Punjabi (also known as Pañjābī) is a member of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. Eastern Punjabi is spoken as a first language primarily in the state of Punjab of India by 27 million people (Ethnologue). Western Punjabi (also known as Lahnda) is spoken by 60 million people in the Punjab province of Pakistan (Ethnologue). There are also speakers of these more »
Catalan, also known as Català, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, belongs to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by 6.9 million people in Spain with a total world population of 7.2 million people. In addition, there are 5 million second-language speakers of Catalan. In Spain Catalan is spoken in the Barcelona area, Catalonia, Valencia provinces, Balearic Islands, Carche more »
Yiddish (ייִדיש) belongs to the Western group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is likely that it developed in central Europe from Middle High German dialects in the 11th-3th centuries AD. It has been spoken by the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe and their descendants around the world ever since then. The name yidish in Yiddish means ‘Jewish.’ more »
Turkish (Türkçe), the westernmost of the Turkic languages, belongs to the Turkic branch of the Altaic language family. It is the largest of the Turkic languages in terms of number of speakers. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between Turkish and other Oghuz languages such as Azerbaijani,Turkmen, and Qashqai. Turkey occupies a central geographical meeting point between Asia and Europe. Anatolia, the western more »
Mandarin (pŭtōnghuà, guóyŭ, huáyŭ) is the most widely spoken of all Chinese dialects. It is spoken as a first language in a vast area of northern and southwestern mainland China. It is also spoken in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, and Viet Nam. The total number of more »
Tamil (தமிழ்) belongs to the Southern branch of the Dravidian language family. It has been spoken in southern India and northeasternSri Lanka from prehistoric times. Tamil is spoken as a native language by 61.5 million people in India, primarily in Tamil Naduand neighboring states and in northeastern Sri Lanka. During the British rule of India, Tamil-speaking indentured laborers were sent to many parts more »
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Ethnologue lists 6,912 living languages in the world today. Keep in mind, however, that the number of languages may never be determined exactly. Please select a language from the drop down menu below to learn more about its history, status, sound system, grammar, vocabulary, writing and much more…
Oromo, also called Afaan Oromo and Oromiffa, is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is the third most widely spoken language ... more »
Esperanto (Esperantlingva) is the most widely spoken constructed (or artificial) international language. A constructed language is one whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are artificially designed rather ... more »
