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| '''[[Pashto language|Pashto]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern Iranian]] || 19,000,000 || 26,811,657 || <small>Official in</small> [[Afghanistan]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Pakistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Iran]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. || 47
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==10 to 20 million native speakers==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Language
! Family
! width=20%|[[Ethnologue]] (2005 estimate)<ref name="Ethnologue, Languages of the World"/>
! width=12%|[[Encarta]] estimate<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
! width=28%|Other
! width=7%|Ranking by Ethnologue estimate
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| '''[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 19,720,000 || 19,720,000 (2006) || <small>Official in [[Pakistan]], [[India]]. Significant communities in [[People’s Republic of China]] ([[Hong Kong]]), UK, [[Philippines]] [[Oman]]. 17 million native, 13 million second language, = 30 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)</small> || 48
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| '''[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Eastern Turkic languages|Eastern Turkic]] || 18,466,000 || 20.1 million (2006) || <small>Official in [[Uzbekistan]]. Native to [[Afghanistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] </small> || 49
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| '''[[Serbo-Croatian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || Croatian 6,200,00, Bosnian 1,800,000, Serbian 8,600,000 || Croatian 6,200,00, Bosnian 1,800,000, Serbian 8,600,000 (1996) || <small>Official in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]]. Variant language; [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] and [[Serbian language|Serbian]] respectively. Significant communities in [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Slovenia]].</small> || 50
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| '''[[Igbo language|Igbo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]], [[Igboid languages|Igboid]]|| 18 million || 18 million || <small>Official in [[Nigeria]]<br>unknown number second language.</small> || 51
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| '''[[Oromo language|Oromo]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]] || split into different dialects in their consideration || 17.2 million (2006) || <small>National language of</small> [[Ethiopia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kenya]]<br>24 million native (31.6% of Ethiopia [1994 census]), ~2 million second language, = 26 million total (1998 census)</small> || 52
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| '''[[Amharic language|Amharic]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic languages|Semitic]], [[South Semitic languages|South]]|| 17,413,000 || 17.4 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Ethiopia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Israel]].27 million native (32.7% Ethiopia [1994 census] and 2.7 million emigrants), 10% (7 million) as a second language = 34 million total</small> || 53
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| '''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 16,056,000 || 16,056,000 || <small>Official in</small> [[Nepal]], [[India]] ([[Sikkim]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bhutan]].</small>approx. 30 million in Nepal, 16 million as native tongue and 15 million as a second language (2006) || 54
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| '''[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], Western, [[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern]]|| 16,000,000 || <small>Kurdish is absent from Encarta's list of "Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People"</small> || <small>Official in</small> [[Iraq]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Armenia]], [[Iran]], [[Syria]], [[Turkey]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Germany]], [[Lebanon]]. || 55
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| '''[[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || 15.8 million || 15 million (2006) || <small>Native to</small> [[Philippines]]<br>18.5 million native, ~11.5 million second language, = 30 million total (2000 census) || 56
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| '''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 15,334,000 || 15,374,000 ||<small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Assam]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bhutan]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Assamese is spoken and/or understood by almost everyone in the state of Assam. Assam had a population of 26.7 million in 2003-04. So, Assamese has another 8-10 million second language speakers. Assamese is also understood and spoken widely in Arunachal Pradesh, which has a population of 1.1 million. These are mostly second or third language speakers. Various tribes in Nagaland, with a population of 2 million, use Nagamese, a variant of Assamese, for communication. Thus, a total of approximately, 28-30 million people speak and understand Assamese.|| 57
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| '''[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Bornean languages|Bornean]], [[Barito languages|Barito]]||15 million || 10.5 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Madagascar]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mayotte]].<br>17 million || 58
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| '''[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]], [[Ugric languages|Ugric]]|| 14,500,000 || 14.5 million (2006)|| <small>Official in</small> [[Hungary]], [[Serbia]] ([[Vojvodina]]), [[Slovenia]], [[Austria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[United States]], [[Israel]]</small><br>14 million native (1995) || 59
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| '''[[Zhuang language|Zhuang]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| 14 million || 14 million || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Guangxi]])<br>14 million native (1992), unknown number second language || 60
