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: 16 September 2009

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

Contents

[edit] Germanic languages (5,510,995 – 26 – 24 – 55.92%)

  1. English – en – 3,082,022 articles
  2. German (Deutsch) – de – 975,009 articles
  3. Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 567,951 articles
  4. Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 334,829 articles
  5. Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 234,013 articles
  6. Danish (Dansk) – da – 117,834 articles
  7. Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 51,963 articles
  8. Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 27,981 articles
  9. Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 26,481 articles
  10. Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 15,212 articles
  11. West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 13,542 articles
  12. Afrikaans – af – 13,187 articles
  13. Ripuarisch – ksh – 10,620 articles
  14. Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 6,775 articles
  15. Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 5,398 articles
  16. Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 5,154 articles
  17. Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 3,958 articles
  18. Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 3,847 articles
  19. West Flemish – vls – 3,777 articles
  20. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 2,831 articles
  21. Lowland Scots – sco – 2,807 articles
  22. Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) – ang – 1,837 articles
  23. Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,725 articles
  24. Saterlandic (Seeltersk) - stq - 1,130 articles
  25. Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 749 articles
  26. Gothic – got – 363 articles

[edit] Romance languages (3,122,744 – 31 – 27 – 27.82%)

  1. French (Français) – fr – 868,900 articles
  2. Italian (Italiano) – it – 620,507 articles
  3. Spanish (Español) – es – 524,898 articles
  4. Portuguese (Português) – pt – 516,765 articles
  5. Catalan (Català) – ca – 207,565 articles
  6. Romanian (Română) – ro – 133,302 articles
  7. Galician (Galego) – gl – 51,965 articles
  8. Latin (Latina) – la – 32,349 articles
  9. Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 22,096 articles
  10. Occitan (Occitan) – oc – 19,864 articles
  11. Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 17,309 articles
  12. Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 15,046 articles
  13. Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap 13,064 articles
  14. Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 12,487 articles
  15. Walloon (Walon) – wa – 11,349 articles
  16. Venetian (Vèneto) – vec – 8,385 articles
  17. Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 8,227 articles
  18. Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 6,947 articles
  19. Corsican (Corsu) – co – 5,642 articles
  20. Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 5,526 articles
  21. Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 3,433 articles
  22. Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 3,184 articles
  23. Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 2,787 articles
  24. Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 2,632 articles
  25. Ladino – lad – 2,205 articles
  26. Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 2,078 articles
  27. Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 1,918 articles
  28. Extremaduran (Estremeñu) – ext – 949 articles
  29. Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 763 articles
  30. Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (read-only)
  31. Mirandese (Mirandés) – mwl – 201 articles

[edit] Slavonic languages (1,990,661 – 19 – 17 – 32.51%)

  1. Polish (Polski) – pl – 647,108 articles
  2. Russian (Русский) – ru – 448,569 articles
  3. Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 171,535 articles
  4. Czech (Čeština) – cs – 140,103 articles
  5. Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 110,483 articles
  6. Serbian (Српски) – sr – 98,681 articles
  7. Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 82,726 articles
  8. Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 80,610 articles
  9. Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 71,854 articles
  10. Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 35,239 articles
  11. Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 28,023 articles
  12. Serbocroatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 25,833 articles
  13. Belarusian (Беларуская) Tarashkevitsa – be-x-old – 22,045 articles
  14. Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 17,455 articles
  15. Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 5,691 articles
  16. Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 2,319 articles
  17. Silesian (Ślůnski) – szl – 1,556 articles
  18. Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) – dsb – 456 articles
  19. Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 375 articles

[edit] Japonic languages (625,415 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Japanese (日本語) – ja – 625,415 articles

[edit] Constructed languages (324,396 – 8 – 8 – 37.10%)

  1. Esperanto – eo – 120,333 articles
  2. Volapük – vo – 118,784 articles
  3. Simple English – simple – 57,639 articles
  4. Ido – io – 17,736 articles
  5. Interlingua – ia – 4,899 articles
  6. Novial – nov – 2,554 articles
  7. Interlingue (Occidental) – ie – 1,417 articles
  8. Lojban – jbo – 1,034 articles

[edit] Sinitic languages (310,219 – 8 – 7 – 90.44%)

  1. Chinese (中文) – zh – 280,561 articles (uses both traditional and simplified characters)
  2. Cantonese (粵語) – yue – 11,910 articles
  3. Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – nan – 6,129 articles
  4. Gan (赣语) – gan – 4,493 articles
  5. Wu (吴語) – wuu – 3,248 articles
  6. Classical Chinese (文言) – lzh – 2,274 articles
  7. Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 1,380 articles
  8. Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 224 articles

[edit] Finno-Permic languages (298,613 – 9 – 6 – 73.44%)

