World Languages

The language families of the world are mapped out here, along with information on some of the world's languages and subfamilies. To find a language, look for the family it belongs to and click on that button.

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Japan; Kazakhstan; Iraq; Moldova; Comoros; Colombia; Kenya; Liberia; Kyrgyzstan; Khoikhoi; France; Japanese Language; Cuba; Paraguay (country); Australia; Aztec; Lesotho; Uruguay (country); Bhutan; Albania; Trinidad and Tobago; Guyana; Azerbaijan; Oman; Venezuela; Singapore; Jamaica; Brunei; Luxembourg (country); Sierra Leone; Honduras; English Language; Estonia; Dominican Republic; Belize; Nepal; Fiji; Kuwait (country); Eritrea; Haiti; Bahama Islands; Cameroon; Zimbabwe; Ukraine; Indonesia, Republic of; Namibia; Swaziland; Latvia; Serbia and Montenegro; Zambia; Turkic Peoples; Saami; Croatia; Nicaragua; Panama; Denmark; Gabon; Slovenia; Angola; Gambia, The; Northern Ireland; Ghana; Armenia (country); Maldives; Native Americans; Cambodia; Tajikistan; Greece; Costa Rica; United States of America; Chile; Netherlands; St Lucia; Botswana; Malawi; Dominica; Andorra; Somalia; El Salvador; Barbados; Antigua and Barbuda; Belarus; Hebrew Language; Slovakia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Argentina; Bulgaria; Georgia (republic); Czech Republic; Guatemala; New Zealand; Malta; Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of; Turkmenistan; St Kitts and Nevis; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Jordan (country); Sardinia; Uzbekistan; Laos; Iceland; Russia; Montenegro; Syria; Italy; Niger (country); Libya; Afghanistan; Language; Linguistics; Senegal (country); Semitic Languages; Guinea-Bissau; Burkina Faso; Belgium; Tibet; Yemen; Finland; Ireland, Republic of; Aboriginal Languages; Armenians; Timor-Leste; German Language; Bahrain; Sri Lanka; Côte d'Ivoire; Tunisia; Mali; Lithuania; Madagascar; Uygur; Peru; Tuvalu; Ethiopia; Central African Republic; Basques; Native American Languages; Burundi; United Kingdom; Suriname; Myanmar; Austria; Saudi Arabia; Arabic Language; Mexico; Israel; Mauritius; Turkey (country); Spain; Brazil; Benin; Qatar; Germany, Federal Republic of; Aleut; North Korea; Vietnam; Greek Language; England; Bangladesh; Grenada; China; Czechoslovakia; Algeria; Togo; Morocco; Austronesian Languages; Bolivia; Serbia; Pakistan; Scotland; Cape Verde; Rwanda; Egypt; Hungary; Lebanon (country); United Arab Emirates; Italian Language; Poland; Philippines; Chad; Portugal; Tanzania; South Korea; Congo, Republic of the; Canada; Nigeria; Inuit; Sweden; Wales; Thailand; Uganda; African Languages; South Africa; Ecuador; Arabs (people); Romania; Norway; Celtic Languages; Sudan (country); Mongolia (country); Guinea; Cyprus; Mauritania; Mozambique; Yugoslavia; Sioux; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Galicia (region, Spain); Bedouin; Iran; Monaco; India; Switzerland; Djibouti (country); Vanuatu; Equatorial Guinea; Liechtenstein; Persia; Indian Languages; Tuareg; Bosnia and Herzegovina; San Marino (country); Samoa; Austro-Asiatic Languages; Kiribati; Aborigines; Afrikaans; Afro-Asiatic Languages; Albanian Language; Algonquian; Altaic Languages; American English; Armenian Language; Baltic Languages; Bangla Language; Basque Language; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian Languages; Bulgarian Language; Catalan Language; Caucasian Languages; Cherokee Language; Chinese Language; Czech Language; Danish Language; Dravidian Languages; Dutch Language; Eskimo-Aleut Languages; Estonian Language; Finnish Language; Finno-Ugric Languages; Flemish Language; French Language; Frisian Language; Fulfulde; Ge'ez; Germanic Languages; Gothic Language; Gujarati Language; Hindi Language; Hungarian Language; Icelandic Language; Indo-European Languages; Indo-Iranian Languages; Indonesian Languages; Italic Languages; Kannada Language; Kashmiri Language; Khoisan Languages; Konkani Language; Korean Language; Ladino; Lao; Latvian Language; Lithuanian Language; Luxembourgish; Macedonian Language; Malayalam Language; Manipuri Language; Maori Language; Marathi Language; Multilingualism; Nepali Language; Niger-Congo Languages; Nilo-Saharan Languages; Norwegian Languages; Oceanic Languages; Oriya Language; Papuan Languages; Persian Language; Polish Language; Portuguese Language; Provençal Language; Punjabi Language; Rhaeto-Romanic Languages; Romance Languages; Romanian Language; Russian Language; Scottish Language; Sequoya; Sindhi Language; Sinhala (language); Sino-Tibetan Languages; Slavic Languages; Slovak Language; Slovenian Language; Spanish Language; Swahili Language; Swedish Language; Tai-Kadai (Daic) Languages; Tamil Language; Telugu Language; Tonal Languages; Turkish Language; Ukrainian Language; Uralic Languages; Urdu Language; Yiddish Language; Zulu (language); Afridi; Afrikaners; Bantu; Bengali (people); Berber; Dinka; Dravidian; Gagauz; Gond; Hakka; Hamite; Han (people); Hausa; Igbo; Kabyle; Karen; Khmer; Maasai; Malayan Peoples; Maori; Melanesians; Micronesians; Mongols; Mordvin; Navajo; Nenets; Oromo; Ostyak; Polynesians; San; Sinhala (people); Slavic Peoples; Tajiks; Thai; Uzbeks; Wolof; Xhosa; Yoruba; Zulu (people); Kurds; Pashtun; Great Britain; Korea; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; Netherlands Indies

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