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| '''[[Madurese language|Madurese]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]]|| 13,694,000 ||13,694,000 ||<small>Native to</small> [[Indonesia]] <small>(Originally [[Java]], [[Madura]]) || 61
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| '''[[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 13,220,000 || 13.2 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Sri Lanka]]. <small>Significant communities in [[United Arab Emirates]]<br>13 million native, 2 million second language, = 15 million total (1993) || 62
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| '''[[Greek language|Greek]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], Greek|| 12 million || 12 million || <small>Official in</small> [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Albania]], [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Russia]], [[South Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United States|USA]]. </small><br>12 million (2004), up to 10–12 million more second language || 63
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| '''[[Czech language|Czech]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West Slavic]]|| 12 million (2006) || 12 million (1990 WA). ||<small>Official in</small> [[Czech Republic]]. || 64
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| '''[[Fula language|Fula]]/Fulfulde''' || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]], Northern, [[Senegambian languages|Senegambian]] || ~13 million (all varieties) || 11,428,700 || <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]]. <small>National language in</small> [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Benin]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Mauritania]], [[Sierra Leone]].|| 65
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| '''[[Shona language|Shona]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 7,000,000 || 14 million || <small>National language of</small> [[Zimbabwe]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]].<br>15 million native, 1.8 million second language, = 16–17 million total, including [[Ndau]], [[Manyika language|Manyika]] (2000 A. Chebanne) || 66
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==2 to 10 million native speakers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3>Microsoft Encarta 2006, [http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People]. [http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1257013011437361 Archived] 2009-10-31.</ref>
! Number of speakers
! Estimated ranking by number of native speakers
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| '''[[Somali language|Somali]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Somalia]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Djibouti]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Canada]], [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Sweden]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]], [[Yemen]].10-16 million native and at least 500,000 second-language speakers.million (2004 WCD) || 9.8 million (2006)|| || 67
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| '''[[Zulu language|Zulu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]] || 9.6 million (2006)|| 9.6 million native, ~16 million second language, = ~25 million total (1996 census) || 68
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| '''[[Quechua language|Quechua]]''' ||[[Quechuan languages|Quechuan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Bolivia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Argentina]]</small> || 8.3 million (2006)|| 10.4 million, all varieties || 69
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| '''[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Southern || <small>Official in</small> [[Kazakhstan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Xinjiang]]), [[Russia]], [[Mongolia]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] || 8.2 million (2006) || 12 million || 70
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| '''[[Tibetan language|Tibetan]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], [[Tibeto-Kanauri languages|Tibeto-Kanauri]] || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] <small>([[Tibet Autonomous Region]] and part of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu). Significant communities in [[India]] || 7.1 million (2006) || 7.6 million || 71
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| '''[[Tajik language|Tajik]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Tajikistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Uzbekistan]] || 4.4 million. || 7.9-17 million native (estimates vary due to lack of official data, moreover these exclude Tajiks of Afghanistan) || 72
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| '''[[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (Nyanja)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malawi]], [[Zambia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mozambique]], [[Zimbabwe]]. || || 9.3 million native (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk), 0.4 million second language (1999 WA), = 9.7 million total || 73
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| '''[[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[creole language|Creole]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Haiti]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Bahamas]], [[Canada]] ([[Quebec]]), [[Cuba]], [[Cayman Islands]] ([[British overseas territory|UK]]), [[Dominican Republic]], [[France]] ([[Guadeloupe]]), [[United States]] ([[Connecticut]], [[Florida]], [[New Jersey]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New York (state)|New York]]). || 7.4 million (2006) || 12 million (2005) || 74
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| '''[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[East Slavic languages|East Slavic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Belarus]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kazakhstan]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Ukraine]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]] || 10.2 million (2006)|| 9.1 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 75
