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: 9 May 2009
See also w:List of language families.
[edit] Germanic languages (5,134,152 – 26 – 23 – 55.96%)
- English – en – 2,873,053 articles
- German (Deutsch) – de – 902,063 articles
- Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 534,511 articles
- Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 314,913 articles
- Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 216,298 articles
- Danish (Dansk) – da – 107,879 articles
- Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 48,538 articles
- Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 26,710 articles
- Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 24,827 articles
- Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 14,341 articles
- Afrikaans – af – 12,058 articles
- West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 11,577 articles
- Ripuarisch – ksh – 10,042 articles
- Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 6,213 articles
- Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 5,000 articles
- Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 4,660 articles
- Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 3,803 articles
- Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 3,666 articles
- West Flemish – vls – 3,394 articles
- Lowland Scots – sco – 2,651 articles
- Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 2,493 articles
- Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,760 articles
- Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) – ang – 1,697 articles
- Saterlandic (Seeltersk) - stq - 967 articles
- Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 728 articles
- Gothic – got – 310 articles
[edit] Romance languages (2,844,730 – 30 – 27 – 28.18%)
- French (Français) – fr – 801,537 articles
- Italian (Italiano) – it – 565,563 articles
- Portuguese (Português) – pt – 477,278 articles
- Spanish (Español) – es – 471,245 articles
- Catalan (Català) – ca – 175,276 articles
- Romanian (Română) – ro – 124,482 articles
- Galician (Galego) – gl – 47,447 articles
- Latin (Latina) – la – 28,102 articles
- Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 20,559 articles
- Occitan (Occitan) – oc – 17,915 articles
- Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 14,245 articles
- Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 13,761 articles
- Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap 13,011 articles
- Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 12,166 articles
- Walloon (Walon) – wa – 11,115 articles
- Venetian (Vèneta) – vec – 8,124 articles
- Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 7,991 articles
- Corsican (Corsu) – co – 5,577 articles
- Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 5,557 articles
- Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 5,051 articles
- Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 3,406 articles
- Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 3,160 articles
- Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 2,717 articles
- Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 2,579 articles
- Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 2,052 articles
- Ladino – lad – 1,962 articles
- Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 1,417 articles
- Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 742 articles
- Extremaduran (Estremeñu) – ext – 693 articles
- Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (read-only)
[edit] Slavonic languages (1,832,845 – 19 – 17 – 33.58%)
- Polish (Polski) – pl – 615,533 articles
- Russian (Русский) – ru – 404,096 articles
- Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 155,382 articles
- Czech (Čeština) – cs – 130,483 articles
- Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 108,379 articles
- Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 77,486 articles
- Serbian (Српски) – sr – 76,477 articles
- Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 74,009 articles
- Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 62,428 articles
- Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 32,706 articles
- Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 27,098 articles
- Serbocroatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 23,011 articles
- Belarusian (Беларуская) II – be-x-old – 20,165 articles
- Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 16,057 articles
- Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 5,414 articles
- Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 2,048 articles
- Silesian (Ślůnski) – szl – 1,369 articles
- Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 356 articles
- Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) – dsb – 348 articles
[edit] Japonic languages (595,899 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Japanese (日本語) – ja – 595,899 articles
[edit] Constructed languages (320,443 – 8 – 7 – 37.07%)
- Volapük – vo – 118,774 articles
- Esperanto – eo – 115,020 articles
- Simple English – simple – 59,749 articles
- Ido – io – 17,362 articles
- Interlingua – ia – 4,746 articles
- Novial – nov – 2,551 articles
- Interlingue (Occidental) – ie – 1,322 articles
- Lojban – jbo – 919 articles
[edit] Sinitic languages (285,777 – 8 – 6 – 90.21%)
- Chinese (中文) – zh – 257,788 articles (uses both traditional and simplified characters)
- Cantonese (粵語) – yue – 11,060 articles
- Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – nan – 5,592 articles
- Gan (赣语) – gan – 4,388 articles
- Wu (吴語) – wuu – 3,854 articles
- Classical Chinese (文言) – lzh – 2,228 articles
- Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 650 articles
- Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 217 articles
[edit] Finno-Permic languages (280,562 – 9 – 5 – 73.85%)
- Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 207,203 articles
- Estonian (Eesti) – et – 64,321 articles
