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 familieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_families.

Contents

[edit] Germanic languages (5,134,152 – 26 – 23 – 55.96%)

  1. English – en – 2,873,053 articles
  2. German (Deutsch) – de – 902,063 articles
  3. Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 534,511 articles
  4. Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 314,913 articles
  5. Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 216,298 articles
  6. Danish (Dansk) – da – 107,879 articles
  7. Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 48,538 articles
  8. Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 26,710 articles
  9. Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 24,827 articles
  10. Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 14,341 articles
  11. Afrikaans – af – 12,058 articles
  12. West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 11,577 articles
  13. Ripuarisch – ksh – 10,042 articles
  14. Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 6,213 articles
  15. Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 5,000 articles
  16. Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 4,660 articles
  17. Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 3,803 articles
  18. Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 3,666 articles
  19. West Flemish – vls – 3,394 articles
  20. Lowland Scots – sco – 2,651 articles
  21. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 2,493 articles
  22. Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,760 articles
  23. Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) – ang – 1,697 articles
  24. Saterlandic (Seeltersk) - stq - 967 articles
  25. Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 728 articles
  26. Gothic – got – 310 articles

[edit] Romance languages (2,844,730 – 30 – 27 – 28.18%)

  1. French (Français) – fr – 801,537 articles
  2. Italian (Italiano) – it – 565,563 articles
  3. Portuguese (Português) – pt – 477,278 articles
  4. Spanish (Español) – es – 471,245 articles
  5. Catalan (Català) – ca – 175,276 articles
  6. Romanian (Română) – ro – 124,482 articles
  7. Galician (Galego) – gl – 47,447 articles
  8. Latin (Latina) – la – 28,102 articles
  9. Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 20,559 articles
  10. Occitan (Occitan) – oc – 17,915 articles
  11. Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 14,245 articles
  12. Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 13,761 articles
  13. Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap 13,011 articles
  14. Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 12,166 articles
  15. Walloon (Walon) – wa – 11,115 articles
  16. Venetian (Vèneta) – vec – 8,124 articles
  17. Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 7,991 articles
  18. Corsican (Corsu) – co – 5,577 articles
  19. Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 5,557 articles
  20. Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 5,051 articles
  21. Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 3,406 articles
  22. Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 3,160 articles
  23. Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 2,717 articles
  24. Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 2,579 articles
  25. Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 2,052 articles
  26. Ladino – lad – 1,962 articles
  27. Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 1,417 articles
  28. Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 742 articles
  29. Extremaduran (Estremeñu) – ext – 693 articles
  30. Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (read-only)

[edit] Slavonic languages (1,832,845 – 19 – 17 – 33.58%)

  1. Polish (Polski) – pl – 615,533 articles
  2. Russian (Русский) – ru – 404,096 articles
  3. Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 155,382 articles
  4. Czech (Čeština) – cs – 130,483 articles
  5. Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 108,379 articles
  6. Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 77,486 articles
  7. Serbian (Српски) – sr – 76,477 articles
  8. Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 74,009 articles
  9. Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 62,428 articles
  10. Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 32,706 articles
  11. Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 27,098 articles
  12. Serbocroatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 23,011 articles
  13. Belarusian (Беларуская) II – be-x-old – 20,165 articles
  14. Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 16,057 articles
  15. Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 5,414 articles
  16. Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 2,048 articles
  17. Silesian (Ślůnski) – szl – 1,369 articles
  18. Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 356 articles
  19. Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) – dsb – 348 articles

[edit] Japonic languages (595,899 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Japanese (日本語) – ja – 595,899 articles

[edit] Constructed languages (320,443 – 8 – 7 – 37.07%)

  1. Volapük – vo – 118,774 articles
  2. Esperanto – eo – 115,020 articles
  3. Simple English – simple – 59,749 articles
  4. Ido – io – 17,362 articles
  5. Interlingua – ia – 4,746 articles
  6. Novial – nov – 2,551 articles
  7. Interlingue (Occidental) – ie – 1,322 articles
  8. Lojban – jbo – 919 articles

[edit] Sinitic languages (285,777 – 8 – 6 – 90.21%)

  1. Chinese (中文) – zh – 257,788 articles (uses both traditional and simplified characters)
  2. Cantonese (粵語) – yue – 11,060 articles
  3. Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – nan – 5,592 articles
  4. Gan (赣语) – gan – 4,388 articles
  5. Wu (吴語) – wuu – 3,854 articles
  6. Classical Chinese (文言) – lzh – 2,228 articles
  7. Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 650 articles
  8. Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 217 articles

[edit] Finno-Permic languages (280,562 – 9 – 5 – 73.85%)

  1. Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 207,203 articles
  2. Estonian (Eesti) – et – 64,321 articles
  3. Võro – fiu-vro – 3,447 articles
  4. Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 2,771 articles
  5. Komi (Коми) – kv – 1,453 articles
  6. Erzya (Эрзянь) – myv – 672 articles
  7. Mari (Марий) – mhr – 530 articles
  8. Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 376 articles
  9. Moksha (Мокшень) – mdf – 319 articles

[edit] Semitic languages (205,004 – 7 - 5 - 49.56%)

  1. Arabic (العربية) – ar – 101,607 articles
  2. Hebrew (עברית) – he – 93,337 articles
  3. Amharic (አማርኛ) – am – 3,322 articles
  4. Egyptian Arabic (مصرى (Maṣrī)) – arz – 3,302 articles
  5. Maltese (Malti) – mt – 2,407 articles
  6. Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 855 articles
  7. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) – ti – 174 articles

[edit] Turkic languages (193,093 – 13 – 9 – 67.84%)

  1. Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 130,998 articles
  2. Azeri (Azərbaycan) – az – 23,653 articles
  3. Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 10,327 articles
  4. Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 7,228 articles
  5. Sakha (Саха) – sah – 4,277 articles
  6. Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 4,261 articles
  7. Tatar (Tatarça) – tt – 4,014 articles
  8. Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 3,883 articles
  9. Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 2,064 articles
  10. Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatar tili) - crh - 858 articles
  11. Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 745 articles
  12. Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 439 articles
  13. Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq) – kaa – 346 articles

[edit] Sunda-Sulawesi languages (184,264 – 7 – 5 – 57.31%)

  1. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 105,605 articles
  2. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 41,250 articles
  3. Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 19,660 articles
  4. Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 14,399 articles
  5. Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 3,152 articles
  6. Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 115 articles
  7. Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 83 articles

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages (137,490 – 19 – 14 – 24.20%)

  1. Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 33,268 articles
  2. Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 23,416 articles
  3. Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 23,363 articles
  4. Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 19,916 articles
  5. Urdu (اردو) – ur – 10,373 articles
  6. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 6,550 articles
  7. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 3,879 articles
  8. Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 3,022 articles
  9. Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 2,749 articles
  10. Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,429 articles
  11. Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,319 articles
  12. Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 1,781 articles
  13. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 1,406 articles
  14. Fiji Hindi – hif – 1,081 articles
  15. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 548 articles
  16. Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 480 articles
  17. Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 371 articles
  18. Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 332 articles
  19. Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 207 articles

[edit] Ugric languages (129,019 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 129,019 articles

[edit] Baltic languages (120,863 – 3 – 3 – 72.74%)

  1. Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 87,912 articles
  2. Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 22,018 articles
  3. Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 10,933 articles

[edit] Korean (102,211 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Korean (한국어) – ko – 102,211 articles

[edit] Iranian languages (99,902 – 8 – 8 – 62.72%)

  1. Persian (فارسی) – fa – 62,661 articles
  2. Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 12,629 articles
  3. Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 8,870 articles
  4. Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 5,856 articles
  5. Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 3,529 articles
  6. Zazaki – diq – 2,755 articles
  7. Mazandarani (مَزِروني) – mzn – 2,206 articles
  8. Pashtu (پښتو) – ps – 1,396 articles

[edit] Mon-Khmer languages (89,439 – 2 – 2 – 97.52%)

  1. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 87,222 articles
  2. Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) – km – 2,217 articles

[edit] Borneo-Philippines languages (84,396 – 8 – 8 – 46.02%)

  1. Cebuano (Sinugboanong Binisaya) – ceb – 38,836 articles
  2. Tagalog – tl – 22,286 articles
  3. Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 7,897 articles
  4. Kapampangan – pam – 6,741 articles
  5. Pangasinan – pag – 3,150 articles
  6. Ilokano – ilo – 2,348 articles
  7. Bikol – bcl – 1,652 articles
  8. Malagasy – mg – 1,486 articles

[edit] Dravidian languages (78,604 – 4 – 4 – 55.03%)

  1. Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 43,253 articles
  2. Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 18,517 articles
  3. Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 10,194 articles
  4. Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 6,640 articles

[edit] Celtic languages (69,717 – 6 – 6 – 37.71%)

  1. Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 26,611 articles
  2. Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 23,420 articles
  3. Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 8,510 articles
  4. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 7,087 articles
  5. Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 2,783 articles
  6. Cornish (Kernewek/Kernowek) – kw – 1,757 articles

[edit] Tibeto-Burman languages (54,717 – 5 – 2 – 96.92%)

  1. Newar / Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 53,031 articles
  2. Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 1,212 articles
  3. Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག) – bo – 332 articles
  4. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 126 articles
  5. Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 16 articles

