Lists of languages
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This page is a list of lists of languages.
Published lists
[edit]- SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages.
- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639
- List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 major languages)
- List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes
- ISO 639 macrolanguage – ISO 639-2 codes used as ISO 639-3 codes
- List of ISO 639-3 codes – three-letter codes, intended to "cover all known natural languages"
- List of ISO 639-5 codes – three-letter codes for language families and groups
- IETF language tag – depends on ISO 639, but provides various expansion mechanisms
- Glottolog
- Linguasphere Observatory (LS-2010, totaling over 32,800 coded entries and over 70,900 linguistic names)
English Wikipedia list articles
[edit]Comprehensive lists
[edit]Lists which are global in scope (all living natural languages would classify for inclusion):
- by country:
- by name: List of language names (native names)
- by phylogenetic relation: List of language families (phylogenetic)
- chronologically: List of languages by first written accounts
- by number of speakers:
- List of languages by number of words according to authoritative dictionaries
- List of languages by number of phonemes
By region
[edit]By special type or property
[edit]- Extinct, endangered or revived languages
- List of extinct languages
- List of extinct languages of Africa
- List of extinct languages of Asia
- List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean
- List of extinct languages and dialects of Europe
- List of extinct languages of Oceania
- List of extinct languages of North America
- List of extinct languages of South America
- List of extinct Uto-Aztecan languages
- List of languages by time of extinction
- List of endangered languages
- List of extinct languages
- List of endangered languages in Africa
- List of endangered languages in Asia
- List of endangered languages in Bangladesh
- List of endangered languages in Brazil
- List of endangered languages in Canada
- List of endangered languages in Central America
- List of endangered languages in Colombia
- List of endangered languages in China
- List of endangered languages in Europe
- List of endangered languages in India
- List of endangered languages in Indonesia
- List of endangered languages in Mexico
- List of endangered languages in Nepal
- List of endangered languages in North America
- List of endangered languages of Oceania
- List of endangered languages in Papua New Guinea
- List of endangered languages in Russia
- List of endangered languages in South America
- List of endangered languages in Sudan
- List of endangered languages in the United States
- List of endangered languages with mobile apps
- Regional language
- Languages outside genealogical classification
- List of sign languages
- List of proto-languages
- List of constructed languages
By status or cultural sphere of influence
[edit]- List of lingua francas
- List of official languages
- Languages used on the Internet (includes a list of languages with the most prevalence online)
- List of mutually intelligible languages
See also
[edit]- List of language self-study programs
- List of most commonly learned foreign languages in the United States
- List of linguists
- List of shorthand systems
- List of writing systems
- Lists of dialects and varieties
- Lists of computer languages
- Omniglot
This article includes a language-related list of lists.