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
| Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican State
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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
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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 Continent Count Afro-Asiatic Africa/Asia 375
Alacalufan South America 2
Algic North America 44
Altaic Europe/Asia 66
Amto-Musan Australasia 2
Andamanese Asia 13
Arauan South America 8
Araucanian South America 2
Arawakan South America 64
Arutani-Sape South America 2
Australian Australasia 263
Austro-Asiatic Asia 169
Austronesian Asia/Australasia 1268
Aymaran South America 3
Barbacoan South America 7
Basque Europe 3
Bayono-Awbono Australasia 2
Caddoan North America 5
Cahuapanan South America 2
Carib South America 32
Chapacura-Wanham South America 5
Chibchan South America 22
Chimakuan North America 2
Choco South America 12
Chon South America 2
Chukotko-Kamchatkan Asia 5
Chumash North America 7
Coahuiltecan North America 1
Dravidian Asia 73
East Bird's Head Australasia 3
East Papuan Australasia 36
Eskimo-Aleut North America 11
Geelvink Bay Australasia 33 | Guahiban South America 5
Gulf North America 4
Harakmbet South America 2
Hibito-Cholon South America 2
Hmong-Mien Asia 35
Hokan North America 28
Huavean North America 4
Indo-European Europe/Asia 449
Iroquoian North America 11
Japanese Asia 12
Jivaroan South America 4
Kartvelian Asia 5
Katukinan South America 3
Keres North America 2
Khoisan Africa 27
Kiowa Tanoan North America 6
Kwomtari-Baibai Australasia 6
Left May Australasia 6
Lower Mamberamo Australasia 2
Lule-Vilela South America 1
Macro-Ge South America 32
Maku South America 6
Mascoian South America 5
Mataco-Guaicuru South America 12
Mayan North America 69
Misumalpan North America 4
Mixe-Zoque North America 17
Mura South America 1
Muskogean North America 6
Na-Dené North America 47
Nambiquaran South America 3
Niger-Congo Africa 1514
Nilo-Saharan Africa 204 | North Caucasian Europe/Asia 34
Oto-Manguean North America 174
Panoan South America 28
Peba-Yaguan South America 2
Penutian North America 33
Quechuan South America 46
Salishan North America 27
Salivan South America 3
Sepik-Ramu Australasia 100
Sino-Tibetan Asia 403
Siouan North America 17
Sko Australasia 7
Subtiaba-Tlapanec North America 5
Tacanan South America 6
Tai-Kadai Asia 76
Tarascan North America 2
Torricelli Australasia 53
Totonacan North America 11
Trans-New Guinea Australasia 564
Tucanoan South America 25
Tupi South America 76
Uralic Europe/Asia 39
Uru-Chipaya South America 2
Uto-Aztecan North America 61
Wakashan North America 5
West Papuan Australasia 26
Witotoan South America 6
Yanomam South America 4
Yeniseian Asia 2
Yukaghir Asia 2
Yuki North America 2
Zamucoan South America 2
Zaparoan South America 7 |
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