  1. Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 219,294 articles
  2. Estonian (Eesti) – et – 68,248 articles
  3. Võro – fiu-vro – 3,799 articles
  4. Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 2,817 articles
  5. Komi (Коми) – kv – 1,499 articles
  6. Erzya (Эрзянь) – myv – 1,366 articles
  7. Mari (Марий) – mhr – 760 articles
  8. Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 502 articles
  9. Moksha (Мокшень) – mdf – 328 articles

[edit] Semitic languages (213,355 – 7 - 6 - 49.19%)

  1. Arabic (العربية) – ar – 104,952 articles
  2. Hebrew (עברית) – he – 97,596 articles
  3. Egyptian Arabic (مصرى (Maṣrī)) – arz – 3,756 articles
  4. Amharic (አማርኛ) – am – 3,390 articles
  5. Maltese (Malti) – mt – 2,457 articles
  6. Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 1,026 articles
  7. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) – ti – 178 articles

[edit] Turkic languages (206,825 – 13 – 10 – 66.16%)

  1. Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 136,844 articles
  2. Azeri (Azərbaycan) – az – 27,937 articles
  3. Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 10,581 articles
  4. Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 7,360 articles
  5. Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 5,535 articles
  6. Sakha (Саха) – sah – 5,107 articles
  7. Tatar (Tatarça) – tt – 4,564 articles
  8. Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 3,954 articles
  9. Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 2,248 articles
  10. Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatar tili) - crh - 1,005 articles
  11. Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 851 articles
  12. Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 486 articles
  13. Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq) – kaa – 353 articles

[edit] Sunda-Sulawesi languages (206,697 – 8 – 5 – 55.11%)

  1. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 113,905 articles
  2. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 53,462 articles
  3. Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 21,154 articles
  4. Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 14,472 articles
  5. Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 3,163 articles
  6. Acehnese (Acèh) – ace – 308 articles
  7. Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 118 articles
  8. Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 115 articles

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages (166,612 – 20 – 15 – 30.75%)

  1. Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 51,229 articles
  2. Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 25,418 articles
  3. Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 23,421 articles
  4. Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 20,484 articles
  5. Urdu (اردو) – ur – 11,586 articles
  6. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 10,282 articles
  7. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 3,879 articles
  8. Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 3,224 articles
  9. Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 2,852 articles
  10. Western Punjabi (پنجابی) – pnb – 2,544 articles
  11. Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,432 articles
  12. Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,316 articles
  13. Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 2,039 articles
  14. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 1,484 articles
  15. Fiji Hindi – hif – 1,409 articles
  16. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 553 articles
  17. Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 481 articles
  18. Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 380 articles
  19. Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 340 articles
  20. Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 259 articles

[edit] Ugric languages (144,463 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 144,463 articles

[edit] Baltic languages (132,154 – 3 – 3 – 72.70%)

  1. Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 96,081 articles
  2. Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 23,851 articles
  3. Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 12,222 articles

[edit] Iranian languages (123,892 – 9 – 8 – 68.76%)

  1. Persian (فارسی) – fa – 85,188 articles
  2. Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 12,494 articles
  3. Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 8,921 articles
  4. Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 5,918 articles
  5. Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 4,262 articles
  6. Zazaki – diq – 2,798 articles
  7. Mazandarani (مَزِروني) – mzn – 2,359 articles
  8. Pashtu (پښتو) – ps – 1,512 articles
  9. Soranî (سۆرانی‎) – ckb – 440 articles

[edit] Korean (116,559 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Korean (한국어) – ko – 116,559 articles

[edit] Mon-Khmer languages (104,723 – 2 – 2 – 97.87%)

  1. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 102,496 articles
  2. Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) – km – 2,227 articles

[edit] Philippine languages (92,198 – 7 – 7 – 43.93%)

  1. Cebuano (Sinugboanon) – ceb – 40,506 articles
  2. Tagalog – tl – 23,533 articles
  3. Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 10,790 articles
  4. Kapampangan – pam – 7,182 articles
  5. Bikol – bcl – 4,654 articles
  6. Pangasinan – pag – 3,182 articles
  7. Ilokano – ilo – 2,351 articles

[edit] Dravidian languages (81,986 – 4 – 4 – 53.42%)

  1. Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 43,797 articles
  2. Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 19,622 articles
  3. Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 11,212 articles
  4. Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 7,355 articles

[edit] Celtic languages (76,165 – 6 – 6 – 39.18%)

  1. Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 29,843 articles
  2. Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 24,919 articles
  3. Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 9,037 articles
  4. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 7,651 articles
  5. Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 2,911 articles
  6. Cornish (Kernewek) – kw – 1,804 articles

[edit] Tibeto-Burman languages (60,826 – 5 – 3 – 93.38%)

  1. Newar / Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 56,798 articles
  2. Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 2,695 articles
  3. Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག) – bo – 1,189 articles
  4. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 128 articles
  5. Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 16 articles

[edit] Pidgins and Creoles (54,726 – 9 – 1 – 93.66%)