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| '''[[Lombard language|Lombard]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small>Native to </small> [[Italy]] || -- || 5 million [[Western Lombard]] + 3 million [[Eastern Lombard]] + others = 9.13 million (Ethnologue 2006) || 76
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| '''[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic]], North Central|| <small>Official in</small> [[Israel]]. <small>Significant communities in [[USA]] ([[New York]], [[California]]) and [[Canada]] ([[Ontario]]). || 9.42 million (2006){{Failed verification|date=December 2009}} ||~up to 10.0 million speakers including 2nd language speakers || 77
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| '''[[Swedish language|Swedish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]] || <small>National language of</small> [[Sweden]]. <small>National language in</small> [[Finland]]. || 9 million (2006)|| 8.8 million (1986), ~9 million (2005) || 78
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| '''[[Kongo language|Kongo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Angola]], [[Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville]] (Kituba), [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]]. || 4.7 million (2006) || 8.7 million, all varieties, including [[Yombe language|Yombe]] and creolized [[Kituba language|Kituba]] (1986–2002) (dated data) || 79
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| '''[[Akan language|Akan]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Ghana]] || 7 million (2006)|| 8.3 million native, ~1 million second language, = ~10 million total (2004 SIL) || 80
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| '''[[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || || 7.8 million native, 0.7 million second language, = 8.5 million total (1991 UBS). Includes 1.5 million [[Luba-Katanga|Kiluba]]. || 81
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| '''[[Ilokano language|Ilokano]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]]. <small>Significant communities in [[United States]] ([[Hawaii]]). || 8 million (2006)|| 7.7 million native (2000 census), ~2.3 second language = 10 million total || 82
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| '''[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], Southeastern, Eastern|| <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Xinjiang]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Kazakhstan]] || 7.6 million (2006) || 7.6 million || 83
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| '''[[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small> Native to </small> [[Italy]] || -- || 7.5 million native|| 84
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| '''[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Bulgaria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Moldova]], [[Ukraine]], the [[Republic of Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[UK]], [[USA]]</small>|| 9 million (2006) || 7.7 million in Bulgaria (2005) and ~1 million abroad = 8.5 million native || 85
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| '''[[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Rwanda]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || || 7.3 million (1998) || 86
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| '''[[Khmer language|Khmer]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Mon-Khmer]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]] || 7,039,200 || 8 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Cambodia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Thailand]], [[United States]] ([[California]]), [[Vietnam]]<br>14 million native, 1 million second language, = 15 million total (2004) || 87
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| '''[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]] || 6.9 million (2006) || 7.2 million (1996 census) || 88
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| '''[[Balochi language|Balochi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]]|| <small>Native to</small> [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]]</small> || 7 million (2006)|| 7.0 million (1998) || 89
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| '''[[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 7 million (2006) || 6.9 million (2000 census), est. 4.1 million second language = ~11 million total || 90
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| '''[[Tigrigna language|Tigrinya]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic]], [[South Semitic languages|South]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] || 5.1 million (2006) || 4.5 million in Ethiopia (6% of population (1994 census)), ~2.25 million in Eritrea (50% of population (CIA)), = 6.75 million native, 146,934 as second language (1994 census), = 6.9 million total || 91
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| '''[[Catalan language|Catalan]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| <small>Official and Native to</small> [[Andorra]], [[Spain]] ([[Balearic Islands]], [[Catalonia]], [[Valencia (autonomous community)|Valencia]], [[Aragon]] ([[La Franja]])), [[France]] ([[Pyrénées-Orientales]]), [[Italy]] ([[Alghero]]). || 6.6 million (2006) || 6.7 million native, ~5 million second language, = ~12 million total (1996) (includes [[Valencian]]) || 92
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| '''[[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Malayic languages|Malayic]]|| [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]])|| 6.5 million (2006)|| 6.5 million (1981 Moussay) (dated data) || 93
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| '''[[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Southwestern]], Eastern || <small>Official in</small> [[Turkmenistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]].</small> || 6.4 million (2006) || 6.4 million (1995) || 94
