** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippine | Philippines | 1.0 million native (2000 census) | 264 |
| **Ancash Quechua** | Waywash | Official in Peru | 1.0 million speakers | 265 |
| **Welsh** | Indo-European, Celtic, Brythonic | Official in Wales  Also spoken by isolated populations in Argentina and England and United States. | 1.0 million speakers | 266 |
| **Songe** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Congo-Kinshasa | ~1 million (1991 WA) | 267 |
| **Rejang** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi | Indonesia | ~1 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) | 268 |
| **Bini** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Edoid | Official in Nigeria | ~1 million (1999 WA) | 269 |
| **Ebira** | Niger-Congo, Nupe | Nigeria | ~1 million (1989 J. Adive) | 270 |
| **Dagaare** | Niger-Congo, Gur | National language of Ghana. Significant communities in Burkina Faso.  | ~1 million (2003) | 271 |
| **Gujari** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Afghanistan, India, Pakistan | 0.99 million (2000 WCD) | 272 |
| **Tharu** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | Nepal | 0.99 million, all varieties | 273 |
| **Venda** | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu | Official in South Africa | 0.96 million (1996 census) | 274 |
| **Arakanese** | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Myanmar, Bangladesh | 0.95 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) | 275 |

## 100,000 si 1 legbegberun afisoro abinibi

Mingrelian language**Kartvelian, Spoken in Georgia Georgia, 500000**

| Language
 | Family
 | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
 | Number of speakers
 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Mauritian Creole** | French-based creoles | spoken in Mauritius; no official status | 806,000
 |
| **Yucatán Maya** | Mayan, Yucatecan, Yucatec-Laca | Mexico, Belize | 705,000
 |
| **Ossetic** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern Iranian, Northeastern | Spoken in Russia Official in North Ossetia, South Ossetia), Georgia, Turkey | ~700,000
 |
| **Ndonga** | Bantu | Spoken in Namibia, Angola | 690,000
 |
| **Kwanyama** | Niger-Congo | Angola, Namibia | 671,000
 |
| **Mari** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Volgaic | Russia (Official in Mari El) | 600,569
 |
| **Réunion Creole** | French-based creoles | spoken in Réunion; no official status | 600,500
 |
| **West Frisian** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, Frisian | Official in Netherlands (Friesland). | 600,000 fluent speakers in 2004 700,000 (Ethnologue 1976)
 |
| **Avar** | North Caucasian (disputed), Northeast Caucasian, Avar-Andic | Official in Russia's Republic of Dagestan  Also spoken in the rest of Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey  | ~600,000
 |
| **Friulian** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian | Italy | ~600,000
 |
| **Lozi** | Niger-Congo | Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 550,000
 |
| **Udmurt** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Permic | Russia (Official in Udmurtia), Kazakhstan | 550,000
 |
| **Kalmyk** | Altaic (controversial), Mongolic, Kalmyk-Oirat | Spoken in Russia (Kalmykia), China, Mongolia | 518,500
 |
| **American Sign Language** | Sign language | No official status, used in USA, Canada and Guatemala. Also used in varying degrees in Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Kenya, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. | 100,000 to 500,000 in the USA
 |
| **Breton** | Indo-European, Celtic, Brythonic | Native in Brittany, no official status | ≤ 500,000
 |
| **Erzya** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Volgaic, Mordvinic | Spoken in Russia | ~500,000
 |
| **Maltese** | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South Central | Official in Malta, European Union. Significant communities in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and Gibraltar | ~500,000
 |
| **Moksha** | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Volgaic, Mordvinic | Russia (Mordovia) | ~500,000
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| **Zapotec** | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan | Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla Guerrero) Also spoken in USA | ~500,000
 |
| **Fiji Hindi** | Indo-European | Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada | 460,000
 |
| **Fijian** | Malayo-Polynesian | Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Other Pacific Islands | 455,000
 |
| **Lezgian** | Northeast Caucasian, Lezgic | Spoken in Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan | 450,000
 |
| **Hakha-Chin** | Sino-Tibetan | Burma, India, Bangladesh | 446-264
 |
| **Limbu** | Sino-Tibetan | official in Nepal, India (Sikkim), significant communities in Bhutan, Assam (India) | 441,633
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| **Mapudungun** | language isolate | Significant communities in Chile, Argentina | 440,000 (ethnologue)
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| **Dargin** | Caucasian (geographical convention), North (disputed), Northeast | Spoken in Dagestan, Russia | 439,000
 |
| **Ingush** | Caucasian *(disputed)*, North *(disputed)*, Northeast, Nakh, Vainakh (Chechen-Ingush) | Spoken in Russia (Ingushetia, Chechnya) | 415,000
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| **Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Huasteca | Mexico | 410,000
 |
| **Karachay-Balkar** | Altaic, Turkic, Kypchak, Kypchak-Cuman | Official languages of Russian areas of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia | 400,000
 |
| **Buryat** | Altaic, Mongolic, Northern | Mongolia, China, Russia | 400,000
 |
| **Western Huasteca Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Huasteca | Mexico | 400,000
 |
| **Corsican** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian | Native in Corsica. | 100,000-402,000
 |
