All languages
We process almost all languages
In addition to all European languages, we also process Asian languages with complex characters and languages with a right-to-left (RTL) reading and writing direction, such as Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew.
Here is a list of the most frequently spoken languages. Click on the language to get more information. The 23 official languages of the EU are marked with 
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Abkhazian | Аҧсуа | ab
Spoken in: Abkhazia (Georgia), Turkey
Speakers (approx.): 106,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Achinese
Spoken in: Indonesia (Aceh), Malaysia
Speakers (approx.): 3,500,000
Script: Arabic or Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks (é, è, ë, ö and ô)
Adangme
Spoken in: Ghana, Togo
Speakers (approx.): 2,000
Afar | Qafar-áf | aa
Spoken in: Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti
Speakers (approx.): 1,500,000
Afrikaans | Afrikaans | af
Spoken in: South Africa (official language), Namibia, Botswana
Speakers (approx.): 7,200,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: „...”
Akan | Akan | ak
Spoken in: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
Speakers (approx.): 8,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet (Africa Alphabet)
Albanian | Shqip | sq
Spoken in: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro
Speakers (approx.): 7,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Çç Ëë
Quotation marks: «...»
Amharic | አማርኛ | am
Spoken in: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Kenya
Speakers (approx.): 17,000,000
Script: Ethiopian script
Arabic | العربية | ar
Spoken in: Egypt, Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Chad, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and other states
Speakers (approx.): 290,000,000
Script: Arabic alphabet
Comments: Writing direction: right to left
Aragonese | Aragonés | an
Spoken in: Aragon (Spain)
Speakers (approx.): 12,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Armenian | Գրաբար | hy
Spoken in: Armenia, Russia, France, USA
Speakers (approx.): 6,700,000
Script: Armenian alphabet, Unicode block Armenian
Comments: Sentence end character "։"
Assamese | অসমীয়া | as
Spoken in: India (Assam and neighboring states), Bangladesh, Bhutan
Speakers (approx.): 15,000,000
Script: Modified Bengali script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Avaric | Авар | av
Spoken in: Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Turkey
Speakers (approx.): 600,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Awadhi | अवधी
Spoken in: India, Nepal, Fiji, Mauritius, Bhutan
Speakers (approx.): 38,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Azerbaijani | Azərbaycan dili | az
Spoken in: Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Armenia
Speakers (approx.): 25,000,000
Script: New Turkish alphabet
Quotation marks: "…"
Bavarian | Boarisch
Spoken in: Germany (Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate), Austria, Switzerland, Italy
Speakers (approx.): 12,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Belarusian | беларуская мова | be
Spoken in: Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Poland
Speakers (approx.): 79,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Bengali | বাংলা ভাষা | bn
Spoken in: Bangladesh, India
Speakers (approx.): 215,000,000
Script: Bengali script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Bhojpuri | भोजपुरी
Spoken in: India, Nepal, Mauritius
Speakers (approx.): 40,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Bishnupriya | ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
Spoken in: India, Bangladesh
Speakers (approx.): 120,000
Script: Bengali script
Bulgarian | Български | bg |
Spoken in: Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, Romania, Turkey
Speakers (approx.): 12,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Comments: Official language of the EU
Burmese | မြန်မာဘာသာ | my
Spoken in: Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos
Speakers (approx.): 35,000,000
Script: Burmese script
Cebuano | Sugbuanon
Spoken in: The Philippines
Speakers (approx.): 19,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Chhattisgarhi | छत्तीसगढ़ी
Spoken in: India
Speakers (approx.): 18,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Chinese | 中文 / 文言 | zh
Spoken in: People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia
Speakers (approx.): 1,200,000,000
Script: The script distinguishes between the simplified short-form and the traditional long-form (Taiwan and Hong Kong)
Quotation marks: “…” (simplified); 「…」(traditional)
Comments: As a rule, the term "Chinese language" refers to "High Chinese" (Putonghua, also Mandarin).
