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Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.
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A
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- Template:Ll or Abkhazian
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- Adamorobe Sign Language
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- Afrikaans
- Agul
- Template:Ll, or Barbari
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- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll) (extinct)
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Template:Ll
- Alemán Coloneiro (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- American Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Anglo-Saxon (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Southern Athabaskan languages
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Arawakan languages
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Arpitan or Francoprovençal (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Template:Ll)
- Athabaskan languages
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Auslan (Template:Lling)
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
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B
- Template:Ll
- Badeshi
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
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- Bavarian (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Biafran or Igbo
- Template:Ll
- Bijil Neo-Aramaic (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Furu)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Bohtan Neo-Aramaic (Template:Ll)
- Bokmål
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- British Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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C
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll (Sinitic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Template:Ll or Chavacano
- Template:Ll
- Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Chemakum
- Template:Ll
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- Chiricahua Apache
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Coeur d’Alene
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Crimean Turkish
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll) (extinct)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
D
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Dameli
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Dari (Zoroastrian)
- Dari-Persian
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll
- Dena'ina
- Dhatki
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Jula
- Dirwali (also known as Gawri or Kalami)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Tli Cho
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Dumaki
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Dzhidi
- Template:Ll
E
- East Yurghur
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll (Yenisey Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Extremenian
F
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Finnish Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- French Sign Language
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
G
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Gangte
- Template:Ll
- Gaulish
- Template:Ll
- Gazi
- Ge’ez
- Gelangali
- Gen / Gen-Gbe, Mina
- Template:Ll
- German / Deutsch (Template:Ll)
- German Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu)
- Gilaki
- Template:Ll (= (I-)Kiribati)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Gorani
- Template:Ll (extinct) (Template:Ll)
- Gowari (also known as Gawarbati or Narsati)
- Template:Ll
- Guanche
- Template:Ll
- Guaraní
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Kulaal)
- Gurkhali
- Gwich’in
H
- Hadza / Hatsa
- Haitian creole
- Hakka
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Haryani
- Harzani
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
- Hazaragi
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll or Ilonggo
- Template:Ll (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll (Anatolian)
- Template:Ll (Carib)
- Hmong
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Hutterite German
I
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Ilocano (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Ilonggo (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Inari Sami
- Indonesian (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Template:Ll (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Inuvialuktun (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Template:Ll (Cushitic)
- Irish (Irish Gaelic) (Template:Ll)
- Irish Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Ishkashimi
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Italian / Italiano (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
J
- Jacaltec
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (日本語)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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K
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Kachin
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Template:Ll
- Kalasha-ala, also known as Waigali
- Template:Ll
- Kalto, also known as Nahali
- Template:Ll (Samoyedic)
- Template:Ll, also known as Itelmen
- Kamvari
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Kelen
- Kemi Sami
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Ostyak) (Finno-Ugric)
- Khasian (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Khunsari
- Kildin Sami
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (= Kiribatese = Kiribatian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Kodava Thakk
- Kohistani (also known as Khili)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Korean / 한국어
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Korowai
- Korwa (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Koyra Chiini
- Koy Sanjaq Surat (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Kumzari
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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L
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Lakhota)
- Lamani, also known as Banjari
- Template:Ll
- Lappish
- Latin / Latina (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Baltic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Lepontic
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (also known as Ligby)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Lipan
- Lishana Deni
- Lishan Didan
- Lishanid Noshan
- Template:Ll (Baltic)
- Template:Ll (Finno-Ugric)
- Low Saxon (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Lude
- Template:Ll
- Lummi
- Template:Ll
- Luri
- Lushootseed
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Luwati
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Anatolian)
M
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Mahican
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Malaysian Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Malvi