| **Aklanon** | Austronesian, Borneo-Philippines, Central Philippine, Visayan, Western Visayan, Aklan, | Native in the Philippines.  | 394,545
 |
| **Dhivehi** / **Mahl** | Indo-Aryan | Official inThe Maldives, Minicoy Island(India). | 379,200
 |
| **Samoan** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian (MP), Nuclear MP | Official in Samoa and American Samoa (United States) | 370,337
 |
| **Sakha** | Altaic, Turkic, Northern Turkic | Russia | 363,000
 |
| **Awngi** | Afro Asiatic, Cushitic, Central | Ethiopica (Agew Awi Zone, Amhara Region) | 356,980
 |
| **Irish** | Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic | Official in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, spoken by communities in the United States, Canada and Australia. | 350,000
 |
| **Komi** | Uralic, Permic | Spoken in Russia (Komi Republic, Perm Krai | 350,000
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| **Mazahua** | Oto-Manguean, Oto-Pamean, Otomian | Mexico | 350,000
 |
| **Papiamento** | Portuguese Creole | Official in Netherlands Antilles and Aruba | 329,000
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| **Pontic Greek** | Indo-European, Greek | Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey | 324,535
 |
| **Japanese Sign Language** | Sign language | no official status | 320,000 signers
 |
| **Icelandic** | Indo-European, Germanic, North | Official in Iceland. Small community in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. | 310,000
 |
| **Wayuu** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Caribbean | Significant communities in Colombia, Venezuela | 305,000 (ethnologue)
 |
| **Aromanian**  | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern Romance | Greece, Albania, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia | 300,000-700,000
 |
| **Adyghe** | Caucasian (disputed), North Caucasian (disputed), Northwest Caucasian, Circassian | Official in Russia's Republic of Adygea, Significant communities in the rest of Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Macedonia, Iraq  | 300,000
 |
| **Laz**  | South Caucasian | Turkey, Georgia, Germany, Adjaria, Greece | 300,000-500,000
 |
| **Wanka Quechua** | Quechuan | Official in Peru | 300,000
 |
| **Luxembourgish** | West Central German group of High German languages | Official in Luxembourg | 300,000
 |
| **Garifuna** | Arawakan, Carib | Honduras, Belize, Guatemala | 300,000
 |
| **French Sign Language** | Sign language | used in France, no official status. French Sign Language is related to Dutch Sign Language (NGT), German Sign Language (DGS), Flemish Sign Language (VGT), Belgian-French Sign Language (LSFB) Irish Sign Language (ISL), American Sign Language (ASL), and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ). | 80,000 - 300,000 signers
 |
| **Kumyk** | Altaic, Turkic, Kypchak, Kypchak-Cuman | Russia Dagestan | 282,000
 |
| **Nàmá** | Khoisan, Khoe, Khoekhoe, North Khoekhoe | Official in Namibia.  | 250,000
 |
| **Central Huasteca Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec | Mexico | 200,000
 |
| **Kenyan Sign Language** | Sign language | Kenya | ~200,000
 |
| **Tuvan** | Altaic, Turkic, Northeastern | Mongolia, Russia, China | 200,000
 |
| **Miskito** | Misumalpan | Nicaragua, Honduras | 183,400
 |
| **Navajo** | Na-Dené, Athabaskan, Southern Athabaskan | Spoken in the USA (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico) | 178,000
 |
| **Maori**  | Austronesian, Oceanic, Tahitic languages | Official language of New Zealand/Aotearoa | 165,000 fluent speakers (New Zealand Census, 2006. Statistics New Zealand).
 |
| **Amis** | Austronesian | Taiwan | 137,651
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| **Ngäbere** | Chibchan, Guaymi | Spoken in Panamá | 133,092 (1990 Panama Census)
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| **Hererro** | Niger-Congo | Namibia, Botswana | 130,000
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| **Chamula Tzotzil** | Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan | Mexico | 130,000
 |
| **Abkhaz** | Northwest Caucasian, Abkhaz-Abaza | Georgia, Abkhazia, diasporal communities elsewhere | about 125,000
 |
| **Highland Puebla Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec | Mexico | 125,000
 |
| **Highland Totonac** | Totonacan, Totonac | Mexico | 120,000
 |
| **Lak** | North Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian | Russia (Southern Dagestan) | 120,000
 |
| **Orizaba Nahuatl** | Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec | Mexico | 120,000
 |
| **P'urhépecha** | Language isolate | Mexico Michoacán | ~120,000
 |
| **Tahitian** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian (MP), Central-Eastern MP, Eastern MP, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Eastern Polynesian, Central E. Polynesian, Tahitic | France (French Polynesia) | 120,000
 |
| **Karelian** | Uralic | Russia | 118,000
 |
| **Komi-Permyak**  | Uralic | Russia | 116,000
 |
| **Pardhan**  | Gondi | No official status, spoken in India | 116,919
 |
| **Franco-Provençal** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian (SIL), Oïl (SIL), SoutheasternÀdàkọ:Dn (SIL) | Italy, Switzerland, France | ~113,000
 |
| **Tongan** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian... | Official in Tonga | 105,319
 |
| **Bachajón Tzeltal** | Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan | Mexico | 100,000
 |
| **Ladino** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Spanish | Israel, Turkey | 109,000
 |
| **Gilbertese** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Eastern, Eastern... | Official in Kiribati | 102,000
 |
| **Spanish Sign Language**  | Sign language | Spain | more than 100,000 signers
 |
| **Mezquital Otomi**  | Oto-Manguean, Otopamean, Otomian | Mexico, USA | 100,000
 |
| **Tabasaran** | Northeast Caucasian, Lezgian | Russia (Southern Dagestan) | 95,905
 |
| **Kodava Takk** | Dravidian | Kodagu, Karnataka, India | 93,000
 |
| **Mexican Sign Language** | Sign language | no official status | 87,000-100,000 signers
 |