Croatian | Hrvatski | hr
Spoken in: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina (Serbia), Bay of Kotor (Montenegro), Baranya (Hungary)
Speakers (approx.): 7,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Čč Ćć Đđ Šš Žž
Quotation marks: »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Czech | Čeština | cs |
Spoken in: The Czech Republic, neighboring countries (primarily: Slovakia, Austria), Banat (primarily: Romania)
Speakers (approx.): 12,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Áá Čč Ďď Éé Ěě Íí Ňň Óó Řř Šš Ťť Úú Ůů Ýý Žž Aa Kk Oo Ss Vv Zz
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Danish | Dansk | da |
Spoken in: Denmark, Canada, Argentina, United States of America, Sweden
Speakers (approx.): 53,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: „…“
Comments: Official language of the EU
Dutch; Flemish | Nederlands | nl |
Spoken in: The Netherlands, Belgium, the Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, Aruba
Speakers (approx.): 26,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: „…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
English | English | en |
Spoken in: United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, Ireland, India, Pakistan and 94 other countries
Speakers (approx.): 340,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: “…”
Comments: Official language of the EU, estimated 1 billion second language speakers
Estonia | Eesti | et |
Spoken in: Estonia
Speakers (approx.): 1,100,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Ää Čč Õõ Öö Šš Üü Žž
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): «…»
Comments: Official language of the EU
Farsi | فارسی | fa
Spoken in: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Bahrain, Pakistan, India, Iraq
Speakers (approx.): 70,000,000
Script: Arabic alphabet plus 4 characters
Quotation marks: «…»
Fijian | Na Vosa Vakaviti | fj
Spoken in: Fiji
Speakers (approx.): 660,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Finnish | Suomi | fi |
Spoken in: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Speakers (approx.): 6,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: ”…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
French | français | fr |
Spoken in: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Canada, large parts of North, West and Central Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, partly in South East Asia, island groups in the Indian Ocean.
Speakers (approx.): 230,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: « … »
Quotation marks (within a quote): ‹ … ›
Quotation marks (alternative): “ … ”
Comments: Official language of the EU
Fula | Fula | ff
Spoken in: Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia
Speakers (approx.): 19,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet (Africa Alphabet)
Gan | 贛語 / 赣语 | zh
Spoken in: People's Republic of China
Speakers (approx.): 20,000,000
Script: Chinese alphabet
Georgian | ქართული | ka
Spoken in: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Russia, Turkey
Speakers (approx.): 5,000,000
Script: Georgian alphabet (33 characters), Unicode block Georgian
German | Deutsch | de |
Spoken in: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, German-speaking Switzerland, Luxembourg, South Tyrol (Italy), German-speaking community of Belgium
Speakers (approx.): 105,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: „…“
Comments: Official language of the EU
Gondi
Spoken in: India (regions: Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa)
Speakers (approx.): 2,700,000
Script: The Devanagari or Telugu script is used depending on the area
Gorontalo
Spoken in: Indonesia
Speakers (approx.): 1,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Greek | Ελληνικά | el |
Spoken in: Greece, Cyprus
Speakers (approx.): 13,000,000
Script: Greek alphabet
Comments: Official language of the EU
Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | gu
Spoken in: India (Gujarat, Mumbai)
Speakers (approx.): 45,000,000
Script: Gujarati script, similar to Devanagari script
Quotation marks: “…”
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Haitian, Haitian Creole | kreyol ayisyen | ht
Spoken in: Haiti
Speakers (approx.): 10,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Hausa | Hausa | ha
Spoken in: Nigeria as well as partly in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Cameroon, Libya, Togo
Speakers (approx.): 25,000,000
Script: Predominantly the Latin alphabet with some diacritical marks, also partly the Arabic alphabet
Hawaiian | Hawai`i
Spoken in: Hawaii
Speakers (approx.): 1,000
Script: Only 12 Latin characters.
Comments: One of the shortest alphabets in the world.
Hebrew | עברית | he
Spoken in: Israel
Speakers (approx.): 5,000,000
Script: Hebrew alphabet.
Quotation marks: “…”
Comments: Writing direction: right to left
Hindi | हिन्दी | hi
Spoken in: India
Speakers (approx.): 600,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Comments: Official language of India since 1965.
