This page is a list of lists of languages.
Published lists SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over spoken and signed languages. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639 List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 major languages) List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes ISO 639 macrolanguage – ISO 639-2 codes used as ISO 639-3 codes List of ISO 639-3 codes – three-letter codes, intended to "cover all known natural languages" List of ISO 639-5 codes – three-letter codes for language families and groups IETF language tag – depends on ISO 639, but provides various expansion mechanisms Glottolog Linguasphere Observatory (LS-2010, totaling over 32,800 coded entries and over 70,900 linguistic names)
English Wikipedia list articles Index of language articles
Comprehensive lists Lists which are global in scope (all living natural languages would classify for inclusion): by country: List of official languages by country and territory Number of languages by country by name: List of language names (native names) by phylogenetic relation: List of language families (phylogenetic) by primary language family: List of Afro-Asiatic languages, List of Austronesian languages, List of Indo-European languages, List of Mayan languages, List of Mongolic languages, List of Oto-Manguean languages, List of Tungusic languages, List of Turkic languages, List of Uralic languages. chronologically: List of languages by first written accounts by number of speakers: List of languages by total number of speakers List of languages by number of native speakers List of languages by number of words according to authoritative dictionaries List of languages by number of phonemes
By region Languages of Africa Indigenous languages of the Americas List of Native American languages acquired by children Languages of North America Languages of South America Languages of Asia East Asian languages Languages of South Asia Languages of Southeast Asia Languages of Europe Languages of Russia Languages of Oceania Oceanic languages
By special type or property Extinct, endangered or revived languages List of extinct languages List of extinct languages of Africa List of extinct languages of Asia List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean List of extinct languages and dialects of Europe List of extinct languages of Oceania List of extinct languages of North America List of extinct languages of South America List of extinct Uto-Aztecan languages List of languages by time of extinction List of endangered languages List of endangered languages in Africa List of endangered languages in Asia List of endangered languages in Bangladesh List of endangered languages in Brazil List of endangered languages in Canada List of endangered languages in Central America List of endangered languages in Colombia List of endangered languages in China List of endangered languages in Europe List of endangered languages in India List of endangered languages in Indonesia List of endangered languages in Mexico List of endangered languages in Nepal List of endangered languages in North America List of endangered languages of Oceania List of endangered languages in Papua New Guinea List of endangered languages in Russia List of endangered languages in South America List of endangered languages in Sudan List of endangered languages in the United States List of endangered languages with mobile apps List of revived languages Regional language Languages outside genealogical classification List of creole languages List of mixed languages List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on Indo-European languages List of English-based pidgins List of sign languages List of sign languages by number of native signers List of proto-languages List of constructed languages
By status or cultural sphere of influence List of lingua francas List of official languages List of official languages by country and territory List of official languages of international organizations Languages used on the Internet (includes a list of languages with the most prevalence online) List of mutually intelligible languages
See also List of language self-study programs List of most commonly learned foreign languages in the United States List of linguists List of shorthand systems List of writing systems Lists of dialects and varieties Lists of computer languages Lists of programming languages List of ontology languages List of modeling languages List of markup languages Omniglot