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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 04 June 2009.
[edit] 100 000+ articles
| No. |
Language |
Language (local) |
Wiki |
Articles |
Speakers [1] |
Speakers per article |
| 1 |
Volapük |
Volapük |
vo |
118,776 |
30 |
0.0 |
| 2 |
Esperanto |
Esperanto |
eo |
114,518 |
2,000,000 |
17.5 |
| 3 |
Norwegian |
Norsk |
no |
218,700 |
4,300,000 |
19.7 |
| 4 |
Finnish |
Suomi |
fi |
205,154 |
5,232,728 |
25.5 |
| 5 |
Swedish |
Svenska |
sv |
317,686 |
9,000,000 |
28.3 |
| 6 |
Dutch |
Nederlands |
nl |
540,618 |
20,000,000 |
37.0 |
| 7 |
Catalan |
Català |
ca |
178,821 |
7,500,000 |
41.9 |
| 8 |
Slovak |
Slovenčina |
sk |
107,986 |
5,011,120 |
46.4 |
| 9 |
Danish |
Dansk |
da |
109,271 |
5,299,756 |
48.5 |
| 10 |
Polish |
Polski |
pl |
609,196 |
44,000,000 |
72.2 |
| 11 |
Czech |
Čeština |
cs |
128,652 |
11,525,089 |
89.6 |
| 12 |
Hungarian |
Magyar |
hu |
127,430 |
13,611,600 |
106.8 |
| 13 |
Italian |
Italiano |
it |
574,314 |
62,000,000 |
108.0 |
| 14 |
German |
Deutsch |
de |
914,002 |
128,000,000 |
140.0 |
| 15 |
Romanian |
Română |
ro |
125,911 |
23,498,367 |
186.6 |
| 16 |
English |
English |
en |
2,902,729 |
600,000,000 |
206.7 |
| 17 |
French |
Français |
fr |
812,441 |
172,000,000 |
211.7 |
| 18 |
Japanese |
日本語 |
ja |
591,530 |
126,000,000 |
213.0 |
| 19 |
Ukrainian |
Українська |
uk |
150,987 |
39,441,842 |
261.2 |
| 20 |
Portuguese |
Português |
pt |
483,183 |
230,000,000 |
476.0 |
| 21 |
Turkish |
Türkçe |
tr |
129,807 |
75,000,000 |
577.8 |
| 22 |
Korean |
한국어 |
ko |
100,031 |
67,019,690 |
670.0 |
| 23 |
Russian |
Русский |
ru |
396,085 |
277,000,000 |
699.3 |
| 24 |
Spanish |
Español |
es |
479,767 |
460,000,000 |
958.8 |
| 25 |
Indonesian |
Bahasa Indonesia |
id |
104,622 |
164,000,000 |
1,567.5 |
| 26 |
Arabic |
العربية |
ar |
100,756 |
255,000,000 |
2,530.9 |
| 27 |
Chinese |
中文 |
zh |
255,682 |
885,000,000 |
3,461.3 |
[edit] 10 000+ articles
| No. |
Language |
Language (local) |
Wiki |
Articles |
Speakers [1] |
Speakers per article |
| 1 |
Ido |
Ido |
io |
17,125 |
2,500 |
0.1 |
| 2 |
Aragonese |
Aragonés |
an |
14,901 |
31,000 |
2.1 |
| 3 |
Nynorsk |
Nynorsk |
nn |
49,206 |
500,000 |
10.2 |
| 4 |
Icelandic |
Íslenska |
is |
25,095 |
300,000 |
12.0 |
| 5 |
Luxembourgish |
Lëtzebuergesch |
lb |
26,941 |
390,618 |
14.5 |
| 6 |
Estonian |
Eesti |
et |
63,811 |
1,075,497 |
16.9 |
| 7 |
Bishnupriya Manipuri |
ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রি |
bpy |
23,416 |
450,000 |
19.2 |
| 8 |
Breton |
Brezhoneg |
br |
25,328 |
532,722 |
21.0 |
| 9 |
Welsh |
Cymraeg |
cy |
23,066 |
536,258 |
23.2 |
| 10 |
Newar / Nepal Bhasa |
नेपाल भाषा |
new |
52,615 |
1,250,000 |
23.8 |
| 11 |
Ripuarian |
Ripoarisch |
ksh |
10,053 |
250,000 |
24.9 |
| 12 |
Slovenian |
Slovenščina |
sl |
76,599 |
1,984,775 |
25.9 |
| 13 |
Basque |
Euskara |
eu |
38,685 |
1,033,900 |
26.7 |
| 14 |
Lithuanian |
Lietuvių |
lt |
87,293 |
3,125,281 |
35.8 |
| 15 |
Asturian |
Asturianu |
ast |
12,189 |
550,000 |
45.1 |
| 16 |
Samogitian |
Žemaitėška |
bat-smg |
10,920 |
500,000 |
45.8 |
| 17 |
