Lists of languages

This page lists published lists of languages.

It also provides an index to Wikipedia list articles listing languages.

Published lists

According to SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World (12th Edition, 1992, ISBN 1-55671-216-2), there are over 6,900 spoken languages.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639
- List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (136 major languages)
- List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes
- List of ISO 639-3 codes – three-letter codes, intended to "cover all known natural languages"
- List of ISO 639-5 codes – three-letter codes for language families and groups
Linguasphere Observatory (LS-2010, totalling over 32,800 coded entries & over 70,900 linguistic names)
IETF language tag

Lists which are global in scope (all living natural languages would classify for inclusion):

Extinct, endangered or revived languages

By status or cultural sphere of influence

Special types of languages

By continent	Africa Americas North South Asia East South Europe Oceania

By country	Official languages by state List of languages without official status Countries by the number of recognized official languages Languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language Most widely spoken languages (by number of countries)

By population	By number of native speakers By number of total speakers Languages in censuses

By family	Language families

Language-based geopolitical organizations	Arab League (Arabic) Dutch Language Union (Dutch) Commonwealth of Nations (English) Francophonie (French) Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese) Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese) Latin Union (Romance) Turkic Council (Turkic) International Organization of Turkic Culture (Turkic)

See also	Lists of languages Category:Languages