1 AA Afar Djibouti, N Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br.
2 AB * Abkhazian Abkhazia (Georgia) Caucasian F.
3 AF Afrikaans South Africa, Namibia Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 10
4 AM Amharic Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 20
5 AR * Arabic Middle East, N Africa Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 218
6 AS Assamese Assam (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 23
7 AY Aymara Bolivia, Peru Andean-Equatorial F., Andean Br. 2
8 AZ * Azerbaijani Iran, Azerbaijan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 15
9 BA * Bashkir Bashkir (S Urals, Russia) Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 1
10 BE * Byelorussian Byelorussia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 10
11 BG * Bulgarian Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 9
12 BH Bihari Bihar (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br.
13 BI Bislama Vanuatu, New Caledonia English based creole, Pacific
14 BN Bengali, Bangla Bangladesh, West Bengal (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 196
15 BO Tibetan Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br. 5 BO from Bodskad
16 BR * Breton Britanny (W France) Indo-European F., Celtic Br.
17 CA * Catalan Catalania (NE Spain), Balearic Islands, Sardinia, S France, Andorra, Argentina Indo-European F., Italic Br. 9
18 CO * Corsican Corsica (France) Indo-European F., Italic Br.
19 CS * Czech Czech Republic Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 11
20 CY Welsh Wales (United Kingdom) Indo-European F., Celtic Br.
21 DA * Danish Denmark, Germany Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 5
22 DE * German Germany, Austria, Switzerland, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 121 DE from Deutsch
23 DZ Bhutani, Bhutanese Bhutan Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br.
24 EL * Greek Greece, Cyprus, Turkey Indo-European F., Hellenic Br. 12
25 EN * English North America, British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 470
26 EO * Esperanto 2 Artificial language
27 ES * Spanish Spain, Latin America, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Italic Br. 381
28 ET * Estonian Estonia Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 1
29 EU * Basque W Pyrenees (France, Spain) (Isolate) EU from Euskera
30 FA Persian Iran, Afghanistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 35 FA from Farsi
31 FI * Finnish, Suomi Finland, Russia, Sweden Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 6
32 FJ Fiji, Fijian Fiji Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br.
33 FO * Faroese, Faeroese Faeroe Islands (Denmark) Indo-European F., Germanic Br.
34 FR * French France, Belgium, Canada, U.S.A., Switzerland Indo-European F., Italic Br. 124
35 FY * Frisian Frisian Islands (Netherlands-Germany) Indo-European F., Germanic Br.
36 GA * Irish Ireland Indo-European F., Celtic Br. GA from Gaeilge
37 GD * Scots Gaelic Scotland Indo-European F., Celtic Br.
38 GL * Galician Spanish Galicia Indo-European F., Italic Br. 4
39 GN Guaran? Paraguay, Bolivia, S Brazil Andean-Equatorial F., Equatorial Br. 4
40 GU Gujarati, Gujerati Gujarat (India), Bombay, Pakistan, South Africa Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 40
41 HA Hausa N Nigeria, Niger, Cameroun Hamito-Semitic F., Chadic Br. 37
42 HE * Hebrew Israel Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 5 Formerly IW from Iwrith. See Note 4.
43 HI Hindi India, Pakistan, Trinidad, Guyana, Fiji, Mauritius Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 418 Same as Urdu [UR] except for writing system. See Note 3.
44 HR * Croatian, Croat Croatia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. HR from Hrvatski. See Note 2.
45 HU * Hungarian, Magyar Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 14
46 HY * Armenian Armenia, Middle East Indo-European F., Armenian Br. 5 HY from Hayeren
47 IA Interlingua Artificial language
48 ID Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. Formerly IN. See Note 4.
49 IE Interlingue Artificial language. Prototype of Interlingua [IA]
50 IK Inupiak Greenland, N Canada, Alaska (U.S.A.) Eskimo-Aleut F.
51 IS * Icelandic Iceland Indo-European F., Germanic Br. IS from Islenzk
52 IT * Italian Italy, U.S.A., France, Argentina, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil Indo-European F., Italic Br. 62