## 10,000 si 100,000 afisoro

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | Number of speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Mara** | Sino-Tibetan, Kuki-Chin(Central) | India- Official in Mara Autonomous District Council  and Chin state, Myanmar | 94,000 |
| **Atayal** | Austronesian | Taiwan | 84,330 |
| **South Estonian** | Uralic | Estonia | 80,000 |
| **Altay** | Altaic, Turkic | Russia, Mongolia, China | 71,600 |
| **Võro** | Uralic, Baltic-Finnic South Estonian | Estonia | 70 000 |
| **Nogai** | Altaic, Turkic | Russia | 67,800 |
| **Faroese** | Indo-European, Germanic, North | Official in Faroe Islands.  | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| **Santiago del Estero Quichua** | Quechuan | Spoken in Argentina | 66,000 (ethnologue) |
| **Paiwan** | Austronesian | Taiwan | 61,000 |
| **Chamorro** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian (MP), Nuclear MP, Sunda-Sulawesi | USA (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands) | 60,000+ |
| **Khakas** | Altaic | Russia | ~60,000 |
| **Scottish Gaelic** | Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic | Official in Scotland.  | 58,652 speakers. Although 92,400 people aged three and over in Scotland had some Gaelic language ability in 2001 |
| **Thai Sign Language**  | Sign Language | Thailand | 56,000 |
| **Ojibwe** | Algonquian | Canada and northern United States | 55,000 |
| **Leonese** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Iberian, Leonese, | Spain and Portugal | 55,000 |
| **Kalaallisut** | Eskimo-Aleut, Inuit | Official in Denmark (Greenland) | 54,000 |
| **Kashubian** | Indo-European, Slavic, West Slavic, Pomeranian | Poland | 53,000 |
| **Quebec Sign Language** | Sign Language | Canada (Quebec) | 50,000-60,000 |
| **Cree** | Algonquin | Canada, United States | 50,000 |