- Võro – fiu-vro – 3,447 articles
- Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 2,771 articles
- Komi (Коми) – kv – 1,453 articles
- Erzya (Эрзянь) – myv – 672 articles
- Mari (Марий) – mhr – 530 articles
- Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 376 articles
- Moksha (Мокшень) – mdf – 319 articles
[edit] Semitic languages (205,004 – 7 - 5 - 49.56%)
- Arabic (العربية) – ar – 101,607 articles
- Hebrew (עברית) – he – 93,337 articles
- Amharic (አማርኛ) – am – 3,322 articles
- Egyptian Arabic (مصرى (Maṣrī)) – arz – 3,302 articles
- Maltese (Malti) – mt – 2,407 articles
- Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 855 articles
- Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) – ti – 174 articles
[edit] Turkic languages (193,093 – 13 – 9 – 67.84%)
- Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 130,998 articles
- Azeri (Azərbaycan) – az – 23,653 articles
- Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 10,327 articles
- Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 7,228 articles
- Sakha (Саха) – sah – 4,277 articles
- Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 4,261 articles
- Tatar (Tatarça) – tt – 4,014 articles
- Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 3,883 articles
- Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 2,064 articles
- Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatar tili) - crh - 858 articles
- Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 745 articles
- Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 439 articles
- Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq) – kaa – 346 articles
[edit] Sunda-Sulawesi languages (184,264 – 7 – 5 – 57.31%)
- Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 105,605 articles
- Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 41,250 articles
- Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 19,660 articles
- Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 14,399 articles
- Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 3,152 articles
- Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 115 articles
- Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 83 articles
[edit] Indo-Aryan languages (137,490 – 19 – 14 – 24.20%)
- Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 33,268 articles
- Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 23,416 articles
- Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 23,363 articles
- Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 19,916 articles
- Urdu (اردو) – ur – 10,373 articles
- Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 6,550 articles
- Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 3,879 articles
- Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 3,022 articles
- Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 2,749 articles
- Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,429 articles
- Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,319 articles
- Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 1,781 articles
- Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 1,406 articles
- Fiji Hindi – hif – 1,081 articles
- Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 548 articles
- Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 480 articles
- Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 371 articles
- Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 332 articles
- Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 207 articles
[edit] Ugric languages (129,019 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 129,019 articles
[edit] Baltic languages (120,863 – 3 – 3 – 72.74%)
- Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 87,912 articles
- Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 22,018 articles
- Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 10,933 articles
[edit] Korean (102,211 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Korean (한국어) – ko – 102,211 articles
[edit] Iranian languages (99,902 – 8 – 8 – 62.72%)
- Persian (فارسی) – fa – 62,661 articles
- Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 12,629 articles
- Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 8,870 articles
- Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 5,856 articles
- Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 3,529 articles
- Zazaki – diq – 2,755 articles
- Mazandarani (مَزِروني) – mzn – 2,206 articles
- Pashtu (پښتو) – ps – 1,396 articles
[edit] Mon-Khmer languages (89,439 – 2 – 2 – 97.52%)
- Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 87,222 articles
- Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) – km – 2,217 articles
[edit] Borneo-Philippines languages (84,396 – 8 – 8 – 46.02%)
- Cebuano (Sinugboanong Binisaya) – ceb – 38,836 articles
- Tagalog – tl – 22,286 articles
- Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 7,897 articles
- Kapampangan – pam – 6,741 articles
- Pangasinan – pag – 3,150 articles
- Ilokano – ilo – 2,348 articles
- Bikol – bcl – 1,652 articles
- Malagasy – mg – 1,486 articles
[edit] Dravidian languages (78,604 – 4 – 4 – 55.03%)
- Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 43,253 articles
- Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 18,517 articles
- Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 10,194 articles
- Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 6,640 articles
[edit] Celtic languages (69,717 – 6 – 6 – 37.71%)
- Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 26,611 articles
- Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 23,420 articles
- Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 8,510 articles
- Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 7,087 articles
- Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 2,783 articles
- Cornish (Kernewek/Kernowek) – kw – 1,757 articles
[edit] Tibeto-Burman languages (54,717 – 5 – 2 – 96.92%)