53 IU Inuktitut NE Canada Eskimo-Aleut F. See Note 5.
54 JA * Japanese, Nihongo Japan, Brazil, California (U.S.A.), Hawaii (U.S.A.) Japanese-Korean F. 126
55 JW Javanese Java, Malaysia, Surinam Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 64 JW from Bahasa Jawa
56 KA * Georgian Georgia Caucasian F. 3 KA from Kartuli
57 KK * Kazakh Kazakhstan, Sinkiang (China), Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8
58 KL * Greenlandic Greenland Eskimo-Aleut F. KL from Kalaallisut
59 KM Cambodian Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam Austric F., Austrio-Asiatic Br. 9 KM from Khmer
60 KN Kannada Karnatuka (India) Dravidian F. 44
61 KO * Korean, Choson-o South Korea, North Korea, NE China, Japan, Siberia, Hawaii (U.S.A.) Japanese-Korean F. 75
62 KS Kashmiri Kashmir (India-Pakistan) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 4
63 KU Kurdish, Zimany Kurdy Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 11
64 KY Kirghiz Kirghiz, Sinkiang (China), Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 2 KY from Kyrgyz
65 LA * Latin Indo-European F., Italic Br. Ancient language nearing extinction
66 LN Lingala, liNgala Zaire, Congo Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7
67 LO Laothian, Pha Xa Lao, Lao Laos, Thailand Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 4
68 LT * Lithuanian Lithuania Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 3
69 LV * Latvian, Lettish Latvia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2
70 MG Malagasy Madagascar Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 12
71 MI Maori New Zealand Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br.
72 MK * Macedonian Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2
73 ML Malayalam Kerala (SW India) Dravidian F. 35
74 MN Mongolian Mongolia Uralo-Altaic F., Mongolic Br.
76 MR Marathi, Mahrati Maharashtra (W India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 69
77 MS Malay Malaysia, Indonesia Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 155 MS from Bahasa Malaysia
78 MT * Maltese Malta Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br.
79 MY Burmese Burma, Bangladesh Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br. 30 MY from Myanmasa
80 NA Nauru, Nauruan Nauru Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br.
81 NE Nepali, Nepalese Nepal, Uttar Pradesh (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 16
82 NL * Dutch Netherlands, Belgium Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 21 NL from Nederlands
83 NO * Norwegian Norway Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 5
84 OC * Occitan S France Indo-European F., Italic Br. 4
85 OM (Afan) Oromo, Galla Ethiopia, Kenya Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br. 10
86 OR Oriya Orissa (E India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 31
87 PA Punjabi Punjab (India), Pakistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 93 PA from Panjabi
88 PL * Polish Poland, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 44
89 PS Pashto, Pushto, Pushtu Afghanistan, Pakistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 21
90 PT * Portuguese Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Azores, Goa, Madeira Indo-European F., Italic Br. 182
91 QU Quechua Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Andean-Equatorial F., Andean Br. 8
92 RM * Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romansch S Switzerland, N Italy, Tyrol (Austria) Indo-European F., Italic Br.
93 RN Kirundi, kiRundi Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br.
94 RO * Romanian, Rumanian Rumania Indo-European F., Italic Br. 25
95 RU * Russian Russia, former USSR republics Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 288
96 RW Kinyarwanda, kinyaRuanda Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. RW from Rwanda
97 SA Sanskrit India Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. Ancient language
98 SD Sindhi Pakistan, Sind (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 18
99 SG Sangho, Sango-Ngbandi Central African Republic, Zaire Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 4
100 SH * Serbo-Croatian Croatia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 20 See Note 2.
101 SI Singhalese, Sinhalese Sri Lanka Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 13
102 SK * Slovak Slovakia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 5
103 SL * Slovenian, Slovene Slovenia, Italy, Austria Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2
104 SM Samoan Samoa Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br.
105 SN Shona, chiShona Rhodesia, Mozambique Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 8
106 SO Somali Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br. 5
107 SQ * Albanian Albania, Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Italy, Greece Indo-European F., Albanian Br. 5 SQ from Shqip
108 SR * Serbian Serbia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. SR from Srpski. See Note 2.
109 SS Siswati, siSwati South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br.
110 ST Sesotho, siSuthu South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br.
111 SU Sundanese West Java Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 26
112 SV * Swedish Sweden, Finland Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 9 SV from Svenska
113 SW Swahili, kiSwahili Tanzania, Comoro Islands, Kenya, Mozambique, Zaire Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 48
114 TA Tamil Tamil Nadu (S India), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore Dravidian F. 71
115 TE Telugu, Telegu Andhra Pradesh (India) Dravidian F. 73
116 TG Tajik, Tajiki Tadzhikstan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 5
117 TH * Thai Thailand 50
118 TI Tigrinya N Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 4
119 TK Turkmen, Turkoman, Turcoman Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 3
120 TL Tagalog Philippines Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 54
121 TN Setswana South Africa
122 TO Tonga Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7
123 TR * Turkish Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Greece Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 59
125 TT Tatar, Tartar Tatarstan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8
126 TW Twi, Tshi W Africa Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br.
127 UG Uigur, Uighur, Uyghur Sinkiang (China), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8 See Note 5.
128 UK * Ukrainian Ukraine, Canada, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 47
129 UR Urdu Pakistan, India Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 102 Same as Hindi [HI] except for writing system. See Note 3.
130 UZ Uzbek, Uzbeg, Usbek, Usbeg Uzbekstan, Tadzhikstan, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 14
131 VI Vietnamese Viet Nam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, France, Dakar Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 65
132 VO Volap?k Artificial language
133 WO Wolof Senegal, Gambia Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7
134 XH Xhosa, Xosa, isiXhosa South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 8
135 YI * Yiddish U.S.A., Israel, former USSR, Latin America, Canada, E Europe Indo-European F., Germanic Br. Formerly JI from Jiddisch. See Note 4.
136 YO Yoruba Western, Lagos and Kwara States (Nigeria), Benin Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 20
137 ZA Zhuang, Chwang, Chuang China 15 See Note 5.
138 ZH * Chinese China Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 1,200 ZH from Zhongwen. See Note 1.
139 ZU Zulu, isiZulu South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 9