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. Englishen – 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 editionno – 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. Afrikaansaf – 13,187 articles
  13. Ripuarischksh – 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 Saxonnds-nl – 3,958 articles
  18. Faroese (Føroyskt)fo – 3,847 articles
  19. West Flemishvls – 3,777 articles
  20. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch)bar – 2,831 articles
  21. Lowland Scotssco – 2,807 articles
  22. Anglo-Saxon (Englisc)ang – 1,837 articles
  23. Pennsylvania Germanpdc – 1,725 articles
  24. Saterlandic (Seeltersk) - stq - 1,130 articles
  25. Zeelandic (Zeêuws)zea – 749 articles
  26. Gothicgot – 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. Ladinolad – 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) Tarashkevitsabe-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. Esperantoeo – 120,333 articles
  2. Volapükvo – 118,784 articles
  3. Simple Englishsimple – 57,639 articles
  4. Idoio – 17,736 articles
  5. Interlinguaia – 4,899 articles
  6. Novialnov – 2,554 articles
  7. Interlingue (Occidental) – ie – 1,417 articles
  8. Lojbanjbo – 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. Võrofiu-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 Hindihif – 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. Zazakidiq – 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. Tagalogtl – 23,533 articles
  3. Waray-Waray (Winaray)war – 10,790 articles
  4. Kapampanganpam – 7,182 articles
  5. Bikolbcl – 4,654 articles
  6. Pangasinanpag – 3,182 articles
  7. Ilokanoilo – 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 Pisintpi – 850 articles
  3. Chavacano de Zamboangacbk-zam – 837 articles
  4. Sranan Tongosrn – 724 articles
  5. Papiamentupap – 647 articles
  6. Norfolk (Norfuk)pih – 227 articles
  7. Bislamabi – 151 articles
  8. Sango (Sängö)sg – 28 articles
  9. Hiri Motuho – 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. Kinyarwandarw – 75 articles
  11. Sesothost – 73 articles
  12. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa)ny – 61 article
  13. Shona (ChiShona)sn – 55 articles
  14. Lugandalg – 40 article
  15. Kirundirn – 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. Yorùbáyo – 2,273 articles

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

  1. Malagasymg – 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. Wolofwo – 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. Afaraa – 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. Igboig – 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. Twitw – 63 articles
  3. Akanak – 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. Kanurikr – 5 articles (read-only)

[edit] See also