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Article share of language groups
Germanic
  
35.2%
Italic
  
20.3%
Slavic
  
14.3%
Japonic
  
3.2%
Philippine
  
3.1%
Sinitic
  
2.8%
Turkic
  
2.9%
Austroasiatic
  
2.2%
Finno-Permic
  
1.8%
Other
  
14.2%

English (en) · русский (ru) · +/-

Included are all languages in the category active Wikipedias of List of Wikipedias and a few "somewhat active". See also: List of Wikipedias by language family.

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Germanic [edit]

English
  
45.22%
German
  
16.94%
Dutch
  
16.77%
Swedish
  
10.41%
Norwegian
  
4.06%
Danish
  
1.9%
Norwegian (Nynorsk)
  
1.1%
Other
  
3.6%
  1. en 4,234,994 – English (English)
  2. de 1,586,313 – German (Deutsch)
  3. nl 1,570,658 – Dutch (Nederlands)
  4. sv 975,031 – Swedish (svenska)
  5. no 380,379 – Norwegian (bokmål) (norsk bokmål)
  6. da 178,319 – Danish (dansk)
  7. nn 102,907 – Norwegian Nynorsk (norsk nynorsk)
  8. simple 99,349 – Simple English (Simple English)
  9. lb 38,675 – Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch)
  10. is 35,773 – Icelandic (íslenska)
  11. af 26,815 – Afrikaans (Afrikaans)
  12. fy 26,712 – Western Frisian (Frysk)
  13. nds 20,520 – Low German (Plattdüütsch)
  14. sco 14,484 – Scots (Scots)
  15. als 14,422 – Alemannisch (Alemannisch)
  16. yi 10,138 – Yiddish (ייִדיש)
  17. li 7,275 – Limburgish (Limburgs)
  18. bar 7,366 – Bavarian (Boarisch)
  19. fo 6,111 – Faroese (føroyskt)
  20. nds-nl 5,093 – Low Saxon (Netherlands) (Nedersaksies)
  21. vls 4,662 – West-Vlams (West-Vlams)
  22. zea 3,741 – Zeeuws (Zeêuws)
  23. frr 3,314 – Northern Frisian (Nordfriisk)
  24. stq 2,918 – Seeltersk (Seeltersk)
  25. ksh 2,663 – Colognian (Ripoarisch)
  26. ang 2,528 – Old English (Ænglisc)
  27. pfl 1,879 – Pälzisch (Pälzisch)
  28. pdc 1,824 – Deitsch (Deitsch)
  29. got 431 – Gothic (𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺)

Italic [edit]

French
  
25.6%
Italian
  
19.1%
Spanish
  
18.8%
Portuguese
  
14.4%
Catalan
  
7.4%
Romanian
  
4.2%
Galician
  
1.9%
Latin
  
1.7%
Occitan
  
1.3%
Piedmontese
  
1.1%
Other
  
4.5%
  1. fr 1,387,583 – French (français)
  2. it 1,033,648 – Italian (italiano)
  3. es 1,016,938 – Spanish (español)
  4. pt 781,852 – Portuguese (português)
  5. ca 402,781 – Catalan (català)
  6. ro 225,854 – Romanian (română)
  7. gl 102,212 – Galician (galego)
  8. la 90,519 – Latin (Latina)
  9. oc 71,991 – Occitan (occitan)
  10. pms 61,504 – Piedmontese (Piemontèis)
  11. ht 53,204 – Haitian (Kreyòl ayisyen)
  12. an 29,177 – Aragonese (aragonés)
  13. lmo 28,679 – lumbaart (lumbaart)
  14. scn 22,973 – Sicilian (sicilianu)
  15. ast 18,675 – Asturian (asturianu)
  16. nap 13,826 – Neapolitan (Nnapulitano)
  17. wa 12,803 – Walloon (walon)
  18. vec 10,084 – vèneto (vèneto)
  19. roa-tara 9,173 – tarandíne (tarandíne)
  20. co 6,484 – Corsican (corsu)
  21. nrm 3,545 – Nouormand (Nouormand)
  22. rm 3,432 – Romansh (rumantsch)
  23. lad 3,233 – Ladino (Ladino)
  24. fur 3,067 – Friulian (furlan)
  25. lij 3,150 – Ligure (Ligure)
  26. sc 2,918 – Sardinian (sardu)
  27. frp 2,248 – Franco-Provençal (arpetan)
  28. ext 2,264 – Extremaduran (estremeñu)
  29. pcd 2,424 – Picard (Picard)
  30. eml 2,081 – Emiliano-Romagnolo (emiliàn e rumagnòl)
  31. pap 1,328 – Papiamento (Papiamentu)
  32. cbk-zam 1,120 – Chavacano de Zamboanga (Chavacano de Zamboanga)
  33. mwl 1,012 – Mirandese (Mirandés)
  34. roa-rup 511 – Aromanian (Armãneashce)
  35. mo 401 – Moldavian (молдовеняскэ) (locked)

