Languages Of The World 1-24
24 entries in the Languages Of The World compendium.
Sign languageVisual-manual languages with full grammatical complexity equal to spoken languages.Sindhi languageA major South Asian language with ancient roots and modern official status.Sinhala languageAn Indo-Aryan language of Sri Lanka with deep Buddhist literary roots.Sino-Tibetan languagesThe vast majority are the 1.3 billion native speakers of Sinitic languages. Other languageSlavic languagesLargest ethno-linguistic group in Europe, with over 20 languages.Somali languageA Cushitic language spoken by millions across the Horn of Africa.Spanish languageA global Romance language originating from the Kingdom of Castile.Sumerian languageOldest attested language, isolate, spoken in ancient Mesopotamia.Sundanese languageAustronesian language spoken by 32 million in western Java.SwahiliA Bantu lingua franca with significant Arabic influence.Swedish languageNorth Germanic language spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland.Tagalog languageAustronesian language basis of Filipino, national language of the Philippines.Tamil languageTamil (தமிழ், Tamiḻ) is a Dravidian language spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia, conTelugu languageTelugu is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and TelanganaThai languageThai is the sole official language of Thailand.Turkic languagesThe Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages spoken by Turkish languageMost widely spoken Turkic language, official in Turkey and Cyprus.Ukrainian languageEast Slavic language of Ukraine, with deep historical roots.Uralic languagesLanguage family spoken across Europe and North Asia.UrduUrdu is an Indo-Aryan language and national lingua franca of Pakistan.Uto-Aztecan languagesA major Native American language family spanning the US and Mexico.Uzbek languageUzbek is the second-most widely spoken Turkic language.Vietnamese languageAustroasiatic language of Vietnam with over 86 million native speakers.Wu ChineseA major Chinese language group preserving medieval voiced initials.
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