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| '''[[Makhuwa language|Makhuwa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Mozambique]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Tanzania]]</small> || 2.5 million (2006) || 6.4 million, all varieties, including [[Lomwe language|Lomwe]] || 95
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| '''[[Santali language|Santali]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] || 6.2 million (2006) || 6.2 million (1997) || 96
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| '''[[Albanian language|Albanian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], isolate|| <small>Official in</small> [[Albania]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Kosovo]] . <small>Significant communities in [[Greece]], [[Italy]].</small> || 6.0 million || 3.6 million (data from Albania) || 97
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| '''[[Armenian language|Armenian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], isolate|| <small>Official in</small> [[Armenia]] and the ''[[de-facto]]'' territory of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Russia]], [[USA]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenian-Iranians|Iran]], [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[France]].</small> || 6 million (2006) || 6.7 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, etc.) || 98
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| '''[[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] <small> || <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Namibia]],[[Botswana]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]] and [[United Kingdom]]. || 6.0 million (2006)|| 6.0 million native, 10.3 million second language, = 16 million total (1996 census) || 99
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| '''[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Mongolian languages|Mongolian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Inner Mongolia]]), [[Mongolia]] || 5.7 million (2006) || 5.7 million || 100
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| '''[[Bhili language|Bhili]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 1.3 million (2006) || 5.6 million, all varieties (1994). Includes 1.6 million [[Wagdi language|Wagdi]], etc. || 101
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| '''[[Danish language|Danish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Denmark]], [[Faroe Islands]] (Denmark). <small>Significant communities in [[Germany]] ([[Southern Schleswig]]) and [[Greenland]]. || 5.3 million (2006) || 5.6 million (2006?) || 102
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| '''[[Finnish language|Finnish]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finnic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Finland]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Sweden]] and [[Estonia]].</small> || 6.1 million (2006) || 5.4 million (1993)|| 103
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| '''[[Tatar language|Tatar]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Northern || <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Tatarstan]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bashkortostan]], [[Kazakstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] || 5.7 million (1989 USSR census)<ref>[http://lingsib.unesco.ru/ru/languages/statistics_ru.xls Народы и языки Российской Федерации. статистика]{{ru icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=TTR Ethnologue 14 on Tatar (version 15 gives data obviously invompatible with this and the next shown source)]</ref>, at least 5.34 million (2002 census: ethnic Tatars in Russia only)<ref>[http://lingsib.unesco.ru/ru/languages/statistics_ru.xls Народы и языки Российской Федерации. Статистика]{{ru icon}}</ref> || || 104
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| '''[[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || <small>Major language of</small> [[Kenya]] || 5.4 million (2006) || 5.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) || 105
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| '''[[Slovak language|Slovak]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West Slavic]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Slovakia]] and [[Vojvodina]] district of [[Serbia]]. || 5.6 million (2006) || 5.0 million (1990 WA) || 106
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| '''[[More language|More]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Burkina Faso]] || 5.1 million (2006) || ~5 million (1991) || 107
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| '''[[Guarani language|Guarani]]''' ||[[Tupi languages|Tupi]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Paraguay]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Argentina]]. || 5.1 million (2006)|| 4.9 million (1995) || 108
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| '''[[Swahili language|Swahili]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Comoros]], [[Mayotte]], [[Oman]] || 5 million (2006)|| ~5 million native, ~80 million second language|| 109
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| '''[[Southern Quechua]] || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Official in [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]]</small>|| ~5,000,000 || || 110
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! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3 />
! Number of speakers
! Estimated ranking by number of native speakers
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| '''[[Kirundi language|Kirundi]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Burundi]]. || || 4.9 million (1986) (dated data) || 111
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| '''[[Sesotho language|Sesotho]] (southern)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Lesotho]], [[South Africa]]. || || 4.9 million (1996 census) || 112
|-
| '''[[Central Morocco Tamazight]]''' ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]], [[Northern Berber languages|Northern]] || 3,500,000<small>National language in </small>[[Algeria]], [[Mali]] and [[Niger]] ([[Tuareg]]s); unrecognized in [[Morocco]], [[Libya]] and [[Tunisia]]. <small>Large migrant communities in [[France]], [[Benelux]], [[Spain]] and [[Germany]] .</small> || 32.3 million (2006) || 37+ million (1998) || 113
|-
