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List of Wikipedias by language group

This is an archived version of this page, as edited by 141.76.45.34 (talk) at 23:12, 20 August 2007 (→[[:en:Ethiopic languages|Ethiopic languages]] (3,132 – 2 – 2 – 94.34%)). It may differ significantly from the current version.

Included are all languages in the category active Wikipedias of List of Wikipedias and a few "somewhat active".

For list by language superfamilies, see List of Wikipedias by language macrofamily.

Key:
Headline: Language family name (A – B – C – D%)
A – total articles in wikipedias over 100 (at last count)
B – total # languages with wikipedias over 0
C – total # languages with wikipedias over 100 mark
D% – articles in top wikipedia in family as percentage of total in family

Last updated: 08 May 2007

See also List of language families.

Germanic languages (3,354,379 – 25 – 25 – 56.03%)

  1. English – en – 1,879,416 articles
  2. German (Deutsch) – de – 609,186 articles
  3. Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 316,356 articles
  4. Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 238,629 articles
  5. Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 118,601 articles
  6. Danish (Dansk) – da – 65,541 articles
  7. Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 24,159 articles
  8. Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 16,518 articles
  9. Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 16,208 articles
  10. Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 10,125 articles
  11. Afrikaans – af – 7,903 articles
  12. Ripuarisch – ksh – 6,837 articles
  13. West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 4,859 articles
  14. Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 4,148 articles
  15. Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 3,265 articles
  16. Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 3,111 articles
  17. Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 2,463 articles
  18. Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 2,347 articles
  19. Scots – sco – 1,967 articles
  20. West Flemish – vls – 1,834 articles
  21. Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,432 articles
  22. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 888 – articles
  23. Anglo-Saxon (Englisc) – ang – 822 articles
  24. Gothic – got – 188 articles
  25. Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 184 articles

Romance languages (1,690,150 – 29 – 28 – 31.16%)

  1. French (Français) – fr – 526,557 articles
  2. Italian (Italiano) – it – 322,076 articles
  3. Portuguese (Português) – pt – 273,012 articles
  4. Spanish (Español) – es – 253,943 articles
  5. Romanian (Română) – ro – 69,096 articles
  6. Catalan (Català) – ca – 68,213 articles
  7. Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 51,299 articles
  8. Galician (Galego) – gl – 25,672 articles
  9. Latin (Latina) – la – 13,959 articles
  10. Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap – 12,515 articles
  11. Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 10,163 articles
  12. Occitan (Occitan) – oc – 9,510 articles
  13. Walloon (Walon) – wa – 9,078 articles
  14. Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 8,650 articles
  15. Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 8,472 articles
  16. Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 6,329 articles
  17. Corsican (Corsu) – co – 5,372 articles
  18. Venetian (Vèneta) – vec – 5,072 articles
  19. Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 2,598 articles
  20. Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 2,194 articles
  21. Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 1,934 articles
  22. Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 1,631 articles
  23. Ladino – lad – 1,134 articles
  24. Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (read-only)
  25. Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 404 articles
  26. Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 322 articles
  27. Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 251 articles
  28. Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 236 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles:
  1. Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 57 articles

Slavic languages (1,032,485 – 17 – 17 – 39.05%)

  1. Polish (Polski) – pl – 403,138 articles
  2. Russian (Русский) – ru – 188,651 articles
  3. Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 72,558 articles
  4. Czech (Čeština) – cs – 72,055 articles
  5. Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 65,536 articles
  6. Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 49,831 articles
  7. Serbian (Српски) – sr – 46,878 articles
  8. Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 41,974 articles
  9. Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 32,935 articles
  10. Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 19,467 articles
  11. Serbocroatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 11,715 articles
  12. Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 10,721 articles
  13. Belarusian (Беларуская) II – be-x-old – 7,296 articles
  14. Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 5,433 articles
  15. Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 2,529 articles
  16. Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 1,550 articles
  17. Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 218 articles

Japonic languages (391,591 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Japanese (日本語) – ja – 391,591 articles

Finno-Baltic languages (163,618 – 3 – 3 – 75.99%)

  1. Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 124,336 articles
  2. Estonian (Eesti) – et – 37,972 articles
  3. Võro – fiu-vro – 1,310 articles

Constructed languages (160,094 – 9 – 9 – 53.85%)

  1. Esperanto – eo – 86,215 articles
  2. Volapük – vo – 27,686 articles
  3. Simple English – simple – 17,392 articles
  4. Ido – io – 15,086 articles
  5. Siberian / Nort Russian (Сибирской) – ru-sib – 7,207 articles
  6. Interlingua – ia – 3,560 articles
  7. Novial – nov – 2,128 articles
  8. Lojban – jbo – 534 articles
  9. Interlingue – ie – 285 articles