Macedonian |
Македонски |
mk |
32,315 |
1,600,000 |
49.5 |
| 18 |
Hebrew |
עברית |
he |
92,658 |
5,055,000 |
54.6 |
| 19 |
West Frisian |
Frysk |
fy |
11,907 |
700,000 |
58.8 |
| 20 |
Occitan |
Occitan |
oc |
18,370 |
1,100,000 |
59.9 |
| 21 |
Galician |
Galego |
gl |
48,471 |
3,188,400 |
65.8 |
| 22 |
Latvian |
Latviešu |
lv |
21,772 |
1,543,844 |
70.9 |
| 23 |
Bosnian |
Bosanski |
bs |
26,995 |
2,700,000 |
100.0 |
| 24 |
Walloon |
Walon |
wa |
11,145 |
1,120,000 |
100.5 |
| 25 |
Croatian |
Hrvatski |
hr |
61,224 |
6,214,643 |
101.5 |
| 26 |
Bulgarian |
Български |
bg |
72,741 |
8,954,811 |
123.1 |
| 27 |
Chuvash |
Чăваш |
cv |
10,266 |
1,330,000 |
129.6 |
| 28 |
Georgian |
ქართული |
ka |
30,557 |
4,178,604 |
136.7 |
| 29 |
Haitian |
Kreyòl ayisyen |
ht |
51,231 |
7,389,066 |
144.2 |
| 30 |
Serbian |
Српски |
sr |
75,681 |
11,144,758 |
147.3 |
| 31 |
Piedmontese |
Piemontèis |
pms |
21,042 |
3,106,620 |
147.6 |
| 32 |
Albanian |
Shqip |
sq |
23,178 |
6,000,000 |
258.9 |
| 33 |
Sicilian |
Sicilianu |
scn |
14,015 |
4,832,520 |
344.8 |
| 34 |
Greek |
Ελληνικά |
el |
42,184 |
17,000,000 |
403.0 |
| 35 |
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa) |
Беларуская (тарашкевіца) |
be-x-old |
19,708 |
9,081,102 |
460.8 |
| 36 |
Afrikaans |
Afrikaans |
af |
12,164 |
5,965,879 |
490.5 |
| 37 |
Malay |
Bahasa Melayu |
ms |
39,625 |
21,000,000 |
530.0 |
| 38 |
Neapolitan |
Nnapulitano |
nap |
13,019 |
7,500,000 |
576.1 |
| 39 |
Belarusian |
Беларуская |
be |
15,633 |
9,081,102 |
580.9 |
| 40 |
Low Saxon |
Plattdüütsch |
nds |
14,429 |
10,000,000 |
693.0 |
| 41 |
Cebuano |
Sinugboanong Binisaya |
ceb |
38,604 |
31,000,000 |
803.0 |
| 42 |
Serbo-Croatian |
Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски |
sh |
22,558 |
21,000,000 |
930.9 |
| 43 |
Quechua |
Runa Simi |
qu |
10,527 |
10,400,000 |
987.9 |
| 44 |
Vietnamese |
Tiếng Việt |
vi |
85,700 |
86,000,000 |
1,003.5 |
| 45 |
Kurdish |
Kurdî / كوردی |
ku |
12,597 |
15,825,505 |
1,256.3 |
| 46 |
Thai |
ไทย |
th |
47,029 |
60,000,000 |
1,275.8 |
| 47 |
Azeri |
Azərbaycan |
az |
23,075 |
31,400,000 |
1,360.8 |
| 48 |
Telugu |
తెలుగు |
te |
43,017 |
75,000,000 |
1,743.5 |
| 49 |
Persian |
فارسی |
fa |
62,242 |
110,000,000 |
1,767.3 |
| 50 |
Sundanese |
Basa Sunda |
su |
14,397 |
27,000,000 |
1,875.4 |
| 51 |
Marathi |
मराठी |
mr |
23,235 |
71,000,000 |
3,055.7 |
| 52 |
Malayalam |
മലയാളം |
ml |
10,061 |
35,757,100 |
3,554.0 |
| 53 |
Tagalog |
Tagalog |
tl |
22,243 |
86,000,000 |
3,866.4 |
| 54 |
Javanese |
Basa Jawa |
jv |
19,467 |
75,500,000 |
3,878.4 |
| 55 |
Tamil |
தமிழ் |
ta |
18,280 |
74,000,000 |
4,048.1 |
| 56 |
Swahili |
Kiswahili |
sw |
11,245 |
50,000,000 |
4,446.4 |
| 57 |
Cantonese |
粵語 |
zh-yue |
10,952 |
64,000,000 |
5,843.7 |
| 58 |
Urdu |
اردو |
ur |
10,333 |
104,000,000 |
10,064.8 |
| 59 |
Bengali |
বাংলা |
bn |
19,731 |
215,000,000 |
10,896.6 |
| 60 |
Hindi |
हिन्दी |
hi |
32,971 |
490,000,000 |
14,861.5 |
| x |
Simple English |
Simple English |
simple |
59,405 |
? |
? |
| x |
Latin |
Latina |
la |
28,627 |
? |
? |
[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.