Afrikaans is natively spoken by about 8.3 million people, primarily in South Africa and Namibia, with smaller communities in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and...

Albanian is natively spoken by approximately 4.9 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo, with significant communities in North...

Ancient Greek was spoken by people in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE. It is the language...

Arabic (Standard), also known as Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), is natively spoken by 364 million people across the world, including countries in the Middle East...

Armenian is natively spoken by about 2.6 million people, primarily in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora in Russia, the United States, France, and...

Azerbaijani is natively spoken by about 22 million people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran, with smaller communities in Russia, Turkey...

Basque is natively spoken by about 800,000 people in the Basque Country, a region spanning parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is unique...

Belarusian is natively spoken by about 3.6 million people, primarily in Belarus, with smaller communities in Russia, Poland, and Ukraine. It is a significant aspect of...

Bengali is natively spoken by approximately 280 million people, primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, making it one...

Bulgarian is natively spoken by about 4.9 million people, primarily in Bulgaria, with smaller communities in Serbia, Greece, and among the Bulgarian diaspora...

Burmese is natively spoken by about 33 million people, primarily in Myanmar (Burma). It is the official language and a crucial part of Burmese cultural...

Cantonese is natively spoken by about 90 million people, primarily in Guangdong province and Hong Kong, as well as among the Chinese diaspora in...

Catalan is natively spoken by about 8.1 million people, primarily in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands in Spain, as well as in parts of...

Czech is natively spoken by about 8.6 million people, primarily in the Czech Republic, with smaller communities in Slovakia and the Czech diaspora...

Danish is natively spoken by about 5.5 million people primarily in Denmark, with smaller communities in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and among...

Dutch is natively spoken by about 24 million people, primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, with smaller communities in Suriname, the Caribbean, and the...

Estonian is natively spoken by about 950,000 people, primarily in Estonia. It is a central part of Estonian cultural identity, known for its rich tradition in folk...

Finnish is natively spoken by about 5.1 million people, primarily in Finland, with smaller communities in Sweden and the Finnish diaspora. It is a crucial part of...

French is natively spoken by approximately 105 million people worldwide, primarily in France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, and parts of...

Georgian is natively spoken by about 2.6 million people, primarily in Georgia and among the Georgian diaspora. It is integral to Georgian cultural...

German is natively spoken by about 90 million people, primarily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. It is a...

Greek (Modern) is natively spoken by about 11 million people, primarily in Greece and Cyprus, with communities worldwide due to the historical...

Gujarati is natively spoken by approximately 64 million people, primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat and among the Gujarati diaspora in countries...

Haitian Creole is natively spoken by about 11.5 million people, primarily in Haiti and among Haitian communities in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean...

Hawaiian is natively spoken by about 2,000 people, primarily in Hawaii, where it is an official language alongside English. It is integral to Native Hawaiian cultural...

Hebrew is natively spoken by about 6 million people, primarily in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide. It is central to Jewish cultural...

Hindi is natively spoken by about 570 million people, primarily in India, where it is one of the official languages alongside English. It is integral to Indian...

Hungarian is natively spoken by about 9.3 million people, primarily in Hungary and among Hungarian communities in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, and Ukraine...

Icelandic is natively spoken by about 366,000 people, primarily in Iceland. It is integral to Icelandic cultural identity, known for its preservation of Old...

Irish (Gaeilge) is natively spoken by about 217,000 people, primarily in Ireland, where it is an official language alongside English. It is integral to Irish...

Italian is natively spoken by approximately 56 million people, primarily in Italy, Switzerland, and San Marino, with significant communities in the...

Japanese is natively spoken by about 125 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is integral to Japanese cultural identity, known for...

Kazakh is natively spoken by about 13 million people, primarily in Kazakhstan, where it is the official language, and in neighboring countries with...

Khmer is natively spoken by about 16 million people, primarily in Cambodia, where it is the official language. It is integral to Khmer cultural identity...

Korean is natively spoken by around 77 million people, primarily in South Korea and North Korea, with significant communities in China, the...

Kyrgyz is natively spoken by about 4.5 million people, primarily in Kyrgyzstan, where it is the official language, and in neighboring countries with...

Lao is natively spoken by about 21 million people, primarily in Laos, where it is the official language, and among Lao communities in Thailand and the...

Latin was spoken by the ancient Romans and used as a lingua franca throughout the Roman Empire. It is the predecessor of the Romance languages and has...

Latvian is natively spoken by about 1.1 million people, primarily in Latvia, where it is the official language. It is integral to Latvian cultural identity, known...

Lithuanian is natively spoken by about 2.5 million people, primarily in Lithuania, where it is the official language. It is integral to Lithuanian cultural...

