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World Language Map


Chinese (Mandarin) is the most widely spoken language in the world. Some of the other languages such as Spanish, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, French, Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu also have considerable number of speakers and thus are marked on the map in accordance with the regions they are spoken in.
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Language Map of the World
Description : The map depicts the languages spoken by majority of the population in different parts of the world. Disclaimer

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World Language Map


This coloured map depicts countries according to the languages spoken over there. Some of the most widely spoken languages of the world by population are Chinese, Spanish, English, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, and French.

The map shows that English is one of the most widely spoken and written languages worldwide. The impact of the British Empire and continued influence of the British Commonwealth in Asia, North America, South America and Africa also contributed towards making English a dominant language in many parts of the world.
Other than these languages, there are language families which are varieties of the languages mentioned above. Some of the largest language families by language count are Niger-Congo, Austronesian, Trans-New Guinea, Sino-Tibetan, Indo-European, and Afro-Asiatic.
There are over 6900 languages currently spoken in the world. These languages belong to 94 different language families. Based on the population of the speakers, Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan are the two largest language families, with over 4.6 billion speakers between them. English and Mandarin are two of the most spoken languages in these families, of which English is classified as Indo-European, and Mandarin Chinese is classified as Sino-Tibetan.
Indo-European languages are the most widely spoken languages used across Europe, North America and South America. Under the Romance languages of the Indo-European group, five languages find a wide relevance across the culture and literature of different countries. Those languages are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian.