Hungarian | Magyar | hu |
Spoken in: Hungary, Vojvodina, Serbia
Speakers (approx.): 13,500,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Áá Éé Íí Óó Öö Őő Úú Üü Űű
Quotation marks: „…”
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Icelandic | íslenska | is
Spoken in: Iceland
Speakers (approx.): 300,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Áá Ðð Éé Íí Óó Ýý Þþ Ææ Öö
Quotation marks: „…“
Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | id
Spoken in: Indonesia, East Timor
Speakers (approx.): 30,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: “…”
Ingbo | Asụsụ Igbo | ig
Spoken in: Nigeria
Speakers (approx.): 25,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet (Africa Alphabet)
Inupiaq | Iñupiak | ik
Spoken in: Alaska
Speakers (approx.): 2,100
Irish | Gaeilge | ga |
Spoken in: Ireland, occasionally Northern Ireland
Speakers (approx.): 70,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Comments: Official language of the EU
Isan | ภาษาอีสาน
Spoken in: Thailand
Speakers (approx.): 15,000,000
Script: Thai alphabet, rarely with the Tai-Noi script
Italian | Italiano | it |
Spoken in: Italy, France (Alpes-Maritimes Départment), Monaco, Malta
Speakers (approx.): 69,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Quotation marks (alternative): “…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
Japanese | 日本語 | ja
Spoken in: Japan, USA, Brazil, Palau
Speakers (approx.): 127,000,000
Script: Kanji (Chinese script), Hiragana, and Katakana (Japanese syllabary)
Quotation marks: 「…」
Quotation marks (within a quote): 『…』
Javanese | Basa Jawa | jv
Spoken in: Java (Indonesia)
Speakers (approx.): 76,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Jin | 晉語 / 晋语
Spoken in: People's Republic of China
Speakers (approx.): 48,000,000
Script: Chinese script
Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | kn
Spoken in: India (Karnataka and neighboring states)
Speakers (approx.): 40,000,000
Script: Kannada script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Kannauji | क़न्नौजी
Spoken in: India
Speakers (approx.): 9,500,000
Script: Devanagari
Kanuri | kr
Spoken in: Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Chad
Speakers (approx.): 4,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet (Africa Alphabet)
Kashmiri | कॉशुर | ks
Spoken in: India (Jammu and Kashmir), Pakistan
Speakers (approx.): 5,000,000
Script: Devanagari script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Kazakh | Қазақша | kk
Spoken in: Kazakhstan, China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Mongolia
Speakers (approx.): 11,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Khmer | ភាសាខ្មែរ | km
Spoken in: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos
Speakers (approx.): 14,000,000
Script: Khmer script (Cambodian script)
Korean | 한국어 | ko
Spoken in: North Korea, South Korea, People's Republic of China
Speakers (approx.): 78,000,000
Script: Korean alphabet
Kurdish | کوردی | ku
Spoken in: Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Lebanon
Speakers (approx.): 20,000,000
Script: Kurdish-Latin, Arabic, or Cyrillic alphabet
Lahnda | شاہ مکھی پنجابی
Spoken in: Pakistan
Speakers (approx.): 25,000,000
Script: Shahmukhi (modified Arabic alphabet)
Lao | ພາສາລາວ | lo
Spoken in: Laos and Thailand
Speakers (approx.): 6,000,000
Script: Lao alphabet
Latvian | latviešu | lv |
Spoken in: Latvia
Speakers (approx.): 2,200,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Āā Čč Ēē Ģģ Īī Ķķ Ļļ Ņņ Ōō Ŗŗ Šš Ūū Žž
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Lithuanian | lietuvių | lt |
Spoken in: Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia
Speakers (approx.): 4,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Ąą Čč Ėė Ęę Įį Šš Ųų Ūū Žž
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Macedonian | Mакедонски | mk
Spoken in: Macedonia, minorities in Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, emigrants in Western Europe and overseas
Speakers (approx.): 2,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Madurese | Basa Mathura
Spoken in: Indonesia, Singapore
Speakers (approx.): 10,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Malagasy | mg
Spoken in: Madagascar, Comoros, Réunion
Speakers (approx.): 19,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Malay | Bahasa Melayu | ms
Spoken in: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore
Speakers (approx.): 180,000,000
Script: In addition to the Latin script, the Jawi script (extended Arabic alphabet) is also sometimes used
Malayalam | മലയാളം | ml
Spoken in: India
Speakers (approx.): 33,000,000
Script: Malayalam script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Maltese | Malti | mt |
Spoken in: Malta
Speakers (approx.): 330,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Comments: Official language of the EU
Marathi | मराठी | mr
Spoken in: India (Maharashtra and neighboring states)
Speakers (approx.): 68,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Nepali | नेपाली | ne
Spoken in: Nepal, India, Bhutan
Speakers (approx.): 17,000,000
Script: Devanagari
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Norwegian | Norsk | no
Spoken in: Norway
Speakers (approx.): 5,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Quotation marks (within a quote): ‘ … ’
Oriya | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | or
Spoken in: India (Orissa)
Speakers (approx.): 33,000,000
Script: Oriya script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Panjabi, Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | pa
