Languages of the World

Languages
of
the World

Here are all the languages of the world grouped into families.

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Indo-European
Uralic
Altaic
Caucasian, Dravidian, Sino-Tibetan,
Korean , Japanese
Malayo-Polynesian, Eskimo-Aleut
North American Indian, Central and South American Indian
Artifical, Pidgin and Creole
Afro-Asiatic , Chari-Nile
Khoisan , Niger-Congo ....and many more

Family
- Subgroup
  - Branch
    - Language (Major and minor)
      * indicates language is extinct

Indo-European
- Germanic
  - Western
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      English, German, Yiddish,
      Dutch, Flemmish, Afrikaans
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Frisian, Luxembourgian, *Old English
  - Northern
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Swedish, Danish, Icelandic,
      Norwegian
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Faroese, *Old Norse,
      *Gothic(Eastern)
- Italic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Latin
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      *Umbrian, *Oscan
- Romance
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Italian, French, Spanish
      Portuguese, Rumanian
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Catalan, Provencal
      Rhaeto-Romanic
      Sardinian, Moldavian
- Celtic
  - Brythonic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Welsh, Breton
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      *Cornish
  - Goidelic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Irish(Gaelic)
      Scottish(Gaelic)
- Hellenic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Greek
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Albanian
- Slavic
  - Eastern
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Russian, Ukranian
      Bellorussian
  - Western
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Polish, Czech, Slovak
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Sorbian(Lusatian)
  - Southern
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian
      Slovenian, Macedonian
- Baltic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Lithuanian
      Latvian(Lettish)
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Armenian
- Indo-Iranian
  - Iranian
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Persian, Pashto, Kurdish
      Baluchi, Tadjik, Ossetian
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Gilaki, Mazanderani
  - Indic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Sanskrit, Hindu, Urdu
      Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi
      Gujarati, Bihari, Rajasthani
      Oriya, Assamese
      Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi
      Sinhbalese
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Bhili, Romany
      Maldavian
- *Anatolian
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Hittite, Luwian, Palaic
      Lycian, Lydian
Uralic
- Finno-Urgic
  - Finnic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Finnish, Estonian, Mordvin
      Udmurt, (Votyak), Mari (Cheremis), Komi
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Lappish
  - Ugric
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Hungarian
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Ostyak(Khanty)
      Vogul(Mansi)
- Samoyed
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Nenets(Yurak)
      Selkups(Ostyak-Samoyed)
      Nagansan
      (Tavgi), Enets, (Yenisei-Samoyed)
Altaic
- Turkic
  - South-western(Oghuz)
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Turkish, Turkmen
      Azerbaijani
  - North-western(Kipchak)
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Kazakh, Kirgiz, Tatar
      Bashkir
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Kara-Kalpak, Nogai
      Karachai, Balkar
      Kumyk
  - South-eastern(Chagatai)
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Uzbek, Uigur
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Salar
  - North-eastern
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Altai, Khakasa
      Tuvinian
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Chuvash
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Yakut
- Mongolian
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Mongolian
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Buryat, Kalmyk
- Tungusic
  - Northern
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Evenki(Tungus)
      Even(Lamut)
  - Southern(Manchu)
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Manchu, Nanai
      (Gold), Sibo
Caucasian
- Southern
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Georgian
- Western
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Kabadian, Circassian, Adygei
      Abkhazian, Abazinian
- Eastern
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Chechen, Ingush
- Dagestan
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Avar, Lezgin, Dargin, Lak
      Tabasaran
Independent
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Basque
Dravidian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Telugu, Malayalam
      Kanarese(Kannada)
      Tamil
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Gondi, Kurukh(Orson), Kui
      Tulu, Brahui
Munda
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Santali, Mundari, Ho, Savarn
      (Sora) Korku
Independent
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Burushaski
Sino-Tibetan
- Sinitic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Chinese
- Tibeto-Burman
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Burmese, Tibetan
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Yi(Lolo), Lisu, Nakhi,(Moso)
      Lahu, Karen, Kachin(Chingpaw)
      Chin, Bodo, Garo, Meithei
      Lushei, Newari, Murmi, Jonkha
      Lepcha
- Tai
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Tai, Lao
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Chuang, Puyi(Chungchia)
      Tung, Nung, Shan
- Miso-Yao
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Miso, Yao
Independent
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Japanese
Independent
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Korean (probably Ural-Altai)
Independent
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Ainu
Mon-Khmer
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Khmer(Cambodian)
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Mon, Palaung, Wa(Kawa)
      Bahnar, Sedang, Khasi
      Nicobarese
Independent
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Vietnamese
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Muong
Malayo-Polynesian(Austronesian)
- Indonesian
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Indonesian, Malay
      Javanese, Sudanese,
      Madurese, Tagalog
      Visayan, Malagasy
    - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Minangkabau, Achinese, Batak
      Buginese, Balinese, Ilocano
      Bikol, Pampangan, Pangasinan
      Igorot, Maranao, Jarai, Rhade
      Cham, Chamorro, Palau
- Micronesian
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Marshallese, Gilbertese
      Ponapean, Yapese, Trukese
      Nauruan
- Melanesian
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Fijian, Motu, Yambin, Tolai
- Polynesian
  - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Maori, Uvea, Samoan, Tongan
      Niuean, Rarotongan, Tahitian
      Tuamotu, Marquesan, Hawaiian
Papaun
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Enga, Chimbu, Hagen, Kate
      Marind, Nimboran, Baining
Australian
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Aranda(Arunta), Murngin
Paleo-Asiatic
- - - MINOR LANGUAGES
      Chukchi, Koryak, Itelmen
      (Kamchadal) Nivkh (Gilyak)
      Ket, (Yenisei-Ostyak)
      Yukagir(Odul)
Eskimo-Aleut
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Eskimo
North American Indian
Algonkian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Ojibwa(Chippewa), Cree, Naskapi, Blackfoot
      Micmac, Cheyenne, Arapho, Fox, Delware, Passamaquoddy
Wakashan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Nootka, Kwakiutl
Salishan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Flathead, Lilooet, Shuswap, Thompson, Okanagan
Athapascan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Navajo, Apache, Chipewyan, Carrier, Chilcotin
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Tinigit
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Haida
Penutian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Yakima, Nez, Perce, Klamath, Tsimshian
Yuman
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Yuma, Mohave
Iroquoian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida
Siouan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Sioux(Dakota), Assiniboin, Winnebago, Crow
      Omaha, Osage
Caddoan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Caddo, Pawnee
Muskogean
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole
Keresan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Keresan
Uto-Aztecan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Papago, Pima, Hopi, Ute, Shoshone
      Paiute, Comanche, Kiowa, Nahuatl, Tarahumara, Mayo
Tanoian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Tewa, Tiwa, Towa
Zunian
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Zuni
Oto-Manguean
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Otomi, Mazahua, Mixtec, Zapotec
      Mazatec, Chinantec
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Tarasco
Zoquean
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Mixe, Zoque
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Totonac
Mayan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Maya(Yucatec), Tzotzil, Tzeltal, Chol, Chontal
      Huastec, Quiche, Mam, Cakchiquel, Kekchi
Central and South American Indian
Macro-Chibchan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Miskito(Mosquito), Lenca, Guyami, Cuna
      Bribi, Cabecar
Ge-Pano-Carib
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Carib, Ge, Panoan, Chiquito, Tacana
Andean-Equatorial
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Quechua, Aymara, Jivaro, Araucanian
      Guarani, Tupi, Arawak
Artificial
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Esperanto, Occidental, Interlinqua
Pidgin and Creole
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Pidgin, English, French, Creole, Papiameto
      Taki-taki, Krio, Kituba, Saramacca, Fanakalo, Police, Motu
Afro-Asiatic(Hamito-Semetic)
- Semetic
  - N. Arabic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Arabic, Maltese
  - Canaanitic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Hebrew
  - Aramaic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Syriac, Aramaic, Assyrian
  - Ethiopic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre
      Gurage, Harari, Geez
- Berber
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Shluh, Tamazight, Riffian
      Kabyle, Shawia, Tuareg
- Cushitic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Somali, Gall, Sidamo, Beja
      Afar, Saho
- Egyptian
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Coptic
- Chadic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Hausa
Chari-Nile (Macro-Sudanic)
- Eastern Sudanic
  - Nubian
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Nubian
  - Nilotic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Luo, Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk
      Lango, Acholi, Alur
      Teso, Karamojong, Masai, Bari
      Turkana, Lotuku
      Nadi, Suk(Pokot)
- Central Sudanic
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Sara, Mangbetu, Lugara, Madi
Saharan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Kanuri, Teda(Tibbu)
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Songhai, Djerma
Maban
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Maba
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Fur
Khoisan
- - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Bushman, Hottentot, Sandawe
      Hatsa(Hadzapi)
Niger-Congo
- Western-Sudanic
  - Mande
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Mende, Malinke, Bambara, Dyula, Soninke
      Susu, Kpelle, Vai, Loma
  - West-Atlantic
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Fulani, Wolof, Serer, Dyola, Temne, Kissi
      Gola, Balante
  - Gur (Voltaic)
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Mossi(More), Gurma, Dagomba(Dagbane)
      Kabre, Senufo, Bariba
  - Kwa
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Yoruba, Ibo, Ewe, Twi, Fanti, Ga, Adange
      Fon, Edo, Urhobo, Idoma, Nupe, Agni(Anyi)
      Baule, Kru, Grebo, Bassa
- Benue-Congo
  - Bantu
    - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Swahili,Luba,Kongo,Lingala,Mongo,
      Ruanda,Rundi,Kikuyu,Kamba,Sukuma,Hehe
      Nyamwezi,Chagga,Makonde,Yao,Gisu,
      Ganda(Luganda),Nkole(Nyancole),Toro,
      Chiga(Kiga),Nyoro,Nyanja(Chewa),Bomba
      Tumbuka,Tonga,Lozi,Lwena(Luvale),Fang
      Lunda,Shona,Bulu,Yaunde,Duala,Bubi,
      Mbundu,Chokwe,Ambo,Herero,Makua,
      Thonga(Tsonga),Sotho,Tswana,Pedi,Zulu
      Swazi,Xhosa,Venda
  - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
      Efik, Ibibio, Tiv
  - Adamawa-Eastern
    - Adamawa
      - MAJOR LANGUAGES
        Mbum
    - Eastern
      - MAJOR LANGUAGES
        Zande, Sango, Gbaya, Banda
  - - - MAJOR LANGUAGES
        Ijo (Ijaw)
  - Subgroup
    - Branch
      - MAJOR LANGUAGES
        Language
      - MINOR LANGUAGES
        Language
  Source: Languages of the World by Kenneth Katzner

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