| Language Family
|
Languages
|
Speakers (MM)
|
Where Spoken |
| Indo-European |
430
|
2562.90
|
Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Maldives, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey,
USA, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela |
| Sino-Tibetan |
399
|
1275.53
|
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar,
Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| Niger-Congo |
1,514
|
358.09
|
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia,
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Afro-Asiatic |
353
|
339.50
|
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan,
Yemen |
| Austronesian |
1,246
|
311.70
|
Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji,
French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall
Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand,
Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA,
Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna |
| Dravidian |
73
|
221.52
|
India, Nepal, Pakistan |
| Altaic |
64
|
145.07
|
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan |
| Tai-Kadai |
74
|
78.38
|
China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| Nilo-Saharan |
197
|
34.95
|
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Uralic |
36
|
22.62
|
Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
| Trans New Guinea |
564
|
3.36
|
Australia, East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
