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Description of languages families in Wikipedia
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Contents Language group Articles Users gem: Germanic 17,262,930 301,386 itc: Romance 10,634,075 107,566 sla: Slavic 8,720,880 41,742 phi: Philippine 7,497,281 729 sem: Semitic 3,402,073 12,878 Common Turkic: Common Turkic 2,685,961 6,603 zhx: Sinitic 2,225,416 15,176 poz--phi: South-Western Malayo-Polynesian 1,805,482 7,998 iir: Iranian 1,582,116 7,857 fiu: Finno-Ugric 1,539,616 6,778 inc: Indo-Aryan 1,529,023 4,570 jpx: Japonic 1,509,791 23,899 mkh: Mon-Khmer 1,319,829 4,591 ccn-e: Northeast Caucasian 878,486 162 Koreanic: Koreanic 753,950 5,730 art: Constructed 591,669 770 euq: Vasconic 491,894 491 cel: Celtic 470,368 438 bat: Baltic 389,074 968 dra: Dravidian 360,328 1,151 hyx: Armenian 343,898 711 grk: Hellenic 271,642 2,403 ccs: Kartvelian 219,668 365 bnt: Bantoid 212,946 761 tai: Tai 212,213 2,914 tbq: Tibeto-Burman 209,003 448 cdc: Chadic 107,905 359 sqj: Albanian 106,036 311 cpf: French-based creoles 73,083 74 Oghur: Oghur 59,090 42 alv: Atlantic 49,459 258 Igboid: Igboid 48,007 142 Yoruboid: Yoruboid 39,687 103 xgn: Mongolic 32,291 262 ber: Berber 30,280 94 qwe: Quechuan 24,547 34 xnd: Na-Dené 22,667 19 Polynesian: Polynesian 17,326 91 mun: Munda 15,449 52 Kwa: Kwa 14,018 107 cus: Cushitic 13,895 166 cpe: English-based pidgins and creoles 12,847 109 ccn-w: Northwest Caucasian 8,938 77 fox: Formosan 8,067 53 tup: Tupian 6,032 28 cpp: Portuguese-based creoles 5,575 26 Aymaran: Aymaran 5,285 19 azc: Uto-Aztecan 4,328 29 alg: Algonquian 4,085 28 Malay-Creoles: Malay pidgins and creoles 3,334 22 Spanish-Creoles: Spanish-based creoles 2,856 18 dmn: Mande 2,622 32 Saharan: Saharan 1,950 19 East Fijian: East Fijian 1,726 15 Timor-Babar: Timor-Babar 1,533 86 esx: Inuit 1,029 41 iro: Iroquoian 999 22 awd: Arawakan 705 27 Ubangian: Ubangian 374 9 Nilotic: Nilotic 337 13 Muskogean: Muskogean 7 1 (closed) Micronesian: Micronesian 4 5 (closed) Papuan Tip: Papuan Tip 3 1 (closed)
Map is showing how many articles of each European language there were (as of January 2019). 1 square represents 10,000 articles. Languages with less than 10,000 articles are represented with one square. Languages are grouped by language family and each language family is presented by a separate colour.