List of Spoken Languages in the World
COUNTRYLANGUAGE
Algeria Domari, French, Arabic
AfghanistanKalash, Romani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, Turkmen, Arabic, Brahui, Balochi, Persian, Tajik, Pashto, Domari
AlbaniaAlbanian, Greek, Romani, Italian, Macedonian
AndorraCatalan, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Angola Yue Chinese, Hakka, Standard Chinese
Antigua and BarbudaEnglish
ArgentinaGerman, Americas, Spanish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan, Welsh, Germanic
ArmeniaArmenian, Greek, Kurdish, Domari, Lomavren, Romani, Russian
AustraliaAfrikaans, English, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog
AustriaCroatian, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, German, Romani
AzerbaijanDomari, Lomavren, Russian, Azerbaijani
BahamasEnglish
BahrainArabic, Persian, Bengali, Chittagonian
BangladeshKurukh, Sauria Paharia, Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chakma, Chittagonian, Domari, Hajong, Mal Paharia, Oriya, Rajbanshi, Rohingya, Romani, Sylheti, Tanchangya, Urdu
BarbadosEnglish
BelarusPolish, Russian, Ukrainian, Romani, Belarusian
BelgiumRomani, French, Italian, Germanic, German, Dutch
BelizeEnglish, Spanish
Benin French
BhutanAssamese, Awadhi, Nepali
BoliviaSpanish
Bosnia and HerzegovinaRomani, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Botswana English
BrazilSpanish, Polish,Ukrainian, Arabic, Japanese, Ryukyuan, Korean, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Min Nan
BruneiCantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Iban, Tagalog, Tausug, Indonesian, Malay
BulgariaTurkish, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Lomavren, Romani, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Burkina Faso French
Burundi French
CambodiaKhmer, Angika, French, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
Cameroon French, English
CanadaUkrainian, Arabic, Tamil, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Scottish Gaelic, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Romani, French, Italian, Portuguese, Yue Chinese
Cape Verde Portuguese, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
Central African RepublicFrench
ChadFrench, Arabic
ChileHakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Spanish, Cantonese
ChinaTajik, Mongolian, Uyghur, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Japanese, Korean, Gaoyang. Taishanese, Hakka, Hui, Jin, Jilu Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Northeastern Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Zhongyuan Mandarin, Leizhou Min, Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan, Min Zhong, Puxian Min, Hainanese, Pinghua, Wu, Xiang
ColombiaSpanish
Comoros Malagasy, French, Arabic
Congo, Democratic Republic of French
Congo, Republic of French
Costa RicaSpanish
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) French
CroatiaRomani, Italian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovene
CubaSpanish, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
CyprusArmenian, Greek, Romani, Turkish
CyprusArmenian, Greek, Romani, Turkish
Czech RepublicGerman, Romani, Czech, Slovak
DenmarkDanish, Faroese, Frisian, German, Icelandic, Romani
Djibouti French, Arabic
DominicaSpanish, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
Dominican RepublicSpanish, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
East Timor (Timor-Leste)Portuguese
EcuadorSpanish
Egypt Domari, Arabic
El SalvadorSpanish
Equatorial Guinea French, Portuguese, Spanish
Eritrea Arabic, Italian
EstoniaRomani, Russian, Estonian, Finnish, Swedish
Ethiopia  
FijiFijian, Gilbertese, Oceania, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu
FinlandRomani, Russian, Finnish, Sami
FranceArmenian, Breton, Alsatian, Dutch, German, Romani, Catalan
Gabon French, Spanish
Gambia English
GeorgiaRussian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Mingrelian language, Svan language, Laz language, Domari, Lomavren
GermanyGermanic, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, German, Low Saxon, Persian, Romani, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Sorbian Lower, Sorbian, Upper, Turkish, Arabic, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan,
Ghana English
GreeceRomani, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Turkish, Albanian, Greek
GrenadaEnglish
GuatemalaSpanish
Guinea French
Guinea-Bissau Portuguese
GuyanaCantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, English, Bhojpuri
HaitiFrench
HondurasSpanish
HungaryRomani, Rusyn, Slovene, Hungarian, German, Greek
IcelandDanish, Icelandic
IndiaEnglish, Pashto, Angika, Assamese, Awadhi, Bengali, Bhili, Bhojpuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chakma, Chhattisgarhi, Dhivehi, Dogri, Domari, Gujarati, Hajong, Halbi, Hindi, Kashmiri,Khandeshi, Konkani, Kumaoni, Magadhi, Maithili, Mal Paharia, Marathi, Marwari, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Rajbanshi, Rohingya, Romani, Sindhi, Sylheti, Tanchangya, Urdu, French, Portuguese, Badaga, Chenchu, Duruwa, Gondi, Kolami, Koraga, Kota, Koya, Kui, Kumarbhag Paharia, Kurukh, Maria, Nagarchal, Pardhan, Sauria Paharia, Toda, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam,Tulu, Kodava, Ollari, Nihali, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
IndonesiaCantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Iban, Tausug, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjarese, Batak Toba, Buginese, Indonesian, Javanese, Lampung, Madurese, Makassarese, Malay, Minangkabau, Rejang, Sasak
IranArmenian, Balochi, Persian, Tajik, Kurdish, Mazandarani, Pashto, Domari, Lomavren, Romani, Italian, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Brahui, Georgian
IraqKurdish, Domari, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Arabic, Persian
IrelandIrish, English, Scots, Romani, Cantonese, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Scots, Romani, Cantonese, Hakka
IsraelDomari, Marathi, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew
ItalyStandard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Albanian, German, Greek, Bengali, Romani, Catalan, Corsican, French, Italian, Romanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Croatian, Slovene, Arabic, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese
JamaicaCantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, English
JapanJapanese, Ryukyuan, Korean, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Bengali, Portuguese, Spanish
JordanDomari, Russian, Arabic
KazakhstanGerman, Tajik, Domari, Romani, Russian, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Kazakh
KazakhstanTajik, Domari, Romani, Russian, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Kazakh
Kenya English, Gujarati
KiribatiGilbertese, Oceania
Korea, NorthKorean, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
Korea, SouthCantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Bengali, Korean
KuwaitTagalog, Bengali, Chittagonian, Domari, Arabic
KyrgyzstanTajik, Domari, Romani, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz
LaosAngika, French, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
LatviaLatgalian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romani, Russian
LebanonArmenian, English, Domari, French, Arabic
Lesotho English
Liberia English
Libya Domari
LiechtensteinGerman
LithuaniaRomani, Belarusian, Polish, Russian, Lithuanian
LuxembourgFrench, Italian, Portuguese, German
Madagascar French, Malagasy
Malawi English
MalaysiaTamil, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Coastal Kadazan, Iban, Tagalog, Tausug, Indonesian, Malay, English, Angika, Bengali, Rohingya
MaldivesBengali, Dhivehi
Mali French
MaltaItalian, Maltese, English
Marshall IslandsMarshallese, Oceania
Mauritania French, Arabic
Mauritius Tamil, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, English, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, French
MexicoHakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, German, Spanish, Cantonese
MicronesiaMicronesian, Kosraean, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Ulithian, Yapese
MoldovaRomani, Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Gagauz
MonacoFrench, Italian
MongoliaRussian, Mongolian, Kazakh
MontenegroBosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Albanian, Romani
Morocco Domari, French, Spanish, Arabic
Mozambique Portuguese
Myanmar (Burma)Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chittagonian, Rohingya, Tanchangya, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Mon
NamibiaPortuguese, Germanic, German, English
NauruOceania, Gilbertese, Nauruan
NepalUrdu, Angika, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Rajbanshi, Urdu
NetherlandsArabic, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Afrikaans, Dutch, Frisian, Low Saxon, Romani
New ZealandMāori, Niuean, Oceania, Marathi
NicaraguaHakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Spanish, Cantonese
NigerFrench
NigeriaEnglish
NorwaySami, Norwegian, Romani
OmanUrdu, Arabic, Chittagonian, Bengali, Rohingya
PakistanEnglish, Brahui, Kyrgyz, Urdu, Sindhi, Romani, Rohingya, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Khowar, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Domari, Dogri, Chittagonian, Bengali, Pashto, Tajik, Persian, Balochi
PalauPalauan, Oceania, Japanese, Sosorolese, Tobian
PalestineDomari, Arabic
PanamaHakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Spanish, Cantonese
Papua New GuineaOceania
ParaguayPortuguese, Spanish
PeruSpanish, Japanese, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan
PhilippinesEnglish, Sindhi, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Cantonese, Japanese, Arabic,Indonesian, Zambal, Waray-Waray, Tausug, Tagalog, Surigaonon, Romblomanon, Pangasinan, Masbatenyo, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, Kapampangan, Kankana-ey, Kamayo, Kalinga, Ivatan, Ilokano, Ifugao, Ibanag, Hiligaynon, Cuyonon, Filipino, Cebuano, Bolinao, Bikol, Aklanon, Malagasy, Iban, Min Nan, Standard Chinese, Hakka, Taishanese
PolandRomani, Belarusian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Rusyn, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, German
PortugalRomani, Mirandese, Portuguese
QatarPersian, Bengali, Chittagonian, Urdu, Arabic, Tagalog
Republic of MacedoniaAlbanian, Romani, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish
RomaniaTurkish, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Hungarian, German, Greek, Romani, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Ukrainian
RussiaPersian, Tajik, Domari, Lomavren, Romani, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Turkmen, Tatar, Cantonese, Min Nan, Estonian, Finnish, Sami, Greek
RussiaTurkmen, Tatar, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Estonian, Finnish, Sami, Armenian, Latgalian, German, Greek, Persian, Tajik, Domari, Lomavren, Romani, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh
RwandaEnglish, French
SamoaOceania, Samoan
San MarinoItalian
Sao Tome and PrincipePortuguese
Saudi ArabiaBengali, Chittagonian, Rohingya, Urdu, Arabic, Tagalog
SenegalFrench
SerbiaRomanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovak, Cantonese, Hakka, Albanian, Romani
SeychellesFrench, English, Bhojpuri
Sierra LeoneEnglish, Bengali
SingaporeIndonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Min Nan, Standard Chinese, Hakka, Taishanese, Cantonese, Tamil, Sindhi, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, English
SlovakiaCzech, Rusyn, Slovak, Hungarian, Romani
SloveniaRomani, Italian, Slovene
Solomon IslandsOceania, Gilbertese
SomaliaItalian, Arabic
South AfricaTamil, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Germanic, English, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Portuguese
South SudanEnglish
SpainArabic, Basque, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Romani, Catalan, Romanian, Spanish
Sri LankaEnglish, Sinhalese, Tamil
St Kitts and NevisEnglish
SudanSami, Norwegian, Romani
SurinameMin Nan, Dutch, Bhojpuri, Cantonese, Hakka, Standard Chinese
Eswatini(Swaziland)English
SwedenArabic, Sami, Swedish, Romani
SwitzerlandGerman, Romani, French, Italian
SyriaArmenian, Greek, Kurdish, Domari, Lomavren, Azerbaijani, Arabic
TaiwanJapanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Tao
TajikistanPersian, Tajik, Domari, Romani, Russian,Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
TanzaniaGujarati
ThailandCantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Indonesian, Mon, Lao, Thai, Rohingya
TogoFrench
TongaNiuean, Tongan, Oceania
TunisiaFrench, Arabic, Domari
TurkeyAlbanian, Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, Domari, Romani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Russian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Turkish, Turkmen, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Arabic, Georgian, Laz language
TurkmenistanDomari, Romani, Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Turkmen, Brahui, Tajik
TuvaluTuvaluan, Gilbertese
U.A.E.Sindhi, Sylheti, Urdu, Arabic, Tagalog, Balochi, Persian, Pashto, Bengali, Chittagonian, Marathi, Rohingya
UgandaGujarati, English
UkraineBulgarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar, Hungarian, Greek, Romani
United KingdomUkrainian, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Tagalog, Cornish, Irish, Afrikaans, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Chittagonian, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Nepali, Punjabi, Sylheti, Urdu, Spanish
UruguayItalian, Portuguese, Spanish
UzbekistanPersian, Tajik, Domari, Romani, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Kazakh
VanuatuOceania, Gilbertese
Vatican CityItalian, Latin, German
VenezuelaItalian, Portuguese, Spanish
VietnamAngika, Cantonese, Taishanese, Hakka, Standard Chinese, Min Nan, Vietnamese
YemenArabic
ZambiaEnglish, Bemba, Tonga, Lozi
ZimbabweEnglish, Shona, Ndebele


Facts about Languages of the World
Mandarin (Chinese) Language Korean Language
English LanguageBahasa Malay Language
Arabic LanguageWu Chinese Language
Spanish LanguageTelugu Language
Hindi LanguageMarathi Language
Punjabi LanguageSwahili (African) Language
Portuguese LanguageTamil Language
German LanguageYue/Cantonese Language
Russian LanguageTurkish Language
French LanguageItalian Language
Bengali LanguagePashto Language
Japanese LanguageNative Americans Language
Persian Farsi (Language)Quechua (Inca) Language
Vietnamese Language Nahuatl of the Aztecs