Sinitic languages (145,085 – 7 – 7 – 93.74%)

  1. Chinese (中文) – zh – 136,001 articles (uses both traditional and simplified characters)
  2. Cantonese (粵語) – zh-yue – 4,328 articles
  3. Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – zh-min-nan – 2,617 articles
  4. Classical Chinese (古文 / 文言文) – zh-classical – 1,561 articles
  5. Wu (吴語) – wuu – 282 articles
  6. Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 160 articles
  7. Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 136 articles

Turkic languages (123,583 – 10 – 9 – 77.18%)

  1. Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 89,303 articles
  2. Azeri (Azərbaycan) – az – 15,750 articles
  3. Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 6,062 articles
  4. Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 5,755 articles
  5. Tatar (Tatarça) – tt – 3,972 articles
  6. Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 910 articles
  7. Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 830 articles
  8. Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 392 articles
  9. Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 175 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles:
  1. Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 41 articles

Sunda-Sulawesi languages (109,155 – 7 – 5 – 57.99%)

  1. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 63,293 articles
  2. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 21,848 articles
  3. Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 10,717 articles
  4. Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 10,229 articles
  5. Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 3,014 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 49 articles
  2. Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 5 articles

Semitic languages (96,286 – 4 - 4 - 62.42%)

  1. Hebrew (עברית) – he – 60,104 articles
  2. Arabic (العربية) – ar – 34,253 articles
  3. Maltese (Malti) – mt – 1,507 articles
  4. Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 422 articles

Indo-Aryan languages (76,664 – 18 – 17 – 24.67%)

  1. Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 18,913 articles
  2. Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 16,030 articles
  3. Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 12,322 articles
  4. Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 10,350 articles
  5. Urdu (اردو) – ur – 6,032 articles
  6. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 3,870 articles
  7. Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,231 articles
  8. Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,227 articles
  9. Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 1,505 articles
  10. Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 1,450 articles
  11. Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 352 articles
  12. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 344 articles
  13. Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 245 articles
  14. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 228 articles
  15. Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 194 articles
  16. Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 182 articles
  17. Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 167 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 22 articles

Ugric languages (65,513 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 65,513 articles

Baltic languages (61,033 – 3 – 3 – 80.28%)

  1. Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 49,000 articles
  2. Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 9,863 articles
  3. Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 2,170 articles

Dravidian languages (52,027 – 4 – 4 – 63.60%)

  1. Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 33,094 articles
  2. Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 11,025 articles
  3. Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 4,721 articles
  4. Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 3,187 articles

Borneo-Philippines languages (49,484 – 7 – 7 – 67.28%)

  1. Cebuano (Sinugboanong Binisaya) – ceb – 33,292 articles
  2. Tagalog – tl – 6,219 articles
  3. Kapampangan – pam – 3,076 articles
  4. Pangasinan – pag – 2,320 articles
  5. Ilokano – ilo – 2,191 articles
  6. Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 2,155 articles
  7. Malagasy – mg – 231 articles

Iranian languages (44,878 – 8 – 7 – 50.87%)

  1. Persian (فارسی) – fa – 22,830 articles
  2. Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 9,631 articles
  3. Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 7,866 articles
  4. Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 1,711 articles
  5. Zazaki – diq – 1,528 articles
  6. Pashtu (پښتو) – ps – 986 articles
  7. Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 284 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Mazandarani (مَزِروني) – mzn – 42 articles

Korean (40,584 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Korean (한국어) – ko – 40,584 articles

Celtic languages (35,997 – 6 – 6 – 40,62%)

  1. Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 14,623 articles
  2. Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 10,341 articles
  3. Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 5,169 articles
  4. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 4,365 articles
  5. Cornish (Kernewek/Kernuack/Curnoack/Kernowek) – kw – 1,317 articles
  6. Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 182 articles

Greek (25,279 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 25,279 articles

Tai languages (25,173 – 3 – 2 – 99.17%)

  1. Thai (ไทย) – th – 24,965 articles
  2. Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 191 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 17 articles

Tibeto-Burman languages (24,558 – 5 – 2 – 98.85%)

  1. Newar / Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 24,200 articles
  2. Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག ) – bo – 204 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles:
  1. Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 74 articles
  2. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 65 articles
  3. Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 15 articles

Mon-Khmer languages (21,044 – 2 – 2 – 99.26%)

  1. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 20,889 articles
  2. Khmer – km – 155 articles