Slavic [edit]

Russian
  
26.4%
Polish
  
25.5%
Ukrainian
  
11.7%
Czech
  
7%
Serbian
  
4.9%
Slovak
  
4.8%
Bulgarian
  
3.9%
Slovenian
  
3.6%
Croatian
  
3.6%
Other
  
8.6%
  1. ru 1,002,848 – Russian (русский)
  2. pl 967,706 – Polish (polski)
  3. uk 443,014 – Ukrainian (українська)
  4. cs 265,669 – Czech (česky)
  5. sr 187,839 – Serbian (српски / srpski)
  6. sk 183,827 – Slovak (slovenčina)
  7. bg 147,545 – Bulgarian (български)
  8. hr 137,507 – Croatian (hrvatski)
  9. sl 137,135 – Slovenian (slovenščina)
  10. sh 81,287 – Serbo-Croatian (srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски)
  11. mk 72,143 – Macedonian (македонски)
  12. be 59,543 – Belarusian (беларуская)
  13. be-x-old 49,069 – беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ (беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎)
  14. bs 45,942 – Bosnian (bosanski)
  15. hsb 7,735 – Upper Sorbian (hornjoserbsce)
  16. rue 5,940 – Rusyn (русиньскый)
  17. csb 3,325 – Kashubian (kaszëbsczi)
  18. szl 2,123 – Silesian (ślůnski)
  19. dsb 1,627 – Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbski)
  20. cu 512 – Church Slavic (словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ)

Japonic [edit]

  1. ja 858,418 – Japanese (日本語)

Philippine [edit]

Waray-Waray
  
45.9%
Cebuano
  
43.7%
Tagalog
  
7.5%
Kapampangan
  
0.9%
Ilokano
  
0.7%
Central Bikolano
  
0.7%
Pangasinan
  
0.5%
  1. war 377,407 – Waray (Winaray)
  2. ceb 359,336 – Cebuano (Cebuano)
  3. tl 61,436 – Tagalog (Tagalog)
  4. pam 7,802 – Pampanga (Kapampangan)
  5. ilo 6,082 – Iloko (Ilokano)
  6. bcl 5,610 – Bikol Central (Bikol Central)
  7. pag 3,846 – Pangasinan (Pangasinan)

Sinitic [edit]

Chinese
  
93.4%
Cantonese
  
3.1%
Min Nan
  
1.5%
Gan
  
0.8%
Other
  
1.2%
  1. zh 694,892 – Chinese (中文)
  2. zh-yue 22,854 – Cantonese (粵語)
  3. zh-min-nan 11,008 – Chinese (Min Nan) (Bân-lâm-gú)
  4. gan 6,127 – Gan (贛語)
  5. wuu 3,140 – Wu (吴语)
  6. zh-classical 2,977 – Classical Chinese (文言)
  7. hak 2,495 – Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa)
  8. cdo 438 – Min Dong Chinese (Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄)

Turkic [edit]

Turkish
  
27.4%
Kazakh
  
26.4%
Uzbek
  
15.9%
Azerbaijani
  
12.3%
Tatar
  
5.7%
Bashkir
  
4%
Chuvash
  
2%
Other
  
6.3%
  1. tr 209,706 – Turkish (Türkçe)
  2. kk 202,435 – Kazakh (қазақша)
  3. uz 122,124 – Uzbek (oʻzbekcha)
  4. az 94,649 – Azerbaijani (azərbaycanca)
  5. tt 43,890 – Tatar (татарча/tatarça)
  6. ba 30,544 – Bashkir (башҡортса)
  7. ky 24,461 – Kirghiz (Кыргызча)
  8. cv 15,587 – Chuvash (Чӑвашла)
  9. sah 9,042 – Sakha (саха тыла)
  10. tk 4,770 – Turkmen (Türkmençe)
  11. ug 2,925 – Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche)
  12. gag 2,091 – Gagauz (Gagauz)
  13. krc 1,881 – Karachay-Balkar (къарачай-малкъар)
  14. crh 1,797 – Crimean Turkish (qırımtatarca)
  15. kaa 621 – Kara-Kalpak (Qaraqalpaqsha)

Austroasiatic [edit]