- Newar / Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 53,031 articles
- Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 1,212 articles
- Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག) – bo – 332 articles
- Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 126 articles
- Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 16 articles
[edit] Pidgins and Creoles (54,527 – 9 – 1 – 93.97%)
- Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 51,238 articles
- Tok Pisin – tpi – 842 articles
- Chavacano de Zamboanga – cbk-zam – 788 articles
- Sranan Tongo – srn – 717 articles
- Papiamentu – pap – 565 articles
- Norfolk (Norfuk) – pih – 195 articles
- Bislama – bi – 133 articles
- Sango (Sängö) – sg – 45 articles
- Hiri Motu – ho – 4 articles
[edit] Tai languages (48,258 – 3 – 1 – 98.72%)
- Thai (ไทย) – th – 47,642 articles
- Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 494 articles
- Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 122 articles
[edit] Hellenic languages (42,619 – 2 – 1 – 99.52%)
- Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 42,416 articles
- Pontic (Ποντιακά) – pnt – 203 articles
[edit] Basque (39,147 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Basque (Euskara) – eu – 39,147 articles
[edit] Kartvelian languages (30,972 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 30,972 articles
[edit] Albanian language (23,320 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 23,320 articles
[edit] Bantoid languages (14,489 - 19 - 2 - 79.45%)
- Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 11,511 articles
- Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 1,148 articles
- Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 566 articles
- Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 185 articles
- Tsonga (Xitsonga)– ts – 168 articles
- Swati (Siswati) – ss – 152 articles
- Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 124 article
- Xhosan (isiXhosa) – xh – 112 articles
- Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 103 articles
- Sesotho – st – 79 articles
- Kinyarwanda – rw – 72 articles
- Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 59 article
- Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 48 articles
- Kirundi – rn – 37 articles
- Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 34 articles
- Luganda – lg – 33 article
- Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 32 articles
- Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 21 article
- Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 5 article
[edit] Central Pacific languages (10,965 – 6 – 3 – 59.23%)
- Maori (Māori) – mi – 6,495 articles
- Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 1,693 articles
- Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,496 articles
- Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 841 articles
- Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 386 articles
- Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 54 articles
[edit] Quechuan languages (10,550 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 10,550 – articles
[edit] Yoruboid languages (6,245 - 1 - 1 - 100%)
[edit] Uto-Aztecan languages (5,784 – 1 – 1 – 100%)
- Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli) – nah – 5,784 – articles
[edit] Armenian (4,707 – 1 - 1 – 100%)
- Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 4,707 articles
[edit] Mongolian languages (3,082 – 3 – 1 – 94.81%)
- Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 2,922 articles
- Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 86 articles
- Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 74 articles
[edit] Tupian languages (1,225 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 1,225 articles
[edit] Atlantic languages (1,004 - 2 - 0 - 95.12%)
[edit] Northeast Caucasian languages (805 – 3 – 0 – 48.32%)
- Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 389 articles
- Avar (Авар МацӀ) – av – 377 articles
- Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 39 articles
[edit] Cushitic languages (765 – 3 – 0 – 72.68%)
- Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 556 articles
- Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 202 article
- Afar – aa – 7 articles
[edit] Aymaran languages (699 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 699 articles
[edit] Igboid languages (566 - 1 - 0 - 100%)
[edit] Eskimo-Aleut languages (559 – 3 – 1 – 54.20%)
- Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 303 articles
- Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 182 articles
- Inupiaq (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 74 articles
[edit] Berber languages (505 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 505 articles
[edit] Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (346 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 346 articles
[edit] Kwa languages (328 - 3 - 0 - 62.80%)
[edit] Athabaskan languages (312 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Navajo (Diné bizaad) – nv – 312 articles
[edit] Micronesian languages (286 – 2 – 0 – 100%)
- Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 278 articles
- Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 8 articles
[edit] Mande languages (255 - 1 - 0 - 100%)
- Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 255 articles
[edit] Iroquoian languages (209 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 209 articles
[edit] Algonquian languages (189 – 2 – 0 – 67.20%)
- Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 127 articles
- Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 62 articles
[edit] Northwest Caucasian languages (182 – 1 – 0 – 100%)
- Abkhazian (Аҧсуа / Aṗsua) – ab – 182 articles
[edit] Chadic languages (116 – 1 - 0 – 100%)
[edit] Muskogean languages (16 – 2 – 0 – 81.25%)
- Creek (Muskoke) – mus – 13 article
- Choctaw (Chahta) – cho – 3 article (read-only)