Luxembourgish is natively spoken by about 350,000 people, primarily in Luxembourg, where it is one of the official languages alongside French and German. It...

Macedonian is natively spoken by about 1.4 million people, primarily in North Macedonia, where it is the official language, and among...

Malay-Indonesian is natively spoken by about 53 million people, primarily in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore. It is integral to Malay...

Malayalam is natively spoken by about 45.6 million people, primarily in the Indian state of Kerala and among Malayali communities in the Middle East...

Maltese is natively spoken by about 500,000 people, primarily in Malta, where it is the official language. It is integral to Maltese cultural identity, known...

Mandarin is natively spoken by 925 million people, primarily in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. It is a key part of the cultural and national identity of the...

Mongolian is natively spoken by about 5.5 million people, primarily in Mongolia, where it is the official language, and among Mongolian communities in...

Māori is natively spoken by about 67,000 people, primarily in New Zealand, where it is an official language. It is integral to Māori cultural identity, known...

Nepali is natively spoken by about 13.7 million people, primarily in Nepal, where it is the official language, and among Nepali communities in India and Bhutan...

Norwegian is natively spoken by about 5.2 million people, primarily in Norway, where it has two official written forms: Bokmål and Nynorsk. It is integral to Norwegian...

Pashto is natively spoken by about 50 million people, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is an official language. It is integral to Pashtun...

Persian is natively spoken by about 73 million people, primarily in Afghanistan, where it is one of the official languages. It is integral to Afghan cultural identity...

Polish is natively spoken by about 35 million people, primarily in Poland, where it is the official language. It is integral to Polish cultural identity, known for its...

Portuguese is natively spoken by about 228 million people, primarily in Portugal and Brazil, with significant communities in Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde...

Punjabi is natively spoken by about 152 million people, primarily in the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan, where it is an official language. It is...

Romanian is natively spoken by about 17 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova, where it is the official language. It is integral to Romanian cultural...

Russian is natively spoken by about 143 million people, primarily in Russia, where it is the official language, and among Russian-speaking communities in former...

Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian (otherwise known as one language: Serbo-Croatian) are natively spoken by about 13 million people...

Sinhala is natively spoken by about 1.6 million people, primarily in Sri Lanka, where it is an official language. It is integral to Sinhalese cultural...

Slovak is natively spoken by about 4.5 million people, primarily in Slovakia, where it is the official language. It is integral to Slovak cultural identity, known for...

Slovene is natively spoken by about 2 million people, primarily in Slovenia, where it is the official language. It is integral to Slovenian cultural identity, known for...

Spanish is natively spoken by approximately 487 million people worldwide, primarily in Spain and Latin America, with growing communities in...

Swahili is natively spoken by about 10 million people, primarily in East Africa, where it is a lingua franca. It is integral to Swahili cultural identity...

Swedish is natively spoken by about 10 million people, primarily in Sweden, where it is the official language, and among Swedish-speaking communities in...

Tagalog (Filipino) is natively spoken by about 44 million people, primarily in the Philippines, where it is one of the official languages. It is one aspect...

Tamil is natively spoken by about 87 million people, primarily in Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore, where it has official status. It is integral to Tamil...

Thai is natively spoken by about 38 million people, primarily in Thailand, where it is the official language. It is integral to Thai cultural identity, known for its...

Turkish is natively spoken by about 76 million people primarily in Turkey, where it is the official language, and among Turkish communities in Europe and...

Turkmen is natively spoken by about 4.6 million people, primarily in Turkmenistan, where it is the official language, and among Turkmen communities...

Ukrainian is natively spoken by about 24 million people, primarily in Ukraine, where it is the official language, and among Ukrainian communities in...

Urdu is natively spoken by about 89 million people, primarily in Pakistan and India, where it is one of the official languages. It is integral to Urdu cultural identity...

Uzbek is natively spoken by about 34 million people, primarily in Uzbekistan, where it is the official language, and among Uzbek communities in...

Vietnamese is natively spoken by about 85 million people, primarily in Vietnam, where it is the official language. It is integral to Vietnamese cultural identity...

Welsh is natively spoken by about 650,000 people, primarily in Wales (UK), where it is an official language alongside English. It is integral to Welsh cultural...

Xhosa is natively spoken by about 9.7 million people, primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the official languages. It is integral to Xhosa cultural identity...

Yiddish is natively spoken by about 500,000 people worldwide, primarily among Ashkenazi Jewish communities in the United States, Israel, and Europe. It is integral to Ashkenazi...

Yoruba is natively spoken by about 41 million people, primarily in Nigeria, where it is one of the official languages, and among Yoruba communities in Benin...

Zulu is natively spoken by about 14 million people, primarily in South Africa and neighboring countries, where it is one of the official languages. It is...