List of Wikipedias by language family

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Included are all languages in the category active Wikipedias of List of Wikipedias and a few "somewhat active".

For list by language superfamilies, see List of Wikipedias by language macrofamily.

Key:
Headline: Language family name (A – B – C – D%)
A – total articles in wikipedias over 100 (at last count)
B – total # languages with wikipedias over 0
C – total # languages with wikipedias over 1000 mark
D% – articles in top wikipedia in family as percentage of total in family

Last updated: 19 Apr 2008

See also w:List of language familieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_families.

Contents

[edit] Germanic languages (4,179,622 – 26 – 23 – 55.97%)

  1. English – en – 2,339,376 articles
  2. German (Deutsch) – de – 738,530 articles
  3. Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 430,943 articles
  4. Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 281,840 articles
  5. Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 162,139 articles
  6. Danish (Dansk) – da – 84,392 articles
  7. Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 34,066 articles
  8. Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 21,212 articles
  9. Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 21,153 articles
  10. Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 12,026 articles
  11. Afrikaans – af – 9,612 articles
  12. West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 7,771 articles
  13. Ripuarisch – ksh – 7,558 articles
  14. Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 4,991 articles
  15. Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 3,912 articles
  16. Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 3,646 articles
  17. Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 2,984 articles
  18. West Flemish – vls – 2,809 articles
  19. Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 2,705 articles
  20. Lowland Scots – sco – 2,408 articles
  21. Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,687 articles
  22. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 1,505 articles
  23. Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) – ang – 1,197 articles
  24. Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 580 articles
  25. Saterlandic (Seeltersk) - stq - 344 articles
  26. Gothic – got – 236 articles

[edit] Romance languages (2,217,038 – 29 – 26 – 29.25%)

  1. French (Français) – fr – 648,584 articles
  2. Italian (Italiano) – it – 441,933 articles
  3. Portuguese (Português) – pt – 372,571 articles
  4. Spanish (Español) – es – 353,519 articles
  5. Catalan (Català) – ca – 113,528 articles
  6. Romanian (Română) – ro – 107,173 articles
  7. Galician (Galego) – gl – 34,349 articles
  8. Latin (Latina) – la – 19,562 articles
  9. Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 14,730 articles
  10. Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap – 12,730 articles
  11. Occitan (Occitan) – oc – 12,538 articles
  12. Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 11,929 articles
  13. Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 11,265 articles
  14. Walloon (Walon) – wa – 10,120 articles
  15. Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 8,664 articles
  16. Venetian (Vèneta) – vec – 7,684 articles
  17. Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 7,593 articles
  18. Corsican (Corsu) – co – 5,726 articles
  19. Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 3,469 articles
  20. Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 3,414 articles
  21. Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 3,043 articles
  22. Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 2,636 articles
  23. Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 2,535 articles
  24. Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 2,436 articles
  25. Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 1,998 articles
  26. Ladino – lad – 1,792 articles
  27. Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 567 articles
  28. Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 549 articles
  29. Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (read-only)

[edit] Slavic languages (1,375,535 – 18 – 16 – 36.26%)

  1. Polish (Polski) – pl – 500,000 articles
  2. Russian (Русский) – ru – 278,000 articles
  3. Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 106,000 articles
  4. Czech (Čeština) – cs – 97,000 articles
  5. Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 95,000 articles
  6. Serbian (Српски) – sr – 62,000 articles
  7. Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 62,000 articles
  8. Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 56,000 articles
  9. Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 43,000 articles
  10. Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 23,000 articles
  11. Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 17,000 articles
  12. Serbocroatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 17,000 articles
  13. Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 11,000 articles
  14. Belarusian (Беларуская) II – be-x-old – 9,000 articles
  15. Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 5,000 articles
  16. Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 2,000 articles
  17. Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 325 articles
  18. Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) – dsb – 210 articles

[edit] Japonic languages (493,000 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Japanese (日本語) – ja – 493,000 articles

[edit] Constructed languages (255,459 – 8 – 6 – 45.36%)

  1. Volapük – vo – 115,608 articles
  2. Esperanto – eo – 94,156 articles
  3. Simple English – simple – 25,087 articles
  4. Ido – io – 15,232 articles
  5. Interlingua – ia – 4,068 articles
  6. Novial – nov – 2,355 articles
  7. Interlingue – ie – 670 articles
  8. Lojban – jbo – 630 articles

[edit] Finno-Baltic languages (208,270 – 3 – 3 – 76.16%)

  1. Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 158,611 articles
  2. Estonian (Eesti) – et – 47,896 articles
  3. Võro – fiu-vro – 1,763 articles

[edit] Sinitic languages (177,070 – 7 – 5 – 93.36%)

  1. Chinese (中文) – zh – 164,000 articles (uses both traditional and simplified characters)
  2. Cantonese (粵語) – zh-yue – 7,500 articles
  3. Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – zh-min-nan – 2,960 articles
  4. Classical Chinese (古文 / 文言文) – zh-classical – 2,000 articles
  5. Wu (吴語) – wuu – 2,993 articles
  6. Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 160 articles
  7. Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 160 articles

[edit] Turkic languages (150,150 – 11 – 11 – 72.20%)

  1. Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 108,000 articles
  2. Azeri (Azərbaycan) – az – 18,300 articles
  3. Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 7,800 articles
  4. Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 6,700 articles
  5. Tatar (Tatarça) – tt – 3,655 articles
  6. Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 2,350 articles
  7. Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 1,065 articles
  8. Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatar tili) - crh - 720 articles
  9. Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 575 articles
  10. Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 305 articles
  11. Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 180 articles

[edit] Semitic languages (140,988 – 6 - 4 - 53.91%)

  1. Hebrew (עברית) – he – 76,010 articles
  2. Arabic (العربية) – ar – 59,204 articles
  3. Amharic (አማርኛ) – am – 3,094 articles
  4. Maltese (Malti) – mt – 2,027 articles
  5. Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 474 articles
  6. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) – ti – 178 articles

[edit] Sunda-Sulawesi languages (140,448 – 7 – 5 – 58.45%)

  1. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 82,097 articles
  2. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 28,333 articles
  3. Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 13,795 articles
  4. Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 12,917 articles
  5. Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 3,131 articles
  6. Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 97 articles
  7. Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 78 articles

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages (86,570 – 18 – 10 – 25.07%)

  1. Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 21,700 articles
  2. Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 16,465 articles
  3. Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 14,062 articles
  4. Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 13,135 articles
  5. Urdu (اردو) – ur – 6,475 articles
  6. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 3,871 articles
  7. Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,368 articles
  8. Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,314 articles
  9. Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 1,913 articles
  10. Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 1,873 articles
  11. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 529 articles
  12. Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 348 articles
  13. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 335 articles
  14. Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 273 articles
  15. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 266 articles
  16. Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 259 articles
  17. Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 215articles
  18. Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 169 articles

[edit] Ugric languages (80,008 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 80,008 articles

[edit] Baltic languages (77,000 – 3 – 3 – 78.30%)

  1. Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 60,000 articles
  2. Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 12,500 articles
  3. Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 5,257 articles

[edit] Dravidian languages (65,590 – 4 – 4 – 61.07%)

  1. Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 40,058 articles
  2. Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 13,791 articles
  3. Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 6,255 articles
  4. Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 5,486 articles

[edit] Iranian languages (62,485 – 8 – 6 – 57.70%)

  1. Persian (فارسی) – fa – 36,058 articles
  2. Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 11,233 articles
  3. Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 8,750 articles
  4. Zazaki – diq – 2,324 articles
  5. Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 2,046articles
  6. Pashtu (پښتو) – ps – 1,254articles
  7. Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 484 articles
  8. Mazandarani (مَزِروني) – mzn – 336 articles
  9. Balochi (بلوچی)

[edit] Korean (63,000 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Korean (한국어) – ko – 63,000 articles

[edit] Borneo-Philippines languages (55,192 – 7 – 6 – 60.69%)

  1. Cebuano (Sinugboanong Binisaya) – ceb – 33,494 articles
  2. Tagalog – tl – 10,039 articles
  3. Kapampangan – pam – 3,983 articles
  4. Pangasinan – pag – 2,801 articles
  5. Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 2,327 articles
  6. Ilokano – ilo – 2,244 articles
  7. Malagasy – mg – 304 articles

[edit] Celtic languages (50,749 – 6 – 6 – 38.63%)

  1. Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 19,606 articles
  2. Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 15,656 articles
  3. Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 6,524 articles
  4. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 6,249 articles
  5. Cornish (Kernewek/Kernuack/Curnoack/Kernowek) – kw – 1,539 articles
  6. Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 1,175 articles

[edit] Tai languages (36,367 – 3 – 1 – 99.19%)

  1. Thai (ไทย) – th – 36,027 articles
  2. Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 306 articles
  3. Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 34 articles

