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This page contains a list of Wikipedias sorted by the number of speakers per article.[1]
These tables were generated on 22 September 2009.
[edit] 100 000+ articles
| No. |
Language |
Language (local) |
Wiki |
Articles |
Speakers [1] |
Speakers per article |
| 1 |
Volapük |
Volapük |
vo |
118,782 |
30 |
0.0 |
| 2 |
Esperanto |
Esperanto |
eo |
120,051 |
2,000,000 |
16.8 |
| 3 |
Norwegian |
Norsk |
no |
228,978 |
4,300,000 |
18.8 |
| 4 |
Finnish |
Suomi |
fi |
216,462 |
5,232,728 |
24.2 |
| 5 |
Swedish |
Svenska |
sv |
330,030 |
9,000,000 |
27.3 |
| 6 |
Dutch |
Nederlands |
nl |
559,772 |
20,000,000 |
35.7 |
| 7 |
Catalan |
Català |
ca |
220,255 |
7,500,000 |
37.5 |
| 8 |
Slovak |
Slovenčina |
sk |
110,044 |
5,011,120 |
45.5 |
| 9 |
Danish |
Dansk |
da |
115,485 |
5,299,756 |
45.9 |
| 10 |
Polish |
Polski |
pl |
636,873 |
44,000,000 |
69.1 |
| 11 |
Czech |
Čeština |
cs |
137,122 |
11,525,089 |
84.0 |
| 12 |
Hungarian |
Magyar |
hu |
141,366 |
13,611,600 |
96.3 |
| 13 |
Italian |
Italiano |
it |
607,913 |
62,000,000 |
102.0 |
| 14 |
German |
Deutsch |
de |
958,406 |
128,000,000 |
133.6 |
| 15 |
Romanian |
Română |
ro |
131,158 |
23,498,367 |
179.2 |
| 16 |
English |
English |
en |
3,039,051 |
600,000,000 |
197.4 |
| 17 |
French |
Français |
fr |
852,938 |
172,000,000 |
201.7 |
| 18 |
Japanese |
日本語 |
ja |
618,443 |
126,000,000 |
203.7 |
| 19 |
Ukrainian |
Українська |
uk |
161,155 |
39,441,842 |
244.7 |
| 20 |
Portuguese |
Português |
pt |
509,037 |
230,000,000 |
451.8 |
| 21 |
Turkish |
Türkçe |
tr |
136,042 |
75,000,000 |
551.3 |
| 22 |
Korean |
한국어 |
ko |
113,361 |
67,019,690 |
591.2 |
| 23 |
Russian |
Русский |
ru |
434,390 |
277,000,000 |
637.7 |
| 24 |
Vietnamese |
Tiếng Việt |
vi |
100,714 |
86,000,000 |
853.9 |
| 25 |
Spanish |
Español |
es |
514,241 |
460,000,000 |
894.5 |
| 26 |
Indonesian |
Bahasa Indonesia |
id |
111,936 |
164,000,000 |
1,465.1 |
| 27 |
Arabic |
العربية |
ar |
102,564 |
255,000,000 |
2,486.3 |
| 28 |
Chinese |
中文 |
zh |
272,739 |
885,000,000 |
3,244.9 |
[edit] 10 000+ articles
| No. |
Language |
Language (local) |
Wiki |
Articles |
Speakers [1] |
Speakers per article |
| 1 |
Ido |
Ido |
io |
17,648 |
2,500 |
0.1 |
| 2 |
Aragonese |
Aragonés |
an |
16,917 |
31,000 |
1.8 |
| 3 |
Nynorsk |
Nynorsk |
nn |
51,019 |
500,000 |
9.8 |
| 4 |
Icelandic |
Íslenska |
is |
26,103 |
300,000 |
11.5 |
| 5 |
Luxembourgish |
Lëtzebuergesch |
lb |
27,619 |
390,618 |
14.1 |
| 6 |
Estonian |
Eesti |
et |
67,412 |
1,075,497 |
16.0 |
| 7 |
Breton |
Brezhoneg |
br |
29,412 |
532,722 |
18.1 |
| 8 |
Bishnupriya Manipuri |
ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রি |
bpy |
23,417 |
450,000 |
19.2 |
| 9 |
Welsh |
Cymraeg |
cy |
24,654 |
536,258 |
21.8 |
| 10 |
Newar / Nepal Bhasa |
नेपाल भाषा |
new |
54,982 |
1,250,000 |
22.7 |
| 11 |
Ripuarian |
Ripoarisch |
ksh |
10,612 |
250,000 |
23.6 |
| 12 |
Basque |
Euskara |
eu |
43,339 |
1,033,900 |
23.9 |
| 13 |
Slovenian |
Slovenščina |
sl |
79,599 |
1,984,775 |
24.9 |
| 14 |
Lithuanian |
Lietuvių |
lt |
93,492 |
3,125,281 |
33.4 |
| 15 |
Samogitian |
Žemaitėška |
bat-smg |
12,000 |
500,000 |
41.7 |
| 16 |
Asturian |
Asturianu |
ast |
12,409 |
550,000 |
44.3 |
| 17 |
Hebrew |
עברית |
he |
96,639 |
5,055,000 |
52.3 |
| 18 |
West Frisian |
Frysk |
fy |
13,016 |
700,000 |
53.8 |
| 19 |
Occitan |
Occitan |
oc |
19,393 |
1,100,000 |
56.7 |
| 20 |
Macedonian |
Македонски |
mk |
34,755 |
2,113,170 |
60.8 |
| 21 |
Galician |
Galego |
gl |
51,151 |
3,188,400 |
62.3 |
| 22 |
Latvian |
Latviešu |
lv |
23,537 |
1,543,844 |
65.6 |
| 23 |
Croatian |
Hrvatski |
hr |
67,717 |
6,214,643 |
91.8 |
| 24 |
Bosnian |
Bosanski |
bs |
27,688 |
2,700,000 |
97.5 |
| 25 |
Walloon |
Walon |
wa |
11,330 |
1,120,000 |
98.9 |
| 26 |
Bulgarian |
Български |
bg |
79,602 |
8,954,811 |
112.5 |
| 27 |
Serbian |
Српски |
sr |
95,442 |
11,144,758 |
116.8 |
| 28 |
Georgian |
ქართული |
ka |
33,731 |
4,178,604 |
123.9 |
| 29 |
Chuvash |
Чăваш |
cv |
10,458 |
1,330,000 |
127.2 |
| 30 |
Piedmontese |
Piemontèis |
pms |
21,972 |
3,106,620 |
141.4 |
| 31 |
Haitian |
Kreyòl ayisyen |
ht |
51,254 |
7,389,066 |
144.2 |
| 32 |
Waray-Waray |
Winaray |
wa |
10,768 |
2,570,000 |
238.7 |
| 33 |
Albanian |
Shqip |
sq |
24,464 |
6,000,000 |
245.3 |
| 34 |
Sicilian |
Sicilianu |
scn |
14,822 |
4,832,520 |
326.0 |
| 35 |
Greek |
Ελληνικά |
el |
45,098 |
17,000,000 |
377.0 |
| 36 |
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa) |
Беларуская (тарашкевіца) |
be-x-old |
21,518 |
9,081,102 |
422.0 |
| 37 |
Malay |
Bahasa Melayu |
ms |
49,515 |
21,000,000 |
424.1 |
| 38 |
Afrikaans |
Afrikaans |
af |
12,956 |
5,965,879 |
460.5 |
| 39 |
Belarusian |
Беларуская |
be |
17,007 |
9,081,102 |
534.0 |
| 40 |
Neapolitan |
Nnapulitano |
nap |
13,073 |
7,500,000 |
573.7 |
| 41 |
Low Saxon |
Plattdüütsch |
nds |
14,916 |
10,000,000 |
670.4 |
| 42 |
Cebuano |
Sinugboanong Binisaya |
ceb |
40,481 |
31,000,000 |
765.8 |
| 43 |
Serbo-Croatian |
Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски |
sh |
25,057 |
21,000,000 |
838.1 |
| 44 |
Quechua |
Runa Simi |
qu |
10,779 |
10,400,000 |
964.8 |
| 45 |
Azeri |
Azərbaycan |
az |
26,941 |
31,400,000 |
1,165.5 |
| 46 |
Thai |
ไทย |
th |
50,647 |
60,000,000 |
1,184.7 |
| 47 |
Kurdish |
Kurdî / كوردی |
ku |
12,249 |
15,825,505 |
1,292.0 |
| 48 |
Persian |
فارسی |
fa |
68,494 |
110,000,000 |
1,606.0 |
| 49 |
Telugu |
తెలుగు |
te |
43,672 |
75,000,000 |
1,717.3 |
| 50 |
Sundanese |
Basa Sunda |
su |
14,451 |
27,000,000 |
1,868.4 |
| 51 |
Marathi |
मराठी |
mr |
24,532 |
71,000,000 |
2,894.2 |
| 52 |
Malayalam |
മലയാളം |
ml |
10,964 |
35,757,100 |
3,261.3 |
| 53 |
Swahili |
Kiswahili |
sw |
14,113 |
50,000,000 |
3,542.8 |
| 54 |
Javanese |
Basa Jawa |
jv |
20,843 |
75,500,000 |
3,622.3 |
| 55 |
Tagalog |
Tagalog |
tl |
23,231 |
86,000,000 |
3,701.9 |
| 56 |
Tamil |
தமிழ் |
ta |
19,335 |
74,000,000 |
3,827.3 |
| 57 |
Cantonese |
粵語 |
zh-yue |
11,694 |
64,000,000 |
5,472.9 |
| 58 |
Urdu |
اردو |
ur |
11,195 |
104,000,000 |
9,289.9 |
| 59 |
Hindi |
हिन्दी |
hi |
50,680 |
490,000,000 |
9,668.5 |
| 60 |
Bengali |
বাংলা |
bn |
20,357 |
215,000,000 |
10,561.5 |
| x |
Simple English |
Simple English |
simple |
56,486 |
? |
? |
| x |
Latin |
Latina |
la |
31,200 |
? |
? |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ a b c Including first and second language speakers. Main source: http://www.ethnologue.com and Wikipedia. DISCLAIMER: Some data may be underestimated or overestimated.