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | Number of speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sanskrit** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan | chiefly India, but also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal; Used in religious practices in  Hinduism. | 49,736 fluent speakers (1991 Indian census) |
| **Western Argentine Guaraní** | Guaranean | Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay | 48,974 (ethnologue) |
| **Eastern Bolivian Guaraní** | Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I | Official in Bolivia, Also spoken in Argentina | 48,974 (ethnologue) |
| **Cook Islands Maori** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian (MP), Central-Eastern MP, Eastern MP, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Eastern Polynesian, Central E. Polynesian, Tahitic | New Zealand (Cook Islands) | 42,669 |
| **Ticuna** | Language isolate | Peru, Brazil, Colombia | 40,000 |
| **Meänkieli** | Dialect of Finnish, Baltic-Finnic, Uralic | Sweden | 40,000—70,000 |
| **Aguaruna** | Jivaroan | Official in Peru | 38,290 (2000 WCD) |
| **Bunun** | Austronesian | Taiwan | 38,000 |
| **Romansh**  | Indo-European, Romance |  Official in Switzerland. | 35,000 native |
| **Rutul** | Northeast Caucasian | Russia, Azerbaijan | +30,000 |
| **Ladin** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Rhaetian | Italy | 30,000 |
| **Inuktitut**  | Eskimo-Aleut, Inuit | Official in Canada | ~30,000 |
| **Llanito** | Indo-European, Romance, Germanic, West Germanic | Vernacular of Gibraltar. Although widely understood in the surrounding  Campo de Gibraltar area, in Spain. | 30,000 (Ethnologue 2006) |
| **Evenki** | Altaic, Tungusic | Russia, China, Mongolia | 29,000 |
| **Nenets**  | Uralic | Russia | 27,273 |
| **Mbyá Guaraní** | Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Guaraní (I) | Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay | 27,000 |
| **Sioux** | Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley, Dakotan | USA, Canada | 26,300 |
| **Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz** | Mataco-Guaicuru | Argentina | 25,000 (ethnologue) |
| **Asháninka** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official language of Peru | 23,750 - 28,500 (2000 SIL) |
| **Huichol** | Uto-Aztecan | Mexico (Nayarit, Zacatecas, Jalisco) | 20,000 |
| **Taba** | Austronesian | Indonesia | 20,000 |
| **Warao** | Warao | Venezuela, Guyana | 18,000 (ethnologue) |
| **Nivaclé** | Mataco-Guaicuru | Paraguay | 18,200 (ethnologue) |
| **Agul** | Northeast Caucasian, Lezgian | Russia, Azerbaijan | 17,373 (1989 Census) |
| **Kaiwá** |  | Brazil | 15,512 (Ethnologue) |
| **Cherokee** | Iroquoian, Southern Iroquoian | USA (Oklahoma) | 15,000-22,000 |
| **Northern Sami** | Uralic | Norway, Finland, Sweden | 15,000—20,000 |
| **Mahl** | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Insular Indo-Aryan | India | 15,000-20,000 |
| **Mirandese** | Indo-European,Italic,Romance,Italo-Western,Gallo-Iberian,Ibero-Romance,West Iberian, Astur-Leonese | Portugal | 15,000 |
| **Tsez** | North Caucasian | Russia | 15,000 |
| **Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay** | Mataco-Guaicuru | Argentina | 15,000 (ethnologue) |
| **!Kung** | Khoisian | Namibia, Angola | 15,000 |
| **Norwegian Sign Language**  | Sign Language | Norway | 4,000-15,000 |
| **Tuamotuan**  | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian... | France (French Polynesia) | 14,400 |
| **Auslan**  | BANZSL, Sign Language | Australia | 14,000 |
| **South Ucayali Ashéninka** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official in Peru | 13,000 |
| **Yaghnobi**  | Eastern Iranian | Tajikistan | 12,500 |
| **South African Sign Language**  | Sign Language | South Africa | 12,200 |
| **Pajonal Ashéninka** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official in Peru | 12,000 |
| **Pichis Ashéninka** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official in Peru | 12,000 |
| **Khanty** | Uralic | Russia | 12,000 |
| **Chiripá** | Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I | Brazil, Paraguay | 11,500 (ethnologue) |
| **Chayahuita** | Cahuapanan | Official in Peru | 11,384 (2000, WCD) |
| **Tuvaluan** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Samoic, Ellicean | Tuvalu, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand | 10,670 |
| **Aragonese** | Indo-European, Romance | Huesca province (Spain). No official status. | 10,000 native, 30,000-50,000 with some knowledge (Dated data) |
| **Central Alaskan Yup'ik** | Eskimo-Aleut | United States (Alaska) | ~10,000 |
| **North Frisian** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, Frisian | Germany (recognized minority language in Nordfriesland) | 10,000 (Ethnologue) |
| **Míkmawísimk** | Eastern Algonquian | Canada and United States | About 10,000 |

## Din ni 10,000

Ìfitòlétí lọ́pọ̀: List of endangered languages

| Language | Family | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population | Number of speakers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Israeli Sign Language** | Sign Language | Israel | ~10,000 |
| **Shor** | Altaic | Russia | 9,800 |
| **Zuñi** | Isolate | United States (New Mexico and Arizona) Zuñi pueblo | 9,651 |
| **Huambisa** | Jivaroan | Spoken in Peru | 9,333 (2000 WCD) |
| **Lakota** | Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley, Dakotan, Sioux | USA | 8,000-9,000 |
| **Chukchi** | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | 7,742 |
| **Huitotot** | Bora-Huitoto, Huitoto-Ocaina | Official in Peru Also spoken in Colombia | 7,378-8,162 (Adelaar, 2004) |
| **Southern Aymara** | Aymaran | Official in Peru Also spoken in Brazil | 7,212 (2001 SIL) |
| **Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka**  | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official in Peru Also spoken in Brazil | 7,212 |
| **Megleno-Romanian** | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern Romance | Greece, Romania, Macedonia | 5,000-12,000 |
| **Veps** | Uralic | Russia | 6,355 |
| **Western Desert Language**  | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 6,103 (Ethnologue) |
| **Flemish Sign Language**  | Sign Language | Belgium (Flanders and Brussels-Capital Region) | 6,000 |
| **Perené Ashéninka** | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine | Official in Peru | 5,500 |
| **Achuar-Shiwiar** | Jivaroan | Official in Peru, Also spoken in Ecuador | 5,000 |
| **Cashibo-Cacataibo** | Panoan | Peru | 5,000 (Ethnologue, 1999) |
| **Finnish Sign Language** | Sign Language | Finland | 5,000 (estimate) |
| **Dolgan** | Altaic | Russia | ~5,000 |
| **Saisiyat** | Austronesian | Taiwan | 4,750 |
| **Rapa Nui (Easter Islander)**  | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Eastern, Eastern, Oceanic, Central-Eastern, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Eastern Polynesian | Chile (Rapa Nui (Easter Island))  | 4,650 |
| **!Xóõ** | Khoisian | Namibia, Botswana | 4,200 |
| **Ajyíninka Apurucayali**  | Arawakan, Maipuran | Official in Peru | 4,000 |
| **British Sign Language**  | BANZSL, Sign Language | United Kingdom | 4,000 |
| **Akhvakh** | Northeast Caucasian | Russia (Dagestan) | 3,500 |
| **Koryak** | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | 3,019 |
| **Jaqaru** | Aymaran | Official in Peru | 3,009 |
| **Candoshi-Shapra** | Language Isolate | Official in Peru | 3,000 (1991, SIL) |
| **Yague** | Peba-Yaguan | Official in Peru | 3,000-4,000 (*dated*) |
| **Kala Lagaw Ya** | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 3,000-4,000 |
| **Khinalug** | Northeast Caucasian languages | Azerbaijan | 1,500 ~ 4,000 |
| **Ludic**  | Uralic | Russia (Karelia) | 3,000 |
| **Inupiaq** | Aleut | Canada | 3,500 |
| **Mansi** | Uralic | Russia Khantia-Mansia | 3,184 |
| **Carolinian** | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Eastern, Eastern, Oceanic, Central-Eastern, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Ponapeic-Trukic | United States Official in Northern Mariana Islands | 3,000 |
| **Warlpiri** | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 3,000 |
| **Godoberi** | Northeast Caucasian | Russia (Dagestan) | 3,000 |
| **Murui Huitoto** | Witotoan, Witoto, Witoto Proper, Minica-Murui | Official in Peru, also spoken in Colombia | 2,900 (SIL, 1995) |
| **Bora**  | Witotan | Official in Peru Also spoken in Colombia  | 2,828 |
| **Saterland Frisian (East Frisian)** | Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, Frisian | Germany (recognized minority language in Saterland, East Frisia) | 2,250 11,000 (Ethnologue) |
| **Kven**  | Uralic | Norway | 2,000-8,000 |
| **Cashinahua** | Panoan | Official in Peru Also spoken in Brazil | 2,000 |
| **Inuinnaqtun** | Aleut | Canada | 2,000 |
| **Lule Sami** | Uralic | Norway, Sweden | 2,000 |
| **Esperanto** | Vocabulary from Romance and Germanic languages; phonology from Slavic languages | International auxiliary language | 200 to 2000 *N.B. Because it is an international language, most speakers speak it as a second language. Estimates of total number of speakers tend to fall around 2 million.* |
| **Arrernte** | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 1,500 |
| **Manx Gaelic** | Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic | Isle of Man | 1,750 |
| **Minica Huitoto** | Witotoan | Official in Peru, Also spoken in Colombia | 1,705 (2000 WCD) |
| **Selkup** | Uralic | Russia (Yamalia) | 1,570 |
| **Culina**  | Arauan | Official in Peru Also spoken in Brazil | 1,303 |
| **Chipaya**  | Uru-Chipaya | Official in Peru | 1,200 |
| **She**  | Hmong-Mien | China | 1,200 |
| **Chickasaw** | Muskogean | United States | 1,000 |
| **Walmajarri** | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | 1,000 |