[edit] Tibeto-Burman languages (33,484 – 5 – 1 – 99.02%)

  1. Newar / Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 33,156 articles
  2. Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག) – bo – 227 articles
  3. Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 101 articles
  4. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 68 articles
  5. Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 19 articles

[edit] Greek (34,081 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 34,081 articles

[edit] Basque (25,960 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Basque (Euskara) – eu – 25,960 articles

[edit] Mon-Khmer languages (25,799 – 2 – 1 – 98.55%)

  1. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 25,426 articles
  2. Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) – km – 1179 articles

[edit] Kartvelian languages (21,529 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 21,529 articles

[edit] Albanian language (20,237 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 20,237 articles

[edit] Central Pacific languages (8,319 – 6 – 2 – 76.60%)

  1. Maori (Māori) – mi – 6,372 articles
  2. Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,302 articles
  3. Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 480 articles
  4. Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 165 articles
  5. Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 49 articles
  6. Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 30 articles

[edit] Pidgins and Creoles (7,817 – 8 – 1 – 90.81%)

  1. Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 7,099 articles
  2. Tok Pisin – tpi – 350 articles
  3. Chavacano de Zamboanga – cbk-zam – 248 articles
  4. Papiamentu – pap – 120 articles
  5. Norfolk (Norfuk) – pih – 64 articles
  6. Bislama – bi – 46 articles
  7. Sango (Sängö) – sg – 19 articles
  8. Hiri Motu – ho – 4 articles

[edit] Bantoid languages (7,333 - 19 - 1 - 83.42%)

  1. Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 6,117 articles
  2. Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 837 articles
  3. Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 272 articles
  4. Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 107 articles
  5. Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 74 article
  6. Xhosan (isiXhosa) – xh – 65 articles
  7. Swati (Siswati) – ss – 56 articles
  8. Kinyarwanda – rw – 45 articles
  9. Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 38 articles
  10. Sesotho – st – 37 articles
  11. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 32 article
  12. Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 26 articles
  13. Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 25 articles
  14. Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 23 articles
  15. Luganda – lg – 19 article
  16. Kirundi – rn – 11 articles
  17. Tsonga (Xitsonga)– ts – 10 articles
  18. Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 8 article
  19. Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 6 article

[edit] Quechuan languages (4,524 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 4,524 – articles

[edit] Yoruboid languages (4,083 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Yorùbá – yo – 4,083 articles

[edit] Uto-Aztecan languages (3,921 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli) – nah – 3,921 – articles

[edit] Armenian (3,513 – 1 - 1 – 100%)

  1. Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 3,513 articles

[edit] Sami languages (2,515 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 2,515 articles

[edit] Mongolian languages (1,467 – 3 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 1,360 articles
  2. Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 58 articles
  3. Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 49 articles

[edit] Aymaran languages (598 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 598 articles

[edit] Cushitic languages (475 – 3 – 0 – 61.05%)

  1. Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 290 articles
  2. Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 185 article
  3. Afar – aa – 8 articles

[edit] Atlantic languages (459 - 2 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Wolof – wo – 459 articles
  2. Peul (Fulfulde) – ff – 29 articles

[edit] Eskimo-Aleut languages (464 – 3 – 1 – 65.04%)

  1. Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 295 articles
  2. Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 92 articles
  3. Inupiaq (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 78 articles

[edit] Permic languages (398 – 2 – 0 – 83.42%)

  1. Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 332 articles
  2. Komi (Коми) – kv – 66 articles

[edit] Berber languages (363 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 363 articles

[edit] Igboid languages (327 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Igbo – ig – 327 articles

[edit] Northeast Caucasian languages (301 – 3 – 0 – 50.50%)

  1. Avar (Авар МацӀ) – av – 152 articles
  2. Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 134 articles
  3. Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 15 articles

[edit] Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (298 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 298 articles

[edit] Kwa languages (258 - 3 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Ewe (Eʋegbe) – ee – 175 articles
  2. Akan – ak – 46 articles
  3. Twi – tw – 37 articles

[edit] Micronesian languages (252 – 2 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 244 articles
  2. Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 8 articles

[edit] Iroquoian languages (197 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 197 articles

[edit] Tupian languages (391 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 391 articles

[edit] Mande languages (150 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 150 articles

[edit] Algonquian languages (137 – 2 – 0 – 91.97%)

  1. Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 126 articles
  2. Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 11 articles

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