Languages

Languages of the Americas
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands 
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Uruguay
USA
Venezuela
Languages of Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
British Indian Ocean Territory
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Réunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
São Tomé e Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Languages of Asia
 Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cyprus
East Timor
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian West Bank and Gaza
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Yemen
Languages of Europe
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia and Montenegro
Languages of the Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Language families
Following are the language families listed in the Ethnologue language family index of the 15th edition. The first column gives the Ethnologue name for the group, followed by the location by continent and Ethnologue’s count of the number of languages in the family. In addition to language families, Ethnologue lists three artificial languages, one ‘cant’ (Pitkern), 86 creoles, 18pidgins, 121 Deaf sign languages, three other sign languages, 21 mixed languages, forty language isolates, and 78 unclassified languages.
 
 
 

Family

Afro-Asiatic         
Alacalufan          
Algic                   
Altaic                  
Amto-Musan      
Andamanese     
Arauan               
Araucanian        
Arawakan          
Arutani-Sape     
Australian          
Austro-Asiatic    
Austronesian     
Aymaran           
Barbacoan        
Basque             
Bayono-Awbono
Caddoan           
Cahuapanan     
Carib                 
Chapacura-Wanham
Chibchan           
Chimakuan        
Choco                
Chon                  
Chukotko-Kamchatkan   Chumash           
Coahuiltecan      
Dravidian            
East Bird’s Head
East Papuan      
Eskimo-Aleut     
Geelvink Bay      Guahiban
Gulf        
Harakmbet     
Hibito-Cholon
Hmong-Mien
Hokan 
Huavean
Indo-European 
Iroquoian 
Japanese
Jivaroan 
Kartvelian
Katukinan
Keres      
Khoisan  
Kiowa Tanoan
Kwomtari-Baibai
Left May           
Lower Mamberamo
Lule-Vilela          
Macro-Ge           
Maku                  
Mascoian           
Mataco-Guaicuru
Mayan               
Misumalpan
Mixe-Zoque
Mura           
Muskogean 
Na-Dené     
Nambiquaran
Niger-Congo 
Nilo-Saharan           North Caucasian
Oto-Manguean  
Panoan              
Peba-Yaguan  
Penutian          
Quechuan        
Salishan           
Salivan             
Sepik-Ramu     
Sino-Tibetan     
Siouan        
Sko            
Subtiaba-Tlapanec
Tacanan                
Tai-Kadai               
Tarascan               
Torricelli               
Totonacan            
Trans-New Guinea
Tucanoan             
Tupi                      
Uralic                    
Uru-Chipaya         
Uto-Aztecan         
Wakashan            
West Papuan  
Witotoan         
Yanomam       
Yeniseian        
Yukaghir         
Yuki                
Zamucoan      
Zaparoan        

 

Source: Ethnologue
 
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Continent

Africa/Asia        
South America 
North America  
Europe/Asia     
Australasia      
Asia                
South America
South America
South America
South America
Australasia      
Asia                 
Asia/Australasia
South America 
South America 
Europe          
Australasia    
North America
South America
South America
South America
South America
North America
South America
South America
Asia      
North America
North America
Asia               
Australasia  
Australasia  
North America
Australasia                     South America  
North America  
South America 
South America  
Asia                  
North America  
North America  
Europe/Asia    
North America 
Asia                  
South America 
Asia                  
South America  
North America  
Africa                
North America  
Australasia      
Australasia      
Australasia      
South America
South America
South America
South America
South America
North America
North America
North America
South America
North America
North America
South America
Africa             
Africa                        Europe/Asia  
North America
South America
South America
North America
South America
North America
South America
Australasia     
Asia                 
North America
Australasia      
North America
South America
Asia                
North America
Australasia    
North America
Australasia    
South America
South America
Europe/Asia  
South America
North America
North America
Australasia    
South America
South America
Asia               
Asia                
North America
South America
South America

Count

375
2
44
66
2
13
8
2
64
2
263
169
1268
3
7
3
2
5
2
32
5
22
2
12
2
5
7
1
73
3
36
11
33                                                                           5
4
2
2
35
28
4
449
11
12
4
5
3
2
27
6
6
6
2
1
32
6
5
12
69
4
17
1
6
47
3
1514
204                                                                         34
174
28
2
33
46
27
3
100
403
17
7
5
6
76
2
53
11
564
25
76
39
2
61
5
26
6
4
2
2
2
2
7

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