Name all of the languages on Earth?

Answer 1

List of official, national and spoken languages of Africa.

Africa is a continent with a very high linguistic diversity, there are an estimated 1500-2000 African languages.

Of these languages four main groupings can be distinguished:

Afro-Asiatic

(appoximately 200 languages) covering nearly Northern Africa (including the horn of Africa, Central Sahara et the top Nile)

Nilo-Saharian

gathering appoximately 140 languages with some eleven millions speakers scattered in Central and Eastern Africa.

Niger-Saharian (Niger-Congo)

covering the two third of Africa with as a principal branch the Niger-Congo which gathers more than 1000 languages with some 200 millions speakers. The Bantu languages of Central, Southern, and Eastern Africa form a sub-group of the Niger Congo branch.

Khoisan

gathering about thirty languages in Western part of Southern Africa.

All African languages are considered official languages of the African Union

List of official, national and spoken languages of North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.Languages by Countries

Country

Official and national Languages

Other spoken Languages

AnguillaEnglishAntigua and BarbudaEnglishlocal dialects, Creole EnglishArgentinaSpanishEnglish, Italian, German, FrenchArubaDutchPapiamento (Creole with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English roots), English (widely spoken), SpanishBahamasEnglishCreole (among Haitian immigrants)BarbadosEnglishBelizeEnglishSpanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), CreoleBoliviaSpanish, Quechua, AymaraBrazilPortugueseSpanish, English, French, American Indian languagesCanadaEnglish 59%, French 23%; (Canada's Territory Nunavut wants that Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun become official)53 native Inuit and American-Indian languages (18%).Cayman IslandsEnglishChileSpanishColombiaSpanishAmerican Indian languagesCosta RicaSpanishEnglishCubaSpanishDominicaEnglishFrench patoisDominican RepublicSpanishEcuadorSpanishQuechua and other Amerindian languages.El SalvadorSpanishNahua (among some Amerindians)French GuianaFrenchGrenadaEnglishFrench patoisGuadeloupeFrench 99%Creole patoisGuatemalaSpanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40%(23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)GuyanaEnglishAmerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, UrduHaitiFrench, CreoleHondurasSpanishAmerindian dialectsJamaicaEnglishmost Jamaicans speak an English-based dialect which is known as Patois.MartiniqueFrenchCreole patoisMexicoSpanishvarious Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages.NicaraguaSpanishEnglish and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast.PanamaSpanishEnglish 14%ParaguaySpanish, GuaraniPeruSpanish, QuechuaAymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages.Puerto RicoSpanish, EnglishSaint Kitts and NevisEnglishSaint LuciaEnglishFrench patoisSurinameDutchSranan Tongo, a Creole language contains elements from English, Portugese, Dutch, and influences from African and Indian languages; Hindi, Javanese, Maroon and indigenous people languages.Trinidad and TobagoEnglishHindi, French, Spanish, Chinese.United StatesEnglish (not official language)Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)UruguaySpanishPortunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)VenezuelaSpanishnumerous indigenous dialectsVirgin IslandsEnglishSpanish, Creole

List of official, national and spoken languages of Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.

Asian Countries

Country

Official and national Languages

Other spoken Languages

AfghanistanPashtu (Pushtu), Dari Persianother Turkic and minor languages.ArmeniaArmenian (Hayeren) is an independent, one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family.