- Manchurian
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mandarin (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Manipuri
- Template:Ll (Vogul) (Finno-Ugric)
- Manx (Manx Gaelic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Mapuche)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Cheremis) (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mazandarani
- Meänkieli
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mescalero
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mi’kmaq
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mlahsö
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Mohegan
- Template:Ll (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Munji
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
N
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Nangalami
- Natanzi
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll or Navaho
- Nayini
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Yurak) (Samoyedic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- New Zealand Sign Language
- Template:Ll (Tavgi) (Samoyedic)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Nicaraguan Sign Language
- Nicobarese
- Template:Ll
- Nigerian pidgin
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Gilyak)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Northern Sami
- Template:Ll
- North Yukaghir
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll, or Nuka-Dora
- Nuristani
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll
- Nynorsk (Template:Ll)
O
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Old Nubian language
- Old Church Slavonic (Template:Ll)
- Old French (Template:Ll)
- Old French Sign Language
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Old South Arabian
- Template:Ll (also known as Template:Ll or Template:Ll) (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Ongota
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Ottoman Turkish
P
- Pahari
- Pahlavi
- Template:Ll
- Pali
- Template:Ll
- Papiamento
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Pashayi
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Pemon (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Phoenician languages
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll
- Prasuni, also known as Wasi-weri
- Provençal (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
Q
R
- Rajasthani
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Rhaeto-Romance) (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Russenorsk
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Russian Sign Language
- Template:Ll
S
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Salishan languages
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Sami (Lappish) (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Sangisari
- Sanglechi
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Saramaccan
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Sarikoli
- Template:Ll
- Savi
- Scanian (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Lallans) (includes Template:Ll (Ullans))
- Scots Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic or Gaelic)
- Selangor Sign Language
- Template:Ll = Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Ostyak Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
- Selonian
- Template:Ll
- Semnani
- Template:Ll
- Sened
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Shahrudi
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Shughni
- Shumashti
- Sicilian (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Sindarin
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Siraiki
- Sivandi
- Skolt Sami
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (or Sonsorol, or Sonsoral)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Austroasiatic)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Southern Sami
- South Yukaghir
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Sranan
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Swabian (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Bantu)
- Template:Ll or Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Swiss German (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
T
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Berber)
- Template:Ll (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Template:Ll
- Taiwanese Sign Language
- Template:Ll (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Talysh (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Tanacross
- Tangut (extinct)
- Template:Ll (Berber)
- Tat
- Tatar, Kazan Tatar
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Temiar, Northern Sakai (Austroasiatic)
- Teonaht
- Tetum
- Template:Ll (ภาษาไทย)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (extinct)
- Template:Ll
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- Tocharian A and B
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Trasianka | Трасянка
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Setswana)
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll
- Tuareg languages (Berber)
- Tulu (Template:Ll)
- Tupinamba
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll, also known as Template:Ll (Indo-Iranian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (also known as Tuvin)
U
- Uatakassí
- Template:Ll (Northwest Caucasian)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Votyak) (Finno-Ugric)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
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- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
V
W
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- Waneci
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Template:Ll)
- West Yurghur
- Western Neo-Aramaic (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- Wotapuri-katarqalai
- Template:Ll (Chinese)
X
- /Xam
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll, (Hunanese) or (Template:Ll)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll
- !Xu (!Kung) (Khoisan)
Y
Only languages with Wikipedia pages are listed here. See List of languages by name: Y for more.
- Yaaku language
- Yaeyama language
- Template:Ll
- Yankunytjatjara language
- Yanomami
- Yanyuwa language
- Template:Ll
- Yaqui language
- Yauma language
- Yazdi
- Yemenite Hebrew language (Template:Ll)
- Yeni language
- Yevanic language
- Yi language
- Yiddish (Template:Ll)
- Yokutsan languages
- Yonaguni language
- Yorùbá language
- Yucatec Maya language
- Yucatec Maya Sign Language
- Yuchi language
- Yugh language
- Yukaghir languages
- Yupik language (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Yurats language
- Yurok language
Z
Template:CompactTOC2 Only some major languages are listed here. See List of languages by name: Z for about 50 more.
- Template:Ll (Saparoan)
- Zapotec (Oto-Manguean)
- Zazaki
- Template:Ll (Oto-Manguean)
- Template:Ll
- Template:Ll (Mixe-Zoquean)
- Template:Ll (Niger-Congo)
- Template:Ll
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