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; Japanese Language; Australia; Paraguay (country); France; Uruguay (country); Lesotho; Khoikhoi; Bhutan; Turkic Peoples; English Language; Albania; Trinidad and Tobago; Guyana; Azerbaijan; Oman; Venezuela; Singapore; Jamaica; Brunei; Honduras; Dominican Republic; Estonia; Sierra Leone; Fiji; Nepal; Luxembourg (country); Kuwait (country); Belize; Cuba; Eritrea; Haiti; Bahama Islands; Cameroon; Zimbabwe; Ukraine; Indonesia, Republic of; Namibia; Swaziland; Zambia; Croatia; Saami; Serbia and Montenegro; Denmark; Panama; Latvia; Gabon; Nicaragua; United States of America; Slovenia; Angola; Gambia, The; Northern Ireland; Ghana; Armenia (country); Maldives; Native Americans; Cambodia; Costa Rica; Netherlands; Chile; Greece; Malawi; Botswana; Tajikistan; Dominica; St Lucia; Jordan (country); Barbados; Georgia (republic); Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Czech Republic; El Salvador; Laos; St Kitts and Nevis; Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of; Bulgaria; Hebrew Language; Argentina; Antigua and Barbuda; Andorra; Guatemala; Somalia; Malaysia; Belarus; Papua New Guinea; Malta; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Aztec; New Zealand; Slovakia; Sardinia; Iceland; China; Austronesian Languages; Grenada; Bangladesh; Lebanon (country); Morocco; Mongolia (country); Togo; Celtic Languages; Arabs (people); Qatar; England; Algeria; Ecuador; Uganda; Norway; African Languages; Brazil; Russia; Language; Linguistics; North Korea; Libya; Montenegro; Syria; Burkina Faso; Italy; Senegal (country); Afghanistan; Semitic Languages; Guinea-Bissau; Belgium; Lithuania; German Language; Ireland, Republic of; Tibet; Aleut; Uygur; Peru; Bahrain; Tunisia; Mali; Madagascar; Sri Lanka; Niger (country); Greek Language; Thailand; Inuit; Rwanda; Côte d'Ivoire; Scotland; Mexico; Philippines; Chad; Germany, Federal Republic of; Wales; Benin; Vietnam; Serbia; Sudan (country); Armenians; Hungary; Timor-Leste; Aboriginal Languages; Guinea; Romania; Yemen; Cape Verde; Pakistan; United Arab Emirates; Poland; Italian Language; Finland; Bolivia; Basques; Tuvalu; Central African Republic; Israel; Mauritius; Myanmar; Native American Languages; South Africa; Burundi; Egypt; Ethiopia; United Kingdom; Suriname; Nigeria; Arabic Language; Austria; Sweden; Portugal; Tanzania; South Korea; Congo, Republic of the; Turkey (country); Spain; Canada; Saudi Arabia; Sioux; Bedouin; Mauritania; Cyprus; Monaco; Mozambique; India; Galicia (region, Spain); Yugoslavia; Iran; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Indian Languages; Vanuatu; Persia; Djibouti (country); Switzerland; Equatorial Guinea; Liechtenstein; Bosnia and Herzegovina; San Marino (country); Samoa; Tuareg; Austro-Asiatic Languages; Kiribati; Czechoslovakia; 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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