The unique Armenian alphabet, which consists of 39 characters, was created in 405 AD by a monk named Mesrop Mashtots.Russian widely usedAzerbaijanAzerbaijani (Azeri; a Turkic language of the Altaic family) 89%Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6%BahrainArabic (Arabiyya)English, Farsi, UrduBangladeshBengali (Bangla)EnglishBhutanBhutanese (Dzongkha)The Bhotes (the principal ethnic majority 50%) speak various Tibetan dialects like Tshanglakha and Khenkha, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects like Lhotsamkha.Brunei DarussalamMalay, EnglishChineseCambodiaKhmer spoken by more than 95% of the population (Khmer language is influenced by spoken and written Thai)some French still spoken, English increasingly popular as a second language.ChinaPutonghua (Mandarin)Wu (spoken in Shanghai), Yue (Cantonese) and other Chinese dialects like Min, Hakka (Kejia), Gan and Xiang.CyprusGreek, TurkishEnglishGeorgiaGeorgianRussian, Armenian, Azeri and other. note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia.IndiaHindi, English (the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication)Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, UrduIndonesiaBahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay)English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese.IranPersian and Persian dialects 58% (Farsi)Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, ArabicIraqArabic (Arabiyya), Kurdish (official since 8 March 2004)Assyrian (Syriac-Aramaic), Armenian, TurcomanIsraelHebrew (Ivrit), ArabicYiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Tat, Judeo-Berber, English - is the major foreign language.JapanJapanese (Nihongo)Ryukyuan LanguagesJordanArabic (Arabiyya)English widely understood among upper and middle classes.KazakhstanKazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95%Korea (North)Korean (Choso'nmal or Choson'o)Korea (South)Korean (Hangungmal); Korean is written in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet.English widely taught in junior high and high school.KuwaitArabic (Arabiyya)English widely spoken.KyrgyzstanKyrgyz, Russiannote: in December 2001, the Kyrgyzstani legislature made Russian an official language, equal in status to Kyrgyz.LaosLaoFrench, English, and various ethnic languagesLebanonArabic (Arabiyya)French, English, ArmenianMacauPutonghua (Mandarin), Portugueseeveryone speaks Yue Chinese (Cantonese), English is used as a "working language".MalaysiaBahasa MelayuEnglish, Chinese dialects, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note: in addition, in East Malaysia several indigenous languages are spoken, the largest are Iban and Kadazan.MaldivesMaldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic)English spoken by most government officials.MongoliaKhalkha Mongol (a branch of the Altaic family)Turkic, RussianMyanmar (Burma)Burmese135 minority ethnic groups have their own languages.NepalNepali (official and lingua franca of the country) 90%sixty ethnic groups, who speak seventy different dialects and eleven major languages like Tibeto-Burman, Lhotsamkha, Nepalbhasa, Tamang languages; minorities Bhutanese (Dzongkha), Tibetan languages, possibly Chinese dialects. note: many in government and business also speak EnglishOmanArabic (Arabiyya)English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects.PalestineArabic (Arabiyya), Hebrew (Ivrit, spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians)English (widely understood)PakistanUrdu 8%, English (official and "lingua franca" of Pakistani elite and most government ministries)Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, Burushaski, and other 8%PhilippinesFilipino (based on Tagalog) and English. Filipino is the national language. English is also widely used and is the medium of instruction in higher education.Major dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense.QatarArabic (Arabiyya)English commonly used as a second language.Saudi ArabiaArabic (Arabiyya)SingaporeChinese, Malay, Tamil, EnglishSri LankaSinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population.SyriaArabic (Arabiyya)Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood.TaiwanChinese Mandarin (PuTongHua)Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects.TajikistanTajikRussian widely used in government and business.ThailandThaiEnglish (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialectsTimor-LesteTetum, PortugueseIndonesian, English; note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people.TurkeyTurkish (türkçe)Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, GreekTurkmenistanTurkmen 72%Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%United Arab EmiratesArabic (Arabiyya)Persian, English, Hindi, UrduUzbekistanUzbek 74.3%Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%Viet NamVietnameseEnglish (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)YemenArabic (Arabiyya)

List of official, national and spoken languages of the Pacifics.