  1. vi 579,428 – Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
  2. km 3,737 – Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)

Sunda–Sulawesi [edit]

Indonesian
  
39.8%
Malay
  
41.7%
Javanese
  
8.3%
Sundanese
  
3.3%
Banyumasan
  
2.5%
Buginese
  
2.6%
Other
  
1.8%
  1. id 209,036 – Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
  2. ms 218,634 – Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
  3. jv 43,794 – Javanese (Basa Jawa)
  4. su 17,484 – Sundanese (Basa Sunda)
  5. map-bms 12,993 – Basa Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan)
  6. bug 13,819 – Buginese (ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ)
  7. min 5,220 – Minangkabau (Baso Minangkabau)
  8. ace 2,018 – Achinese (Acèh)
  9. bjn 1,442 – Banjar (Bahasa Banjar)
  10. ch 157 – Chamorro (Chamoru)

Finno-Permic [edit]

Finnish
  
68.6%
Estonian
  
23.7%
Northern Sami
  
1.6%
Võro
  
1.1%
Hill Mari
  
1.1%
Other
  
3.9%
  1. fi 322,702 – Finnish (suomi)
  2. et 111,279 – Estonian (eesti)
  3. se 7,471 – Northern Sami (sámegiella)
  4. mrj 5,107 – Hill Mari (кырык мары)
  5. fiu-vro 5,111 – Võro (Võro)
  6. kv 3,865 – Komi (коми)
  7. koi 3,427 – Komi-Permyak (Перем Коми)
  8. udm 3,369 – Udmurt (удмурт)
  9. mhr 3,443 – Eastern Mari (олык марий)
  10. vep 3,265 – Veps (vepsän kel’)
  11. myv 1,547 – Erzya (эрзянь)
  12. mdf 1,144 – Moksha (мокшень)

Semitic [edit]

Arabic
  
56.9%
Hebrew
  
36.3%
Amharic
  
3.1%
Egyptian Arabic
  
2.6%
Other
  
1.1%
  1. ar 229,926 – Arabic (العربية)
  2. he 146,421 – Hebrew (עברית)
  3. am 12,450 – Amharic (አማርኛ)
  4. arz 10,408 – Egyptian Spoken Arabic (مصرى)
  5. mt 2,819 – Maltese (Malti)
  6. arc 1,580 – Aramaic (ܐܪܡܝܐ)
  7. ti 258 – Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)

Iranian [edit]

Persian
  
80%
Kurdish
  
5.1%
Soranî
  
3.2%
Tajik
  
2.8%
Mazanderani
  
2.7%
Ossetian
  
2.3%
Gilaki
  
1.6%
Pashto
  
1.2%
Zazaki
  
1.1%
  1. fa 307,854 – Persian (فارسی)
  2. ku 19,627 – Kurdish (Kurdî)
  3. ckb 12,140 – Sorani Kurdish (کوردی)
  4. tg 10,871 – Tajik (тоҷикӣ)
  5. mzn 10,382 – Mazanderani (مازِرونی)
  6. os 8,942 – Ossetic (Ирон)
  7. glk 6,015 – Gilaki (گیلکی)
  8. ps 4,719 – Pashto (پښتو)
  9. diq 4,116 – Zazaki (Zazaki)

Indo-Aryan [edit]

Hindi
  
30.9%
Marathi
  
11.3%
Western Panjabi
  
7.7%
Bengali
  
7.6%
Bishnupriya Manipuri
  
7.3%
Urdu
  
7%
Nepali
  
6.8%
Gujarati
  
6.6%
Other
  
14.8%
  1. hi 105,411 – Hindi (हिन्दी)
  2. mr 38,743 – Marathi (मराठी)
  3. pnb 26,355 – Western Punjabi (پنجابی)
  4. bn 26,046 – Bengali (বাংলা)
  5. bpy 24,800 – Bishnupria Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী)
  6. ur 24,061 – Urdu (اردو)
  7. ne 23,293 – Nepali (नेपाली)
  8. gu 22,528 – Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
  9. hif 11,047 – Fiji Hindi (Fiji Hindi)
  10. sa 9,027 – Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)
  11. si 7,646 – Sinhala (සිංහල)
  12. pa 6,043 – Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
  13. or 3,920 – Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)
  14. dv 3,658 – Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް)
  15. pi 2,807 – Pali (पालि)
  16. bh 2,717 – Bihari (भोजपुरी)
  17. as 2,223 – Assamese (অসমীয়া)
  18. rmy 541 – Romani (Romani)
  19. sd 364 – Sindhi (سنڌي)
  20. ks 227 – Kashmiri (कॉशुर / کٲشُر)

Constructed (IE) [edit]

Esperanto
  
52.6%
Volapük
  
34.7%
Ido
  
7.2%
Interlingua
  
4.1%
Other
  
1.4%
  1. eo 180,283 – Esperanto (Esperanto)
  2. vo 119,097 – Volapük (Volapük)
  3. io 24,776 – Ido (Ido)
  4. ia 13,979 – Interlingua (interlingua)
  5. nov 2,659 – Novial (Novial)
  6. ie 2,056 – Interlingue (Interlingue)

Ugric [edit]

  1. hu 240,414 – Hungarian (magyar)

Korean [edit]

  1. ko 239,183 – Korean (한국어)

Baltic [edit]

Lithuanian
  
71.7%
Latvian
  
21.9%
Samogitian
  
6.1%
Latgalian
  
0.3%
  1. lt 158,616 – Lithuanian (lietuvių)
  2. lv 48,526 – Latvian (latviešu)
  3. bat-smg 13,456 – Samogitian (žemaitėška)
  4. ltg 759 – Latgalian (latgaļu)

Basque [edit]

  1. eu 150,931 – Basque (euskara)

Dravidian [edit]

Tamil
  
35.8%
Telugu
  
34.9%
Malayalam
  
20.5%
Kannada
  
8.7%
  1. ta 53,445 – Tamil (தமிழ்)
  2. te 52,087 – Telugu (తెలుగు)
  3. ml 30,551 – Malayalam (മലയാളം)
  4. kn 13,034 – Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)

Celtic [edit]

Breton
  
34.4%
Welsh
  
36.8%
Irish
  
14.9%
Scottish Gaelic
  
8.7%
Manx
  
3.4%
Cornish
  
1.9%
  1. br 45,635 – Breton (brezhoneg)
  2. cy 48,798 – Welsh (Cymraeg)
  3. ga 19,697 – Irish (Gaeilge)
  4. gd 11,481 – Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
  5. gv 4,517 – Manx (Gaelg)
  6. kw 2,457 – Cornish (kernowek)

Tibeto-Burman [edit]

Nepal Bhasa
  
65.1%
Burmese
  
29.1%
Tibetan
  
5.6%
Dzongkha
  
0.2%
  1. new 70,069 – Newari (नेपाल भाषा)
  2. my 31,309 – Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
  3. bo 6,062 – Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག)
  4. dz 179 – Dzongkha (ཇོང་ཁ)
  5. ii 16 – Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) (locked)

Tai [edit]

  1. th 81,118 – Thai (ไทย)
  2. lo 848 – Lao (ລາວ)
  3. za 663 – Zhuang (Vahcuengh)

Hellenic [edit]

  1. el 87,545 – Greek (Ελληνικά)
  2. pnt 374 – Pontic (Ποντιακά)

Kartvelian [edit]

Georgian
  
94.3%
Mingrelian
  
5.7%
  1. ka 75,771 – Georgian (ქართული)
  2. xmf 4,602 – Mingrelian (მარგალური)

Albanian [edit]

  1. sq 45,631 – Albanian (shqip)

Bornean [edit]

  1. mg 45,362 – Malagasy (Malagasy)

Bantoid [edit]

Swahili
  
71.7%
Lingala
  
5.8%
Kinyarwanda
  
5.2%
Shona
  
4%
Kongo
  
2.1%
Northern Sotho
  
1.9%
Zulu
  
1.7%
Tswana
  
1.4%
Swati
  
1%
Other
  
5.2%
  1. sw 25,283 – Swahili (Kiswahili)
  2. ln 2,029 – Lingala (lingála)
  3. rw 1,818 – Kinyarwanda (Kinyarwanda)
  4. sn 1,421 – Shona (chiShona)
  5. kg 742 – Kongo (Kongo)
  6. nso 687 – Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa)
  7. zu 583 – Zulu (isiZulu)
  8. tn 495 – Tswana (Setswana)
  9. ss 364 – Swati (SiSwati)
  10. ts 240 – Tsonga (Xitsonga)
  11. ki 342 – Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ)
  12. ve 204 – Venda (Tshivenda)
  13. rn 190 – Rundi (Kirundi)
  14. lg 166 – Ganda (Luganda)
  15. tum 167 – Tumbuka (chiTumbuka)
  16. st 189 – Southern Sotho (Sesotho)
  17. xh 148 – Xhosa (isiXhosa)
  18. ny 164 – Nyanja (Chi-Chewa)
  19. ng 21 – Ndonga (Oshiwambo) (locked)
  20. kj 5 – Kuanyama (Kwanyama) (locked)
  21. hz 0 – Herero (Otsiherero) (locked)

Yoruboid [edit]

  1. yo 30,584 – Yoruba (Yorùbá)

Armenian [edit]

  1. hy 45,472 – Armenian (Հայերեն)

Quechuan [edit]

  1. qu 18,125 – Quechua (Runa Simi)

Polynesian [edit]

Maori
  
59.3%
Hawaiian
  
15.7%
Tongan
  
13.9%
Tahitian
  
7.5%
Samoan
  
3.6%
  1. mi 7,030 – Maori (Māori)
  2. haw 1,865 – Hawaiian (Hawai`i)
  3. to 1,647 – Tongan (lea faka-Tonga)
  4. ty 886 – Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
  5. sm 428 – Samoan (Gagana Samoa)

Mongolic [edit]

Mongolian
  
78.7%
Kalmyk
  
15.5%
Buryat
  
5.8%
  1. mn 9,475 – Mongolian (монгол)
  2. xal 1,872 – Kalmyk (хальмг)
  3. bxr 699 – буряад (буряад)

Uto-Aztecan [edit]

  1. nah 9,209 – Nahuatl (Nāhuatl)

Northeast Caucasian [edit]

Chechen
  
34.7%
Lezgian
  
25.8%
Lak
  
20.6%
Avar
  
18.9%
  1. ce 2,004 – Chechen (нохчийн)
  2. lez 1,492 – Lezghian (лезги)
  3. lbe 1,191 – лакку (лакку)
  4. av 1,094 – Avaric (авар)

Germanic Pidgins and Creoles [edit]

Tok Pisin
  
39.8%
Sranan Tongo
  
33.3%
Bislama
  
14.5%
Norfuk/Pitkern
  
12.3%
  1. tpi 1,236 – Tok Pisin (Tok Pisin)
  2. srn 1,034 – Sranan Tongo (Sranantongo)
  3. bi 451 – Bislama (Bislama)
  4. pih 382 – Norfuk / Pitkern (Norfuk / Pitkern)

Cushitic [edit]

  1. so 2,760 – Somali (Soomaaliga)
  2. om 274 – Oromo (Oromoo)
  3. aa 6 – Afar (Qafár af) (locked)

Athabaskan [edit]

  1. nv 2,426 – Navajo (Diné bizaad)

Eskimo-Aleut [edit]

Greenlandic
  
74.3%
Inuktitut
  
18.1%
Inupiat
  
7.6%
  1. kl 1,595 – Kalaallisut (kalaallisut)
  2. iu 388 – Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitut)
  3. ik 164 – Inupiaq (Iñupiak)

Aymaran [edit]

  1. ay 2,838 – Aymara (Aymar aru)

Tupian [edit]

  1. gn 2,351 – Guarani (Avañe'ẽ)

Northwest Caucasian [edit]

  1. kbd 1,055 – Kabardian (Адыгэбзэ)
  2. ab 807 – Abkhazian (Аҧсшәа)

Atlantic [edit]

  1. wo 1,161 – Wolof (Wolof)
  2. ff 164 – Fulah (Fulfulde)

A priori Constructed [edit]

  1. jbo 1,155 – Lojban (Lojban)

Berber [edit]

  1. kab 1,506 – Kabyle (Taqbaylit)

Micronesian [edit]

  1. na 731 – Nauru (Dorerin Naoero)
  2. mh 10 – Marshallese (Ebon) (locked)

Igboid [edit]

  1. ig 723 – Igbo (Igbo)

Timor-Babar [edit]

  1. tet 773 – Tetum (tetun)

Algonquian [edit]

  1. chy 561 – Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese)
  2. cr 170 – Cree (Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ)

Kwa [edit]

  1. ee 300 – Ewe (eʋegbe)
  2. ak 176 – Akan (Akan)
  3. tw 158 – Twi (Twi)

Iroquoian [edit]

  1. chr 473 – Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ)

Mande [edit]

  1. bm 393 – Bambara (bamanankan)

Chadic [edit]

  1. ha 289 – Hausa (Hausa)

Ubangian [edit]

  1. sg 195 – Sango (Sängö)

East Fijian [edit]

  1. fj 272 – Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti)

Muskogean [edit]

  1. cho 15 – Choctaw (Choctaw) (locked)
  2. mus 2 – Creek (Mvskoke) (locked)

Papuan Tip [edit]

  1. ho 3 – Hiri Motu (Hiri Motu) (locked)

Nilo-Saharan [edit]

  1. kr 1 – Kanuri (Kanuri) (locked)

See also [edit]