| '''[[Romani language|Romani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Significant communities in [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Iran]], [[Ireland]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Netherlands]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Turkey]], and [[USA]] || 3.1 million (2006)|| 4.8 million, all varieties, including [[Domari language|Domari]] (data for Vlax 2002–2004; for Domari 2000 WCD). || 114
|-
| '''[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Norway]]. <small>Significant communities in the [[United States]].</small> || 5 million (2006) || 4.7 million (2006, Statistics Norway) || 115
|-
| '''[[Potwari language|Pahari-Potwari]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Pakistan]]: Areas of [[Pakistani administered Kashmir]] e.g. [[Mirpur District]], [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]]. Dialects include Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Chibhali, Pindiwali, Punchhi (Poonchi), and Mirpuri.<ref>Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phr "Ethnologue Report for Pahari-Potwari."] ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'', Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.</ref> (Mirpuri can also refer to [[Mirpur Punjabi]], a [[Lahnda languages|Lahnda language]]. Pahari-Potwari is related to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. || || 4.7 million, all varieties || 116
|-
| '''[[Tibetan language|Tibetan]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]],[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], Bodic || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]], [[Qinghai]], parts of [[Sichuan]], [[Gansu]]) || 1.3 million (2006) || 4.6 million, all varieties || 117
|-
| '''[[Kanuri language|Kanuri]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Saharan languages|Saharan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Chad]] ([[Kanembu language|Kanembu]]) || || 4.4 million native, 0.5 million second language, = 4.9 million total (data mostly from 1985) (dated data) || 118
|-
| '''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> and <small> native to</small> [[India]]. || 4.5 million (2006) || 4.6 million (1997) || 119
|-
| '''[[Bikol languages|Bikol]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 4.5 native, all varieties (2000 census), unknown number second language || 120
|-
| '''[[Yi language|Yi]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], Burmic || [[People's Republic of China]] || 4.2 million (2006)|| 7.8 million ethnic Yi (2000 census) || 121
|-
| '''[[Georgian language|Georgian]]''' ||[[Kartvelian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Israel]]. || 4.1 million (2006) || 4.2 million (1993 UBS) || 122
|-
| '''[[Qusqu-Qullaw]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || Official in [[Peru]] (Cusco and Puno departments) <small>Also spoken in [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]]</small> || 4 million || || 123
|-
| '''[[Tswana language|Tswana]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Botswana]], [[South Africa]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Namibia]] || 4 million (2006)|| 4.4 million native, 200,000 second language, = 4.6 million total (1993 Johnstone) (dated data) || 124
|-
| '''[[Umbundu language|Umbundu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]] || || ~4 million native, unknown number second language (1995 WA) || 125
|-
| '''[[Konkani language|Konkani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Goa]]).<small>Significant communities in</small> [[Uttara Kannada]],[[Dakshina Kannada]]. || 6 million (2006) || ~4 million (1999 WA) || 126
|-
| '''[[Balinese language|Balinese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Bali-Sasak languages|Bali-Sasak]]|| [[Indonesia]] ([[Bali]], [[Lombok]]) || 3.8 million (2006) || 3.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 127
|-
| '''[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]] (sePedi)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Botswana]] || || 3.7 million (1996 census) || 128
|-
| '''[[Luyia language|Luyia]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 3.6 million (2006) || 3.6 million (1989 census) (dated data) || 129
|-
| '''[[Wolof language|Wolof]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[The Gambia]]. || 3.4 million (2006) || 3.6 million native (2002), unknown number second language || 130
|-
| '''[[Buginese language|Buginese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[South Sulawesi languages|South Sulawesi]]|| [[Indonesia]] || || 3.5 million native, 0.5 million second language, = ~4 million total (1991 SIL) || 131
|-
| '''[[Dholuo language|Luo]] (Dholuo)''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Kenya]] || 3.4 million (2006) || 3.5 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data) || 132
|-
| '''[[Maninka language|Maninka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Guinea]], [[Mali]]. <small>Significant numbers in [[Liberia]], [[Senegal]], [[Sierra Leone]]. || 2.5 million (2006) || 3.3 million, all varieties || 133
|-
| '''[[Mazanderani language|Mazanderani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]]|| [[Iran]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Gilaki) || 134
|-
| '''[[Gilaki language|Gilaki]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] || [[Iran]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Mazanderani) || 135
|-
| '''[[Shan language|Shan]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| [[Myanmar]] || 3 million (2006) || 3.3 million || 136
|-
| '''[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mozambique]], [[Swaziland]]. ||3.2 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1989, 1996) (dated data) || 137
|-
| '''[[Galician language|Galician]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]. || <small> Official in</small> [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]]. || 3.2 million (2006) || 3.2 million (1986) (data dated) || 138
|-
| '''[[Lao language|Lao]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Laos]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Thailand]]. || 3.2 million (2006) || ~19 million Lao-Phutai dialects (including [[Isan language|Isan]]) (data dated) || 139