[edit] Pidgins and Creoles (54,527 – 9 – 1 – 93.97%)

  1. Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 51,238 articles
  2. Tok Pisin – tpi – 842 articles
  3. Chavacano de Zamboanga – cbk-zam – 788 articles
  4. Sranan Tongo – srn – 717 articles
  5. Papiamentu – pap – 565 articles
  6. Norfolk (Norfuk) – pih – 195 articles
  7. Bislama – bi – 133 articles
  8. Sango (Sängö) – sg – 45 articles
  9. Hiri Motu – ho – 4 articles

[edit] Tai languages (48,258 – 3 – 1 – 98.72%)

  1. Thai (ไทย) – th – 47,642 articles
  2. Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 494 articles
  3. Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 122 articles

[edit] Hellenic languages (42,619 – 2 – 1 – 99.52%)

  1. Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 42,416 articles
  2. Pontic (Ποντιακά) – pnt – 203 articles

[edit] Basque (39,147 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Basque (Euskara) – eu – 39,147 articles

[edit] Kartvelian languages (30,972 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 30,972 articles

[edit] Albanian language (23,320 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 23,320 articles

[edit] Bantoid languages (14,489 - 19 - 2 - 79.45%)

  1. Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 11,511 articles
  2. Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 1,148 articles
  3. Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 566 articles
  4. Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 185 articles
  5. Tsonga (Xitsonga)– ts – 168 articles
  6. Swati (Siswati) – ss – 152 articles
  7. Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 124 article
  8. Xhosan (isiXhosa) – xh – 112 articles
  9. Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 103 articles
  10. Sesotho – st – 79 articles
  11. Kinyarwanda – rw – 72 articles
  12. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 59 article
  13. Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 48 articles
  14. Kirundi – rn – 37 articles
  15. Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 34 articles
  16. Luganda – lg – 33 article
  17. Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 32 articles
  18. Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 21 article
  19. Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 5 article

[edit] Central Pacific languages (10,965 – 6 – 3 – 59.23%)

  1. Maori (Māori) – mi – 6,495 articles
  2. Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 1,693 articles
  3. Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,496 articles
  4. Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 841 articles
  5. Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 386 articles
  6. Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 54 articles

[edit] Quechuan languages (10,550 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 10,550 – articles

[edit] Yoruboid languages (6,245 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Yorùbá – yo – 6,245 articles

[edit] Uto-Aztecan languages (5,784 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli) – nah – 5,784 – articles

[edit] Armenian (4,707 – 1 - 1 – 100%)

  1. Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 4,707 articles

[edit] Mongolian languages (3,082 – 3 – 1 – 94.81%)

  1. Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 2,922 articles
  2. Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 86 articles
  3. Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 74 articles

[edit] Tupian languages (1,225 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 1,225 articles

[edit] Atlantic languages (1,004 - 2 - 0 - 95.12%)

  1. Wolof – wo – 955 articles
  2. Peul (Fulfulde) – ff – 49 articles

[edit] Northeast Caucasian languages (805 – 3 – 0 – 48.32%)

  1. Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 389 articles
  2. Avar (Авар МацӀ) – av – 377 articles
  3. Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 39 articles

[edit] Cushitic languages (765 – 3 – 0 – 72.68%)

  1. Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 556 articles
  2. Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 202 article
  3. Afar – aa – 7 articles

[edit] Aymaran languages (699 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 699 articles

[edit] Igboid languages (566 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Igbo – ig – 566 articles

[edit] Eskimo-Aleut languages (559 – 3 – 1 – 54.20%)

  1. Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 303 articles
  2. Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 182 articles
  3. Inupiaq (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 74 articles

[edit] Berber languages (505 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 505 articles

[edit] Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (346 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 346 articles

[edit] Kwa languages (328 - 3 - 0 - 62.80%)

  1. Ewe (Eʋegbe) – ee – 206 articles
  2. Twi – tw – 62 articles
  3. Akan – ak – 60 articles

[edit] Athabaskan languages (312 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Navajo (Diné bizaad) – nv – 312 articles

[edit] Micronesian languages (286 – 2 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 278 articles
  2. Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 8 articles

[edit] Mande languages (255 - 1 - 0 - 100%)

  1. Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 255 articles

[edit] Iroquoian languages (209 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 209 articles

[edit] Algonquian languages (189 – 2 – 0 – 67.20%)

  1. Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 127 articles
  2. Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 62 articles

[edit] Northwest Caucasian languages (182 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  1. Abkhazian (Аҧсуа / Aṗsua) – ab – 182 articles

[edit] Chadic languages (116 – 1 - 0 – 100%)

  1. Hausa – ha – 116 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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