Countries of the Pacifics

Country

Official and national Languages

Other spoken Languages

American SamoaEnglishSamoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), note: most people are bilingualAustraliaEnglishnative languagesCook IslandsEnglishMaoriFijiEnglishFijian, HindustaniFrench PolynesiaFrenchTahitianGuamEnglishChamorro, JapaneseKiribatiEnglishI-KiribatiMarshall IslandsEnglish, Marshallese, (two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family)JapaneseMicronesia (Federated States of)EnglishTrukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, KapingamarangiNauruNauruan (a distinct Pacific Island language), EnglishEnglish is widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes.New CaledoniaFrench33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects.New ZealandEnglish, MaoriNiueEnglishNiuean (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan).Northern Mariana IslandsEnglishChamorro, Carolinian; note: 86% of population speaks a language other than English at home.PalauEnglish and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official)Papua New GuineaHiri Motu (in Papua region), Tok Pisin, English (spoken by 1%-2%)Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, 823! living indigenous languages.PitcairnEnglishPitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)SamoaSamoan (Polynesian), EnglishSolomon IslandsEnglish is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the populationMelanesian pidgin is lingua franca in much of the country; note: 120 indigenous languagesTongaTongan, EnglishTuvaluEnglishTuvaluan, Samoan, I-Kiribati (on the island of Nui)VanuatuEnglish, French, Bislama (Bichelama)plus more than 100 local languages.

List of official, national and spoken Languages of Europe.

European Countries

Country

Official and national Languages

Other spoken LanguagesAlbaniaAlbanian (Shqip, Tosk (Toskë) is the official dialect)Shqip-Gheg dialect (Gegë), Greek, ItalianAndorraCatalanFrench, Castilian, PortugueseAustriaGerman, Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian and Hungarian (official in Burgenland)BelarusBelarusian, RussianBelgiumDutch 60%, French 40%, German less than 1%Bosnia & HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian, SerbianBulgariaBulgarianTurkishCroatiaCroatian (hrvatski)CyprusGreek, Turkish, EnglishCzech RepublicCzech (cestina)DenmarkDanish (dansk)Standard GermanEstoniaEstonian (eesti keel)Russian, Ukrainian, FinnishFaroe IslandsFaroese, DanishFinlandFinnish (suomi) 93.4%, Swedish 5.9%small Sami- and Russian-speaking minoritiesFranceFrench (français)GermanyGerman (Deutsch)GibraltarEnglishLlanito (a mixture of Spanish and English), SpanishGreeceGreek (elliniká, the Koine-Demotic version)Turkish (Northern Greece)GreenlandGreenlandic Inuktitut (Kalaallisut), DanishHungaryHungarian (magyar)German, RomanianIcelandIcelandicEnglish, Nordic languages, German widely spoken.IrelandIrish (Gaeilge), English (generally used),ItalyItalian (italiano)LatviaLatvian (latviesu valoda)Lithuanian, RussianLiechtensteinGermanLithuaniaLithuanian (lietuviu kalba)Polish, RussianLuxembourgLuxembourgish (LÎtzebuergesch, the everyday spoken language), French (administrative language), German (administrative language)Macedonia, Rep. ofMacedonian 68%, Albanian 25%MaltaMaltese (Malti)EnglishMoldovaMoldovan (virtually the same as the Romanian language),Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)MonacoFrenchMonegasque, English, Italian,MontenegroSerbo-Croatian (Ijekavian dialect - official)NetherlandsDutch (Nederlands, official language), Frisian (official language)NorwayNorwegian (nynorsk and bokmal)small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minoritiesPolandPolish (polski)PortugalPortuguese (português)RomaniaRomanian (romana)Hungarian, GermanRussian FederationRussianSan MarinoItalianSerbiaSerbian 95%, Albanian 5%SlovakiaSlovak (slovensky jazyk)HungarianSloveniaSlovenian (slovenski jezik)SpainSpanish (español - the Castilian version) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%note: Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally.SwedenSwedish (svenska)small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities.SwitzerlandGerman 63.7%, French 19.2%, Italian 7.6%, Romansch 0.6%TurkeyTurkish (türkçe)Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, GreekUkraineUkrainianUnited KingdomEnglishWelsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)Vatican City StateLatin, ItalianFrench and various other languages.

Answer 2

There are approximately 7,000 languages spoken on Earth, belonging to different language families and regions. Some widely spoken languages include English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic.