Languages of the world is a comprehensive reference work that provides information and statistics for all of the worlds known living languages. The ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The ethnologue name index lists over 39,000 language, dialect, and alternate names. The statistic shows the most spoken languages worldwide in 2019. Until recently there were also a few elderly speakers of alabama among the 900 enrolled members of the alabamaquassarte tribe, an administrative subdivision of. Learn about different languages of the world world language. A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the protolanguage of that family. This coloured map depicts countries according to the languages spoken over there. The endangered languages project is a collaborative online platform for sharing knowledge and resources for endangered languages. The world language mapping system wlms version 19 is the most comprehensive, uptodate, and trusted geographic dataset of the point and area polygon locations of the worlds nearly 7,100 living language groups. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to. Alabama speakers share the reservation with a smaller number of koasati coushatta speakers, and some individuals have learned to speak or understand both of these related languages. February 2015 in honor of international mother language day, the team behind sils ethnologue.
It was first issued in 1951, and is now published annually by sil international, a u. The ethnologue provides statistical data on the worlds languages. This 15th edition raises the bar to 7,299 known languages, and supercedes the 14th edition of 2000 with over 50,000 updates and corrections, including 103 previously unidentified languages. Huffman has classified the languages of the ethnologue into broader groupings following merritt ruhlens a guide to the worlds languages published 1987, 1991 by stanford university press, and has produced a series of maps of language phyla and families using this classified data and gmis world language mapping system and seamless. Megalanguages around the world list of chinese, english, spanish, arabic, portuguese, and french speaking countries.
Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the ethnologue. Produced by sil, the summer institute in linguistics. Via this interface, you can browse through them, using combinations of search criteria andor zooming. Oct 15, 20 the number of individual languages listed for philippines is 185. A map annotation project syntactic structures of the worlds languages merritt ruhlens interactive maps language families linguistic maps from matthew dryers language map collection by language family typological language maps also by matthew dryer steve huffmans language maps. The following are links to maps of continents, countries, territories, regions, oceans and seas. Languages of the world with maps and indexes find, read and cite all the. The world language mapping system is the most comprehensive, uptodate, and. Please put this page in your bookmarks revised 18aug05. About 12% of the worlds population speaks mandarin, one of hundreds of different chinese dialects. The threat of extinction thus affects a vastly greater proportion of the worlds languages than its biological species.
The ethnologue the world atlas of language structures online language and location. However, it assumed their population would be twice that which was reported. Chinese and hindustani languages need to be guessed separately. According to the latest edition of ethnologue 19 th edition, it is the 23 rd largest language in the world with an estimated number of first language speakers of 60. Map langscapes interactive map allows you zoom to any spot on the globe and see what languages are natively spoken there. As census methods in different countries vary to a considerable extent, and given that some countries do not record language in their censuses, any list of languages by native speakers, or total speakers, is effectively based. Huffman has classified the languages of the ethnologue into broader groupings following merritt ruhlens a guide to the worlds languages. Part ii, language maps, comprises the complete set of language maps. Lists language family, indigenous name, alternate names and dialect names. The ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that includes language data, maps and assessments of vitality for each of the worlds 7,102 known living languages. Handbook of the changing world language map pp 116 cite as. World map in various languages india map, map of india. Of the living languages, 43 are institutional, 70 are developing, 45 are vigorous, are in trouble, and 10 are dying. Languages around the world with international language codes languages of the world and where they are spoken, a list of language names in english and french with iso 6392 alpha3 as well as some of the alpha2 language.
Clicking on a language name will display an information window below the map containing basic data about the language and its speakers. Languages of the world pdf free download the ethnologue. The online edition of the atlas is complementary to the print edition it does not reproduce the regional and thematic chapters of the print version, but it offers additional information on the listed endangered languages. Find, read about, and research all 7097 living languages. The worlds languages, in 7 maps and charts washington post. Languages of the world is a comprehensive reference work that provides information and statistics for all of the world s known living languages. Languages of the world is a webbased publication that contains statistics for 7,457 languages in its 19th.
The following languages are listed as having at least 10 million first language speakers in the 2019 edition of ethnologue, a language reference published by sil international, which is based in the united states. The term family reflects the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a biological family tree, or in a subsequent modification, to. Join this global effort to conserve linguistic diversity. The purpose of the ethnologue comes closer to a catalog than an encyclopedia. Ethnologue is the ultimate source of information on the worlds languages. The resulting gis data is used by sil to produce maps for the ethnologue and other. Ethnologue, languages of the world save to favorites. Languages of the world, 16th edition is the comprehensive reference volume that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. The language map page 17 shows the locations of the listed languages. Languages of the world is pleased to announce that the 18 th edition is now. Ethnologue, languages of the world university of michigan. The following table contains the top 100 languages by estimated number of native speakers in the 2007 edition of the swedish encyclopedia nationalencyklopedin. See where every language in a country is spoken, plus.
Sixteenth edition 2009 an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world s 6,909 known living languages. Sils main purpose is to study, develop and document. For these assumptions to be successful, the target language must be used most of the time. This figure does not include the datadeficient languages, for which no reliable information is available. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The ethnologue language family index organizes languages according to language families. Around 7,000 languages worldwide data from 1999 edition of ethnologue 873 322 309 181 177 171 145 122 95 77 76 70 68 vietnamese 67 67 66 65 61 55 51 language number of native speakers mill. Languages of the world department of computer science. The following languages are listed as having 50 million or more native speakers in the 2015 edition of ethnologue, a language reference published by sil international based in the us.
Twentythree of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. According to the atlas, almost 3,000 languages around the world are either extinct or under threat of becoming so. This web edition of the ethnologue may be cited as. World language map, world map with spoken languages. The term family reflects the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a biological family tree, or in a subsequent modification, to species in a. The ethnologue has been an active research project for more than fifty years. List of languages by number of native speakers wikipedia. Download free ethnologue languages of the world 16th edition pdf. A map annotation project syntactic structures of the worlds languages merritt ruhlens interactive maps language families linguistic maps from matthew dryers language map collection by language family typological language maps also by matthew dryer steve. Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by almost 37 million people in the u. According to ethnologue simons and fennig 2018, only about 400 of the worlds languages have more than a. Some of the most widely spoken languages of the world by population.
And yet this important cultural heritage is at risk. Download world map in different languages like arabic, german, persian, russian, hindi, dutch, chinese, urdu and much more. There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. This incredible map shows the worlds most common languages. Speaker totals are generally not reliable, as they add together estimates from different dates and usually uncited sources. For the convenience of users, we include links to country map collections on our own university of texas at austin map collection web site.
Jan 22, 2015 ethnologue explore the languages of the world ethnologue contains information on 7,106 known living languages. December 10, 2010 page 3 of 27 the colorado academic standards for world languages are based on these four assumptions. Online release of ethnologues 18th editionupdated data. Download free ethnologue languages of the world 16th. Some of the most widely spoken languages of the world by population are chinese, spanish, english, bengali, hindi.
Languages are vehicles of our cultures, collective memory and values, unesco wrote in its atlas of the worlds languages in danger. It was published for the first time in 1951 by the summer institute of linguistics sil and provides information for all known living languages and languages that have become extinct after 1951. Hindi is one of 461 languages currently spoken in india. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. As their exact number is unknown, datadeficient languages are presented together with the safe ones on the above chart. Unlock country maps with a standard plan see where every language in united states is spoken, plus. At least 43% of the estimated 6000 languages spoken in the world are endangered. Pdf what could be more natural for the linguistics profession than a. This beautiful map shows the worlds most common languages. Request pdf on sep 1, 2001, alexandra filhon and others published ethnologue. Click on the link above to read the terms for use of this linguistic world map on your web page. Ethnologue as a global sourcebook on linguistic diversity. Since 1951, ethnologue has been an active research project involving hundreds of linguists and other researchers around the world.
Top languages by population ethnologue 2019, 22nd edition. Unlock country maps with a standard plan see where every language in thailand is spoken, plus. The world language mapping system wlms version 19 is the most comprehensive, uptodate, and trusted geographic dataset of the point and area polygon locations of the world s nearly 7,100 living language groups. Up until the 16th edition in 2009, the publication was a printed. Or maybe you are a student or teacher who would like to learn more about the linguistic, phonetic and cultural composition of the worlds languages. The map was created by alberto lucas lopez, an infographic journalist, for the south china morning post. Of the 430 million people worldwide who speak english, 56% are not native speakers. We have a list of the top 52 world languages by estimated number of native speakers. Languages of the world, 15th edition is a comprehensive reference volume that catalogs all the known living languages in the world today. Ethnologue explore the languages of the world ethnologue. Ethnologue map main spoken languages of myanmar mimu0v02. Click on the pronouncing american english languages or the countries on the map to learn about some of the worlds. Includes estimate of number of speakers, writing scripts used, availability of literature. Ethnologue as a global sourcebook on linguistic diversity and.
The worlds languages captured in 6 charts world economic forum. The number of individual languages listed for philippines is 185. Stephen huffman creator also of the unknown language identification page, shows samples of truly beautiful language maps the complete maps are large pdf files dr. For additional information see complete documentation in pdf. Navigation map and statistical summary for the language situation in the world. The ethnologue is a comprehensive language catalogue which is used as a reference work by linguists all over the world. Learn about different languages of the world world. This language map of the world is intended for representational purposes and no claim to technical accuracy is made. Languages of the world gerhard jager university of tubingen, october 19, 2010. It is widely regarded as the most comprehensive source of information of its kind. Unesco interactive atlas of the worlds languages in danger.
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