Spoken in: Pakistan, India
Speakers (approx.): 129,000,000
Script: Gurmukhi, Devanagari
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Pashto | پښتو | ps
Spoken in: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
Speakers (approx.): 50,000,000
Script: Pashto alphabet (modified Arabic alphabet)
Polish | Polski | pl |
Spoken in: Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Lithuania
Speakers (approx.): 56,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Ąą Ćć Ęę Łł Ńń Óó Śś Źź Żż
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Portuguese | Português | pt |
Spoken in: Portugal, Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe
Speakers (approx.): 210,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Quotation marks (alternative): “…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan | Româna | ro |
Spoken in: Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina, Serbia, Athos, Greece
Speakers (approx.): 34,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Ăă Ââ Îî Şş Ţţ
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): «…»
Comments: Official language of the EU
Romany | Romani |
Spoken in: Many countries
Speakers (approx.): 6,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Comments: Language of the Roma, including the Sinti
Russian | Pусский | ru
Spoken in: Russia, members of the CIS and Baltic states, as well as emigrants in the United States of America, Israel, Germany, and other European countries
Speakers (approx.): 170,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Serbian | Српски/Srpski | sr
Spoken in: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Athos, Greece, Croatia (regional), FYR of Macedonia
Speakers (approx.): 10,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: „…“
Sinhalese | සිංහල | si
Spoken in: Sri Lanka
Speakers (approx.): 16,000,000
Script: Sinhalese script
Slovak | Slovenčina | sk |
Spoken in: Slovakia, USA, Canada, Serbia (Vojvodina), Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Australia, Ukraine, Croatia, Western Europe
Speakers (approx.): 6,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Áá Ää Čč Ďď Éé Íí Ĺĺ Ľľ Ňň Óó Ôô Řř Šš Ťť Úú Ýý Žž
Quotation marks: „…“
Quotation marks (alternative): »…«
Comments: Official language of the EU
Slovenian | Slovenščina | sl |
Spoken in: Slovenia, Province of Gorizia (Italy), Province of Trieste (Italy), Carinthia (Austria)
Speakers (approx.): 2,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks: Čč Šš Žž Ss Vv Zz
Quotation marks: „…“
Comments: Official language of the EU
Spanish; Castilian | Español | es |
Spoken in: Spain, large parts of Central and South America, as well as in the USA, Belize, Morocco, the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, and Western Sahara
Speakers (approx.): 447,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Quotation marks (alternative): “…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
Sundanese | Basa Sunda | su
Spoken in: Java
Speakers (approx.): 27,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet plus 6 more scripts, e.g. Aksara Sunda.
Swahili | Kiswahili | sw
Spoken in: Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Comoros, Mayotte, Somalia
Speakers (approx.): 15,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Swedish | Svenska | sv |
Spoken in: Sweden and Finland
Speakers (approx.): 10,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Quotation marks: ”…”
Comments: Official language of the EU
Tamil | தமிழ் | ta
Spoken in: India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius
Speakers (approx.): 78,000,000
Script: Tamil script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Telugu | తెలుగు | te
Spoken in: India (Andhra Pradesh and neighboring states)
Speakers (approx.): 74,000,000
Script: Telugu script
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India
Thai | ภาษาไทย | th
Spoken in: Thailand
Speakers (approx.): 80,000,000
Script: Thai alphabet, Unicode block Thai
Turkish | Türkçe | tr
Spoken in: Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Kosovo, as well as among Turkish migrants in Western Europe, North America, and Australia
Speakers (approx.): 65,000,000
Script: New Turkish alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Ukrainian | Українська | uk
Spoken in: Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Belarus, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Uzbekistan, Poland, Georgia
Speakers (approx.): 45,000,000
Script: Cyrillic alphabet
Quotation marks: «…»
Urdu | اردو | ur
Spoken in: Pakistan, India
Speakers (approx.): 180,000,000
Script: Urdu uses a variant of the Persian alphabet
Comments: One of the 22 official languages in India, writing direction: right to left
Uzbek | Oʻzbek tili | zu
Spoken in: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Xinjiang (China)
Speakers (approx.): 27,000,000
Script: Latin or Cyrillic alphabet
Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | vi
Spoken in: Vietnam, USA, Cambodia, France, Australia, Germany, and some other countries
Speakers (approx.): 75,000,000
Script: Quốc Ngữ: Latin alphabet plus diacritical marks
Wu | 吳語 / 吴语 | zh
Spoken in: People's Republic of China
Speakers (approx.): 77,000,000
Script: Chinese script
Yoruba | èdè Yorùbá | yo
Spoken in: Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Speakers (approx.): 30,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
Zulu | isiZulu | zu
Spoken in: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland
Speakers (approx.): 11,000,000
Script: Latin alphabet
