Lists of languages

This page lists published lists of languages.

Published lists

SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639
- List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 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
IETF language tag - depends on ISO 639, but provides various expansion mechanisms
Glottolog
Linguasphere Observatory (LS-2010, totalling over 32,800 coded entries & over 70,900 linguistic names)

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

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) English Speaking Union Francophonie (French) Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese) Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese) Latin Union (Romance) Hispanidad (Spanish) Turkic Council (Turkic) International Organization of Turkic Culture (Turkic)

See also	Lists of languages Category:Languages

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