Basque (18,848 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Basque (Euskara) – eu – 18,848 articles

Albanian language (17,080 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 17,080 articles

Kartvelian languages (15,828 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 15,828 articles


Pidgins and Creoles (7,732 – 8 – 3 – 91.23%)

  1. Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 7,054 articles
  2. Tok Pisin – tpi – 303 articles
  3. Zamboangueño (Chavacano de Zamboanga) – cbk-zam – 187 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Papiamentu – pap – 70 articles
  2. Norfolk (Norfuk) – pih – 58 articles
  3. Bislama – bi – 34 articles
  4. Sango (Sängö) – sg – 16 articles
  5. Hiri Motu – ho – 10 articles

Bantoid languages (7,000 - 20 - 3 - 77.57%)

  1. Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 5,430 articles
  2. Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 737 articles
  3. Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 269 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 85 articles
  2. Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 72 article
  3. Xhosan (isiXhosa) – xh – 59 articles
  4. Swati (Siswati) – ss – 48 articles
  5. Kinyarwanda – rw – 43 articles
  6. Sesotho – st – 37 articles
  7. Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 35 articles
  8. Herero (Otsiherero) – hz – 33 articles
  9. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 31 article
  10. Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 25 articles
  11. Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 25 articles
  12. Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 22 articles
  13. Luganda – lg – 19 article
  14. Kirundi – rn – 11 articles
  15. Tsonga (Xitsonga)– ts – 7 articles
  16. Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 6 article
  17. Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 6 article

Yoruboid languages (3,850 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Yorùbá – yo – 3,850 articles

Armenian (3,300 – 1 - 1 – 100%)

  1. Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 3,300 articles


Uto-Aztecan languages (3,046 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Nahuatl (Nawatlahtoli) – nah – 3,046 – articles

Quechuan languages (3,177 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 3,177 – articles

Central Pacific languages (2,622 – 6 – 4 – 47.44%)

  1. Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,244 articles
  2. Maori (Māori) – mi – 655 articles
  3. Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 480 articles
  4. Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 163 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 47 articles
  2. Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 33 articles

Sami languages (2,375 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 2,375 articles

Mongolian languages (705 – 3 – 1 – 86.24%)

  1. Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 608 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 49 articles
  2. Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 48 articles

Cushitic languages (420 – 3 – 1 – 55.95%)

  1. Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 235 articles
  2. Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 177 article
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Afar – aa – 8 articles

Atlantic languages (395 - 2 - 1 - 94.43%)

  1. Wolof – wo – 373 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Peul (Fulfulde) – ff – 22 articles

Eskimo-Aleut languages (367 – 3 – 1 – 64,85%)

  1. Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 238 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Inupiaq (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 74 articles
  2. Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 55 articles

Berber languages (352 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 352 articles

Permic languages (309 – 2 – 1 – 85.76%)

  1. Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 265 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Komi (Коми) – kv – 44 articles

Northeast Caucasian languages (280 – 3 – 1 – 54.29%)

  1. Avar (Авар МацӀ) – av – 152 articles
  2. Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 113 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 15 articles

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (270 –1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 270 articles

Igboid languages (270 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Igbo – ig – 270 articles

Micronesian languages (252 – 2 – 1 – 95.24%)

  1. Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 240 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 12 articles

Kwa languages (234 - 3 - 1 - 64.10%)

  1. Ewe (Eʋegbe) – ee – 150 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Akana – ak – 47 articles
  2. Twi – tw – 37 articles

Iroquoian languages (199 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 199 articles

Tupian languages (140 – 2 – 1 – 73.57%)

  1. Tupi (Abanhe'enga) – ti – 103 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 37 articles

Mande languages (136 - 1 - 1 - 100%)

  1. Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 136 articles

Algonquian languages (128 – 2 – 1 – 93.75%)

  1. Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 120 articles
  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 8 articles

Athabaskan languages (104 – 1 – 1 – 100%)

  1. Navajo (Diné bizaad) – nv – 104 articles


Aymaran languages (63 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 63 articles

Northwest Caucasian languages (60 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Abkhazian (Аҧсуа / Aṗsua) – ab – 60 articles


Chadic languages (26 – 1 - 0 – 100%)

  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Hausa – ha – 26 articles

Muskogean languages (16 – 2 – 0 – 81.25%)

  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Creek (Muskoke) – mus – 13 article
  2. Choctaw (Chahta) – cho – 3 article (read-only)

Nilo-Saharan languages (4 – 1 – 0 – 100%)

  • fewer than 100 articles
  1. Kanuri – kr – 5 articles (read-only)
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