|-
| '''[[Sukuma]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || 5 million (2006)|| 3.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 140
|-
| '''[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] || official in [[Russia]] ([[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]]) <small>Significant communities in [[Belarus]], [[Israel]], [[Latvia]], [[Ukraine]], [[USA]]. || 3 million (2006) || 3.2 million || 141
|-
| '''[[Jamaican Creole]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[creole language|Creole]]|| [[Jamaica]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Panama]], [[Costa Rica]] || 2.8 million (2006) || 3.2 million (2001) || 142
|-
| '''[[Piedmontese language|Piemonteis]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic languages|Italic]], [[Northern Italian languages|North]] || [[Italy]] <small>(official in the [[Piedmont]] region)</small>, [[Argentina]] || 3.1 million (2000) || 3.1 million (2000), might not include speakers in Latin America || 143
|-
| '''[[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Southern || <small>Official in</small> [[Kyrgyzstan]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Tajikistan]] || 3.1 million (2006) || 3.1 million (1993 UBS) (dated data) || 144
|-
| '''[[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 2.4 million|| 3.1 native (2000 census), unknown number second language || 145
|-
| '''[[Ewe language|Ewe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Togo]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]]. || 2.5 million (2006) || 3.1 million native, 500,000 second language, = 3.6 million total (2003)|| 146
|-
| '''[[South Bolivian Quechua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Official in [[Bolivia]], also spoken in [[Argentina]] || 3,637,500 (ethnologue)sout || || 147
|-
| '''[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Lithuania]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Latvia]]. || 4 million (2006) || 3.1 million (1998) || 148
|-
| '''[[Luganda language|Luganda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Uganda]] || || 3.0 million native (1991 census), ~1 million second language (1999 WA), = ~4 million total || 149
|-
| '''[[Lusoga language|Lusoga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Uganda]], <small>official status unclear/pending<small> || || +/- 3 million native speakers (2002 census), +/- 100,000 second-language speakers (dated data) || 150
|-
| '''[[Acehnese language|Acehnese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Malayic languages|Malayic]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 3 million (2006) || ~3 million (1999 WA) || 151
|-
| '''[[Kimbundu language|Kimbundu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]] || || ~3 million (1999 WA) || 152
|-
| '''[[Hindko language|Hindko]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[Pakistan]] || 2.5 million (2006)|| ~3 million (1993) (dated data)|| 153
|-
| '''[[Ibibio language|Ibibio]]-[[Efik language|Efik]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Cross River languages|Cross River]]|| <small>Efik official in</small> [[Nigeria]] || 1.5 million (2006)|| ~3 million, including [[Anaang language|Anaang]] (1990; 1998 B. Connell) (dated data)|| 154
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively, or as an immigrant language, by more than 1% of the population
! Number of speakers
! Estimated ranking by number of native speakers
|-
| '''[[Rajbangsi language|Rajbangsi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 3.0 million (1991 census)||155
|-
| '''[[Garhwali]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 2.9 million (2000)||156
|-
| '''[[Bambara language|Bambara]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]] || 2.8 million native, 10 million second language, = 13 million total||157
|-
| '''[[Hmong language|Hmong]]''' ||[[Hmong-Mien]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]]. <small>Significant communities in [[France]] ([[French Guiana]]), [[Laos]], [[United States]] ([[Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin]]), [[Vietnam]]</small> || 2.8 million (2006) <br> ~4 million (Lemoine, 2005) || 158
|-
| '''[[Ometo language|Ometo]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Omotic]]|| [[Ethiopia]] || 2.8 million, all varieties, including [[Welayta language|Welayta]] (1998 census)||159
|-
| '''[[Indian Sign Language]]''' || [[Language isolate]] ([[Sign language]]) || [[Bangladesh]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 2.7 million in India, plus unknown number in Bangladesh, Pakistan (2003). Same language as [[Pakistani Sign Language]]||160
|-
| '''[[Malay-based creoles#Betawian Malay|Betawi creole]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Creole language|Creole]] || [[Indonesia]] || 2.7 million (1993 Johnstone)||161
|-
| '''[[Karen people|Karen]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], [[Karenic languages|Karenic]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[India]] || 2.6 million, all varieties (dated data)||162
|-
| '''[[Gondi people|Gondi]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]] || 2.6 million (1997)||163
|-
| '''[[Senufo languages|Senoufo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]]. <small>Native to [[Burkina Faso]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. || 2.6 million, all varieties (1991, 1993, 2001) ||164
|-
| '''[[Kalenjin language|Kalenjin]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Kenya]] ||2.5 million (1989 census)||165
|-
| '''[[Kumauni]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 2.4 million in India (1998)||166
|-
| '''[[Kamba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 2.4 million native, 600,000 second language, = 3.0 million total (1989 census)||167
|-
| '''[[Luri language|Luri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]]|| [[Iran]] || 2.4 million (1999, 2001)||168
|-
| '''[[K'iche' language|K'iche']]''' ||[[Mayan languages|Mayan]]|| [[Guatemala]] || 2.3 million (2000 SIL)||169
|-
| '''[[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 2.3 million (2000 census)||170
|-
| '''[[Bemba language|Bemba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Zambia]] || 2.2 million (2006)<br> 3.6 million native, unknown number second language (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 171
|-
| '''[[Central Aymara]]''' ||[[Aymaran languages|Aymaran]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]]. <small>Significant numbers in [[Argentina]]. || 2.2 million Central Aymara (1987)||172
|-
| '''[[Tiv language|Tiv]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantoid]]|| [[Nigeria]] || 2.2 million native, unknown number second language (1991 UBS) ||173
|-
| '''[[Brahui language|Brahui]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] || 2.2 million||174
|-
| '''[[Gbaya language|Gbaya]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ubangian]] || [[Central African Republic]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || 2.2 million, all varieties, including [[Ngbaka language|Ngbaka]] (2000 WCD)||175
|-
| '''[[Zarma language|Zarma]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Songhai]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]] || 2.2 million (1998)||176
|-
| '''[[Baoulé language|Baoulé]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || 2.1 million (1993 SIL)||177
|-
| '''[[Dogri language|Dogri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Jammu and Kashmir]] states) || 2.1 million (1997)||178
|-
| '''[[Lingala language|Lingala]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]]. || 2.1 million native (2000 WCD), 7 million second language in Congo-Kinshasa (1999 WA), unknown additional second-language speakers in Congo-Brazzaville, = 9+ million total. According to Britannica (2005 Yearbook) more than 36 million people speak Lingala as lingua franca.||179
|-
| '''[[Sasak]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 2.1 million (1989)||180
|-
| '''[[Kurux language|Kurux]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]], [[Nepal]] || 2.1 million (1997)||181
|-
| '''[[Mundari language|Mundari]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| [[India]] || 2.1 million (1997)||182
|-
| '''[[Dinka language|Dinka]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Southern Sudan]] || 2+ million||183
|-
| '''[[Slovene language|Slovene]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]]. || 2.0 million (1991 census) plus minorities in Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy; several hundred thousand (100 000 - 200 000) in US, Canada and Australia ||184
|-
| '''[[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Sumatran languages|Northern Sumatra]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 2 million (2006)<br> ~6.2 million, all varieties (c. 1991 UBS) (dated data). Includes [[Toba language|Toba]], [[Dairi language|Dairi]], [[Simalungun language|Simalungun]], etc. || 185
|-
| '''[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Republic of Macedonia]] <small>, also sizeable communities in [[Albania]], [[Greece]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[USA]] || 2.0 million (1995) [http://web.archive.org/web/19990421103931/www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Mace.html]||186
|-
| '''[[Buyei]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || ~2 million (1990 census) ||187
|-
| '''[[Beti-Pahuin]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Gabon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Cameroon]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]. || ~2 million. Includes [[Fang language|Fang]], [[Ewondo language|Ewondo]], etc.||188
|}
 
==1 to 2 million native speakers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3/>
! Ranking by number of native speakers
|-
| '''[[Zazaki language|Zazaki]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] || [[Turkey]] || 1.5–2.5 million (all dialects) (1998 Paul)||189
|-
| '''[[Occitan language|Occitan]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Monaco]] || 1,939,000 ||190
|-
| '''[[Tulu language|Tulu]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]] || 1.9 million (1997)||191
|-
| '''[[Ligurian language (Romance)|Ligurian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Italic]] || [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Monaco]] || 1,920,848||192
|-
| '''[[Sidamo language|Sidamo]]''' || [[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]] || [[Ethiopia]] || 1.9 million native, 100,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (1998 census)||193
|-
| '''[[Bashkir language|Bashkir]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Northern || <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Bashkortostan]]) || 1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||194
|-
| '''[[Yao (ethnic group in Africa)|Yao]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Malawi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Mozambique]] || ~1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||195
|-
| '''[[Chuvash language|Chuvash]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Chuvashia]]) || 1.8 million native, 200,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||196
|-
| '''[[Ijaw languages|Ijaw]]''' ([[Izon language|Izon]]) ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ijoid languages]]|| Indigenous in [[Nigeria]] || 1.8 million (all varieties) (Izon 1 million)||197
|-
| '''[[Fon language|Fon]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Benin]] <small>Significant communities in [[Togo]] || 1.7 million native (2000 Hoddenbagh), unknown number second language||198
|-
| '''[[SiSwati language|SiSwati]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]] || 1.7 million (1996 census, 1993 Johnstone)||199
|-
| '''[[Irish language|Irish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]]|| Official in the [[Republic of Ireland]]; [[Northern Ireland]], Small communities in [[USA]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] || 1,656,790 (2006 Irish Census) [http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/PDR%202006%20Tables%2031-40.pdf]||200
|-
| '''[[Latvian language|Latvian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Latvia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Australia]], [[USA]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[Brazil]]. || 1.6 million<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lav Ethnologue: Latvian]</ref>||201
|-
