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. Englishen – 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 editionno – 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. Afrikaansaf – 9,612 articles
  12. West Frisian (Frysk)fy – 7,771 articles
  13. Ripuarischksh – 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 Flemishvls – 2,809 articles
  19. Dutch Low Saxonnds-nl – 2,705 articles
  20. Lowland Scotssco – 2,408 articles
  21. Pennsylvania Germanpdc – 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. Gothicgot – 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. Ladinolad – 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) IIbe-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. Volapükvo – 115,608 articles
  2. Esperantoeo – 94,156 articles
  3. Simple Englishsimple – 25,087 articles
  4. Idoio – 15,232 articles
  5. Interlinguaia – 4,068 articles
  6. Novialnov – 2,355 articles
  7. Interlingueie – 670 articles
  8. Lojbanjbo – 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. Võrofiu-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. Zazakidiq – 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. Tagalogtl – 10,039 articles
  3. Kapampanganpam – 3,983 articles
  4. Pangasinanpag – 2,801 articles
  5. Waray-Waray (Winaray)war – 2,327 articles
  6. Ilokanoilo – 2,244 articles
  7. Malagasymg – 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 Pisintpi – 350 articles
  3. Chavacano de Zamboangacbk-zam – 248 articles
  4. Papiamentupap – 120 articles
  5. Norfolk (Norfuk)pih – 64 articles
  6. Bislamabi – 46 articles
  7. Sango (Sängö)sg – 19 articles
  8. Hiri Motuho – 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. Kinyarwandarw – 45 articles
  9. Tswana (Setswana)tn – 38 articles
  10. Sesothost – 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. Lugandalg – 19 article
  16. Kirundirn – 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. Yorùbáyo – 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. Afaraa – 8 articles

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

  1. Wolofwo – 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. Igboig – 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. Akanak – 46 articles
  3. Twitw – 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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