Code Language Articles Users en: English (English)7,208,223 249,387 de: German (Deutsch)3,135,711 32,988 sv: Swedish (Svenska)2,626,833 4,095 nl: Dutch (Nederlands)2,223,005 7,388 no: Norwegian (Bokmål) (Norsk (Bokmål))686,345 1,556 da: Danish (Dansk)315,009 1,350 simple: Simple English (Simple English)283,197 3,083 nn: Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Nynorsk)178,108 147 af: Afrikaans (Afrikaans)129,790 251 nds: Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch)85,907 54 lb: Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch)67,472 104 is: Icelandic (Íslenska)61,138 211 fy: West Frisian (Frysk)60,345 76 sco: Scots (Scots)34,214 106 als: Alemannic (Alemannisch)31,722 103 bar: Bavarian (Boarisch)27,230 68 frr: North Frisian (Nordfriisk)21,280 28 yi: Yiddish (ייִדיש)15,752 48 li: Limburgish (Limburgs)15,213 39 fo: Faroese (Føroyskt)14,219 45 vls: West Flemish (West-Vlams)8,357 32 nds-nl: Dutch Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch)8,106 33 zea: Zeelandic (Zeêuws)7,399 40 ang: Anglo-Saxon (Englisc)5,225 65 stq: Saterland Frisian (Seeltersk)4,188 19 ksh: Ripuarian (Ripoarisch)3,038 14 pfl: Palatinate German (Pälzisch)2,865 15 pdc: Pennsylvania German (Deitsch)2,029 21 got: Gothic (𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺)1,010 20
Total: 17,262,930 articles, 301,386 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users fr: French (Français)2,769,422 33,365 es: Spanish (Español)2,125,181 36,479 it: Italian (Italiano)1,977,579 25,442 pt: Portuguese (Português)1,177,758 7,532 ca: Catalan (Català)797,877 1,513 ro: Romanian (Română)545,793 1,707 gl: Galician (Galego)232,436 382 lld: Ladin (Ladin)183,202 30 la: Latin (Latina)141,968 175 ast: Asturian (Asturianu)139,156 144 oc: Occitan (Occitan)90,808 138 an: Aragonese (Aragonés)84,918 103 lmo: Lombard (Lumbaart)80,169 46 pms: Piedmontese (Piemontèis)71,537 29 vec: Venetian (Vèneto)69,617 43 scn: Sicilian (Sicilianu)26,310 48 nap: Neapolitan (Napulitano / Nnapulitano)14,964 33 eml: Emilian-Romagnol (Emiliàn e rumagnòl)14,176 28 wa: Walloon (Walon)12,985 35 lij: Ligurian (Lìgure)11,564 27 roa-tara: Tarantino (Tarandíne)9,508 18 co: Corsican (Corsu)9,245 43 sc: Sardinian (Sardu)7,821 29 pcd: Picard (Picard)6,122 27 frp: Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)5,829 17 fur: Friulian (Furlan)5,177 25 nrm: Norman (Nouormand / Normaund)5,060 10 mwl: Mirandese (Mirandés)4,336 25 ext: Extremaduran (Estremeñu)4,238 16 lad: Ladino (Dzhudezmo)4,063 23 rm: Romansh (Rumantsch)3,867 24 roa-rup: Aromanian (Armãneashce)1,389 10
Total: 10,634,075 articles, 107,566 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ru: Russian (Русский)2,109,447 16,294 pl: Polish (Polski)1,701,362 9,250 uk: Ukrainian (Українська)1,427,805 4,755 sr: Serbian (Српски / Srpski)706,327 1,836 cs: Czech (Čeština)595,191 4,033 sh: Serbo-Croatian (Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски)461,865 321 bg: Bulgarian (Български)311,172 1,537 be: Belarusian (Беларуская)264,688 320 sk: Slovak (Slovenčina)260,465 1,125 hr: Croatian (Hrvatski)234,157 855 sl: Slovenian (Slovenščina)198,298 513 mk: Macedonian (Македонски)163,126 275 bs: Bosnian (Bosanski)98,468 209 be-tarask: Belarusian (Taraškievica) (Беларуская (тарашкевіца))91,184 194 szl: Silesian (Ślůnski)60,806 55 hsb: Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce)14,268 22 rue: Rusyn (Русиньскый)10,274 38 csb: Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi)5,671 39 dsb: Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski)3,444 18 cu: Old Church Slavonic (словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ)1,456 26 isv: Interslavic (Medžuslovjansky)1,434 0 rsk: Pannonian Rusyn (Руски язик)1,406 27
Total: 8,720,880 articles, 41,742 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ceb: Cebuano (Sinugboanong Binisaya)6,115,367 210 war: Waray (Winaray)1,266,912 68 tl: Tagalog (Tagalog)49,135 280 bcl: Central Bicolano (Bikol)22,346 74 ilo: Ilokano (Ilokano)15,527 41 gor: Gorontalo (Hulontalo)15,120 17 pam: Kapampangan (Kapampangan)10,221 21 pag: Pangasinan (Pangasinan)2,653 18
Total: 7,497,281 articles, 729 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users arz: Egyptian Arabic (مصرى / Maṣri)1,632,391 336 ar: Arabic (العربية)1,323,781 5,376 he: Hebrew (עברית)400,825 6,973 ary: Moroccan Arabic (الدارجة)19,144 47 am: Amharic (አማርኛ)15,699 60 mt: Maltese (Malti)7,886 44 arc: Aramaic (ܐܪܡܝܐ)1,920 13 ti: Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)365 18 tig: Tigre (ትግሬ)62 11
Total: 3,402,073 articles, 12,878 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users tt: Tatar (Tatarça / Татарча)708,915 83 tr: Turkish (Türkçe)690,036 4,348 uz: Uzbek (Oʻzbekcha / Ўзбекча)349,857 529 azb: South Azerbaijani (تۆرکجه)244,716 90 kk: Kazakh (Қазақша)244,266 328 az: Azerbaijani (Azərbaycanca)215,985 767 ky: Kyrgyz (Кыргызча)76,490 110 ba: Bashkir (Башҡорт)64,288 77 crh: Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatarca)29,717 52 sah: Sakha (Саха тыла / Saxa Tyla)18,212 40 kaa: Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaqsha)15,449 26 ug: Uyghur (ئۇيغۇر تىلى / Uyghurche / Уйғурчә)9,723 40 tk: Turkmen (Türkmen)7,206 45 tyv: Tuvan (Тыва)4,128 17 gag: Gagauz (Gagauz)3,008 22 krc: Karachay-Balkar (Къарачай-Малкъар / Qarachay-Malqar)2,855 17 alt: Altai (Алтай)1,110 12
Total: 2,685,961 articles, 6,603 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users zh: Chinese (中文)1,543,937 14,026 zh-min-nan: Min Nan (Bân-lâm-gú)434,303 90 zh-yue: Yue Chinese (粵語)150,822 838 wuu: Wu (吴语)48,281 80 cdo: Min Dong (Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄)16,725 15 zh-classical: Classical Chinese (古文 / 文言文)14,095 68 hak: Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話)10,436 20 gan: Gan (贛語)6,817 39
Total: 2,225,416 articles, 15,176 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users id: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)784,843 5,235 ms: Malay (Bahasa Melayu)439,830 2,006 min: Minangkabau (Minangkabau)229,711 49 mg: Malagasy (Malagasy)103,473 113 jv: Javanese (Basa Jawa)75,320 110 su: Sundanese (Basa Sunda)62,938 78 ban: Balinese (Basa Bali)38,209 87 bug: Buginese (Basa Ugi)15,959 20 gor: Gorontalo (Hulontalo)15,120 17 map-bms: Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan)13,972 20 ace: Acehnese (Bahsa Acèh)13,073 37 bjn: Banjar (Bahasa Banjar)12,130 103 mad: Madurese (Bhâsa Madhurâ)5,371 46 kge: Komering (Basa Kumoring)2,907 9 iba: Iban (Jaku Iban)2,473 20 nia: Nias (Li Niha)1,778 7 bbc: Toba Batak (Hata Batak Toba)1,442 20 btm: Mandailing Batak (Saro Mandailing)1,229 11 ch: Chamorro (Chamoru)582 17 bdr: West Coast Bajau (Bajau Sama)242 10
Total: 1,805,482 articles, 7,998 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users fi: Finnish (Suomi)621,475 2,946 hu: Hungarian (Magyar)571,168 2,761 et: Estonian (Eesti)260,851 841 mhr: Meadow Mari (Олык Марий / Olyk Marij)11,325 20 mrj: Hill Mari (Кырык Мары / Kyryk Mary)10,430 19 se: Northern Sámi (Davvisámegiella)7,907 20 myv: Erzya (Эрзянь / Erzjanj Kelj)7,870 16 mdf: Moksha (Мокшень / Mokshanj Kälj)7,629 23 vep: Veps (Vepsän)7,112 23 fiu-vro: Võro (Võro)6,909 15 smn: Inari Sámi (Anarâškielâ)6,716 21 udm: Udmurt (Удмурт кыл)5,917 16 kv: Komi (Коми)5,820 20 olo: Livvi-Karelian (Karjalan kieli)5,015 23 koi: Komi-Permyak (Перем Коми / Perem Komi)3,472 14
Total: 1,539,616 articles, 6,778 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users fa: Persian (فارسی)1,079,694 7,177 tg: Tajik (Тоҷикӣ)118,666 102 ku: Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی)91,905 104 ckb: Sorani (Soranî / کوردی)82,910 192 mzn: Mazandarani (مَزِروني)64,694 50 glk: Gilaki (گیلکی)48,309 71 diq: Zaza (Zazaki)42,706 41 os: Ossetian (Иронау)21,755 25 ps: Pashto (پښتو)21,321 55 tly: Talysh (تؤلشه زوؤن)10,155 39 lrc: Northern Luri (لۊری شومالی)1 1 (locked)
Total: 1,582,116 articles, 7,857 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ja: Japanese (日本語)1,509,791 23,899
Total: 1,319,829 articles, 4,591 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ur: Urdu (اردو)647,482 380 bn: Bengali (বাংলা)189,128 1,665 hi: Hindi (हिन्दी)170,513 955 mr: Marathi (मराठी)102,290 303 pnb: Western Punjabi (پنجابی)75,609 57 pa: Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)59,616 137 gu: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)30,863 89 ne: Nepali (नेपाली)29,911 141 si: Sinhalese (සිංහල)25,642 154 bpy: Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী)25,096 26 as: Assamese (অসমীয়া)24,651 158 skr: Saraiki (سرائیکی)24,645 19 sd: Sindhi (سنڌي)21,992 46 or: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)20,957 67 mai: Maithili (मैथिली)14,354 37 sa: Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)12,514 42 hif: Fiji Hindi (Fiji Hindi)12,376 67 ks: Kashmiri (كأشُر / कॉशुर)11,137 44 bh: Bhojpuri (भोजपुरी)9,118 66 dty: Doteli (डोटेली)3,739 19 mag: Magahi (मगही)3,653 0 gom: Goan Konkani (कोंकणी / Konknni)3,643 15 dv: Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް)3,218 20 awa: Awadhi (अवधी)2,897 21 anp: Angika (अंगिका)1,688 9 syl: Sylheti (ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ)1,231 14 rmy: Romani (rromani ćhib)758 10 pi: Pali (पालि)302 9
Total: 1,529,023 articles, 4,570 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ko: Korean (한국어)753,950 5,730
Total: 878,486 articles, 162 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users eo: Esperanto (Esperanto)387,752 407 io: Ido (Ido)62,740 65 vo: Volapük (Volapük)53,135 40 ia: Interlingua (Interlingua)30,470 36 avk: Kotava (Kotava)29,901 23 ie: Interlingue (Interlingue)13,705 27 lfn: Lingua Franca Nova (Lingua Franca Nova)4,655 22 tok: Toki Pona (toki pona)4,451 110 nov: Novial (Novial)2,070 18 jbo: Lojban (la .lojban.)1,356 22
Total: 591,669 articles, 770 active accounts.
For Interslavic (isv) see Slavic .
Code Language Articles Users eu: Basque (Euskara)491,894 491
Total: 470,368 articles, 438 active accounts.
Total: 389,074 articles, 968 active accounts.
Total: 360,328 articles, 1,151 active accounts.
Total: 343,898 articles, 711 active accounts.
Article share of Hellenic languages
Greek
99.755 %
Pontic
0.245 %
Active user share of Hellenic languages
Greek
99.334 %
Pontic
0.666 %
Total: 271,642 articles, 2,403 active accounts.
Total: 219,668 articles, 365 active accounts.
Total: 209,003 articles, 448 active accounts.
Total: 212,213 articles, 2,914 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users sw: Swahili (Kiswahili)120,970 197 tum: Tumbuka (chiTumbuka)19,212 30 zu: Zulu (isiZulu)12,418 52 sn: Shona (chiShona)11,716 18 rw: Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda)9,832 73 nso: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)8,940 20 lg: Luganda (Luganda)5,667 67 ln: Lingala (Lingala)5,217 23 tn: Tswana (Setswana)5,125 61 ki: Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ)2,489 18 xh: Xhosa (isiXhosa)2,437 58 st: Sesotho (Sesotho)1,960 40 kg: Kongo (KiKongo)1,954 18 ss: Swati (SiSwati)1,154 16 ny: Chichewa (Chichewa)1,121 16 ts: Tsonga (Xitsonga)1,094 20 ve: Venda (Tshivenda)899 17 rn: Kirundi (Kirundi)729 17 nr: Southern Ndebele (isiNdebele)327 11 ng: Ndonga (Oshiwambo)8 0 (closed) kj: Kuanyama (Kuanyama)4 0 (closed) hz: Herero (Otsiherero)0 0 (closed)
Total: 212,946 articles, 761 active accounts.
Total: 73,083 articles, 74 active accounts.
Total: 107,905 articles, 359 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users cv: Chuvash (Чӑвашла)59,090 42
Code Language Articles Users ig: Igbo (Igbo)48,007 142
Article share of Yoruboid languages
Yoruba
96.193 %
Igala
3.807 %
Active user share of Yoruboid languages
Yoruba
84.466 %
Igala
15.534 %
Total: 39,687 articles, 103 active accounts.
Total: 49,459 articles, 258 active accounts.
Total: 32,291 articles, 262 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users qu: Quechua (Runa Simi)24,547 34
Total: 30,280 articles, 94 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users nv: Navajo (Diné bizaad)22,667 19
Total: 17,326 articles, 91 active accounts.
Article share of Cushitic languages
Somali
85.829 %
Oromo
14.171 %
Afar
0.000 %
Active user share of Cushitic languages
Somali
85.542 %
Oromo
13.855 %
Afar
0.602 %
Total: 13,895 articles, 166 active accounts.
Article share of Kwa languages
Twi
33.785 %
Fon
31.674 %
Gun
12.099 %
Ewe
9.638 %
Fante
12.805 %
Akan
0.000 %
Active user share of Kwa languages
Twi
22.430 %
Fon
31.776 %
Ewe
19.626 %
Fante
5.607 %
Gun
17.757 %
Akan
2.804 %
Total: 14,018 articles, 107 active accounts.
Total: 12,847 articles, 109 active accounts.
Total: 8,938 articles, 77 active accounts.
Total: 8,067 articles, 53 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users gn: Guarani (Avañe'ẽ)6,032 28
Code Language Articles Users ay: Aymara (Aymar)5,285 19
Article share of Uto-Aztecan languages
Nahuatl
94.131 %
Pipil
5.869 %
Active user share of Uto-Aztecan languages
Nahuatl
55.172 %
Pipil
44.828 %
Total: 4,328 articles, 29 active accounts.
Total: 4,085 articles, 28 active accounts.
Article share of Mande languages
N’Ko
61.594 %
Bambara
38.406 %
Active user share of Mande languages
Bambara
50.000 %
N’Ko
50.000 %
Total: 2,622 articles, 32 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users fj: Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti)1,726 15
Code Language Articles Users tet: Tetum (Tetun)1,533 86
Total: 1,029 articles, 41 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users bew: Betawi (basè Betawi)3,334 22
Code Language Articles Users guc: Wayuu (Wayuunaiki)705 27
Code Language Articles Users sg: Sango (Sängö)374 9
Code Language Articles Users din: Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ)337 13
Total: 7 articles, 1 active accounts, closed.
Total: 4 articles, 5 active accounts.
Code Language Articles Users ho: Hiri Motu (Hiri Motu)3 1 (closed)