## Itokasi

| Language
 | Family
 | Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
 | Number of speakers
 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Ottoman** | Altaic-Turkic | Turkey | 900
 |
| **Norfuk** | Caribbean Creole | Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands | 616
 |
| **Kildin Sami** | Uralic | Russia (Murmansk Oblast, Karelia) | 500
 |
| **Nganasan** | Uralic | Russia (Taymyria) | 500
 |
| **Southern Sami** | Uralic | Sweden, Norway | 500
 |
| **Inari Sami** | Uralic | Finland | 400
 |
| **Skolt Sami** | Uralic | Finland, Russia (Karelia) | 400
 |
| **Mlabri** | Austroasiatic | Thailand, Laos (Karelia) | <400
 |
| **Ingrian** | Uralic | Russia (Ingria) | 300
 |
| **Pirahã** | Muran | Amazon River, Brazil. No official status | 300
 |
| **Washo** | Hokan | United States (Washoe County, Nevada) | 252
 |
| **Comanche** | Uto-Aztecan | United States (Oklahoma) | 200
 |
| **Hinukh** | Northeast Caucasian | Russia (Dagestan) | 200
 |
| **Livonian** | Uralic | Latvia (Livonia) | 150
 |
| **Tobian**  | Trukic | Palau (In the states of Hatohobei and Sonsorol and in the southern areas of Palau) | ≥100
 |
| **Enets** | Uralic | Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai) | 70
 |
| **Pitkern (Or Pitcairnese)** | Caribbean Creole | Pitcairn Island (and New Zealand) | ≥70
 |
| **Manchu** | Altaic | Northern China (Heilongjian province), Southern Russia | ≥60
 |
| **Pite Sami** | Uralic | Sweden, Norway | 20
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| **Ume Sami** | Uralic | Sweden, Norway | 20
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| **Votic** | Uralic | Russia | ≥20
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| **Kayardild** | Pama-Nyungan | Australia | <10
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| **Ter Sami** | Uralic | Russia (Murmansk Oblast) | 2
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| **Dalmatian** | Romanian | Croatia,Italia | 0 (extinct)
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