  1. Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 51,258 articles
  2. Tok Pisin – tpi – 850 articles
  3. Chavacano de Zamboanga – cbk-zam – 837 articles
  4. Sranan Tongo – srn – 724 articles
  5. Papiamentu – pap – 647 articles
  6. Norfolk (Norfuk) – pih – 227 articles
  7. Bislama – bi – 151 articles
  8. Sango (Sängö) – sg – 28 articles
  9. Hiri Motu – ho – 4 articles

[edit] Tai languages (52,306 – 3 – 1 – 98.69%)

  1. Thai (ไทย) – th – 51,622 articles
  2. Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 516 articles
  3. Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 168 articles

[edit] Hellenic languages (45,933 – 2 – 1 – 99.50%)

  1. Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 45,703 articles
  2. Pontic (Ποντιακά) – pnt – 230 articles

[edit] Basque (45,352 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Basque (Euskara) – eu – 45,352 articles

[edit] Kartvelian languages (34,161 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 34,161 articles

[edit] Albanian language (24,623 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 24,623 articles

[edit] Bantoid languages (17,363 - 19 - 2 - 82.33%)

  1. Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 14,295 articles
  2. Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 1,168 articles
  3. Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 571 articles
  4. Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 183 articles
  5. Tsonga (Xitsonga)– ts – 172 articles
  6. Swati (Siswati) – ss – 160 articles
  7. Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 158 article
  8. Xhosan (isiXhosa) – xh – 112 articles
  9. Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 103 articles
  10. Kinyarwanda – rw – 75 articles
  11. Sesotho – st – 73 articles
  12. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 61 article
  13. Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 55 articles
  14. Luganda – lg – 40 article
  15. Kirundi – rn – 39 articles
  16. Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 39 articles
  17. Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 34 articles
  18. Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 20 article
  19. Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 5 article

[edit] Central Pacific languages (11,029 – 6 – 3 – 59.04%)

  1. Maori (Māori) – mi – 6,512 articles
  2. Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 1,727 articles
  3. Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,498 articles
  4. Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 842 articles
  5. Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 390 articles
  6. Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 60 articles

[edit] Quechuan languages (10,731 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 10,731 – articles

[edit] Uto-Aztecan languages (5,941 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli) – nah – 5,941 – articles

[edit] Armenian (5,132 – 1 - 1 – 100%)

  1. Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 5,132 articles

[edit] Mongolian languages (3,749 – 3 – 1 – 91.81%)

  1. Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 3,442 articles
  2. Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 186 articles
  3. Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 121 articles

[edit] Yoruboid languages (2,273 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Yorùbá – yo – 2,273 articles

[edit] Bornean languages (1,766 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Malagasy – mg – 1,766 articles

[edit] Tupian languages (1,241 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 1,241 articles

[edit] Atlantic languages (1,070 - 2 - 1 - 95.23%)

  1. Wolof – wo – 1,019 articles
  2. Peul (Fulfulde) – ff – 51 articles

[edit] Cushitic languages (818 – 3 – 0 – 74.08%)

  1. Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 606 articles
  2. Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 205 article
  3. Afar – aa – 7 articles

[edit] Northeast Caucasian languages (815 – 3 – 0 – 48.83%)

  1. Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 398 articles
  2. Avar (Авар МацӀ) – av – 378 articles
  3. Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 39 articles

[edit] Athabaskan languages (744 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Navajo (Diné bizaad) – nv – 744 articles

[edit] Aymaran languages (702 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 702 articles

[edit] Eskimo-Aleut languages (643 – 3 – 0 – 46.81%)

  1. Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 301 articles
  2. Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 267 articles
  3. Inupiaq (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 75 articles

[edit] Igboid languages (573 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Igbo – ig – 573 articles

[edit] Berber languages (549 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 549 articles

[edit] Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (369 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 369 articles

[edit] Kwa languages (329 - 3 - 0 - 62.61%)

  1. Ewe (Eʋegbe) – ee – 206 articles
  2. Twi – tw – 63 articles
  3. Akan – ak – 60 articles

[edit] Micronesian languages (289 – 2 – 0 – 97.23%)

  1. Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 281 articles
  2. Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 8 articles

[edit] Mande languages (280 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 280 articles

[edit] Iroquoian languages (210 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 210 articles

[edit] Algonquian languages (191 – 2 – 0 – 67.54%)

  1. Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 129 articles
  2. Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 62 articles

[edit] Northwest Caucasian languages (192 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Abkhazian (Аҧсуа / Aṗsua) – ab – 192 articles

[edit] Chadic languages (134 – 1 - 0 – 100%)

  1. Hausa (هَوُسَ) – ha – 134 articles

[edit] Muskogean languages (16 – 2 – 0 – 81.25%)

  1. Creek (Muskoke) – mus – 13 article
  2. Choctaw (Chahta) – cho – 3 article (read-only)

[edit] Nilo-Saharan languages (4 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Kanuri – kr – 5 articles (read-only)

[edit] See also

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