| '''[[Runyankole language|Nyankore]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Uganda]] || 1.6 million (1991 census)||202
|-
| '''[[Makasar language|Makasar]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || 1.6 million native, 400,000 second language, = 2 million total (1989) ||203
|-
| '''[[Gusii language|Gusii]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 1.6 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL)||204
|-
| '''[[Khandeshi language|Khandeshi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]] || 1.6 million (1997)||205
|-
| '''[[Ndebele language|Ndebele]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Zimbabwe]]. || 1.6 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||206
|-
| '''[[Chin people|Chin]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[India]] || 1.6 million (1990 BAP, 1996 UBS). All varieties, but ''not'' including [[Mizo language|Mizo]] etc.||207
|-
| '''[[Limburgish language|Limburgish]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Meuse-Rhenish]] ||<small>Official in</small> [[Netherlands]] (as a [[regional language]]). [[Belgium]] and [[Germany]] (no official status) || 1.6 million || 208
|-
| '''[[Vlax Romani language|Vlax Romani]]''' || Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan || [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Romania]], [[Albania]], [[Colombia]], [[Hungary]] || 1.5 million||209
|-
| '''[[Sara language|Sara]]''' || [[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]], [[Bongo-Bagirmi languages|Bongo-Bagirmi]] || <small>National language of</small> [[Chad]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Central African Republic]]. || 1.5 million native, all varieties, large number second-language speakers (dated data)||210
|-
| '''[[Pangasinan language|Pangasinan]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 1.5 million (2000 census)||211
|-
| '''[[Tonga language|Tonga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Zambia]], [[Zimbabwe]] || 1.5 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||212
|-
| '''[[Lampung language|Lampung]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || ~1.5 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) ||213
|-
| '''[[Sardinian language|Sardinian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Italy]] ([[Sardinia]]) || ~1.5 million (1977 M. Ibba, Rutgers University) ||214
|-
| '''[[Scots language|Scots]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] || [[Scotland]], <small>Significant communities in [[Northern Ireland]] || ~1.5 million native (General Register Office for Scotland, 1996)||215
|-
| '''[[Dong language|Dong]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Kam-Sui]] || [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.5 million||216
|-
| '''[[Mende language|Mende]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Sierra Leone]] || 1.5 million native, unknown number second language (1987 UBS) ||217
|-
| '''[[Tày language|Tày]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Kam-Tai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]] || [[Vietnam]] || 1.5 million in Viet Nam (1999 census)||218
|-
| '''[[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]]''' ||[[Uto-Aztecan]], isolate|| [[Mexico]] || 1.4 million (all varieties) (dated data)||219
|-
| '''[[Afar language|Afar]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]] || [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Djibouti]] || 1.4 million (1998 census)||220
|-
| '''[[Dagbani language|Dagbani]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur languages|Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]] || 1.4 million, including [[Kusaal language|Kusaal]], [[Mampruli language|Mampruli]] (2004 SIL)||221
|-
| '''[[Koli]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 1.4 million, all varieties (some data dated)||222
|-
| '''[[Chiga language|Chiga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Uganda]] || 1.4 million (1991 census) ||223
|-
| '''[[Chechen language|Chechen]]''' ||[[Caucasian languages|Caucasic]], [[North Central Caucasian|Nakh]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Chechnya]]). || 1.33 million (2002 census) ||224
|-
| '''[[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malawi]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Zambia]] || 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||225
|-
| '''[[Iu Mien language|Iu Mien]]''' ||[[Hmong-Mien]], [[Yao people|Yao]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.3 million, all varieties (1995 Wang and Mao)||226
|-
| '''[[Meru language|Meru]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 1.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data)||227
|-
| '''[[Gogo language|Gogo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || ~1.3 million (1992 UBS) (dated data)||228
|-
| '''[[Teso language|Teso]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Uganda]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kenya]] || 1.3 million (1991 census)||229
|-
| '''[[Meithei]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Manipur]]) || 1.3 million (1997)||230
|-
| '''[[Tamang language|Tamang]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Nepal]] || 1.3 million||231
|-
| '''[[Makonde]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]], [[Mozambique]] || 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||232
|-
| '''[[Bai]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], unclassified|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.2 million (2003)||233
|-
| '''[[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]], [[Tamasheq languages|Southern]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]]. || 1.2 million (1991–1998)||234
|-
| '''[[Mandinka language|Mandinka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]]. || 1.2 million (2002)||235
|-
| '''[[Dioula language|Jula]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>Native to</small> [[Burkina Faso]], <small>Significant communities in [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || ~1.2 million native, 3–4 million second language||236
|-
| '''[[Temne language|Temne]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Sierra Leone]] || ~1.2 million native, 200,000 second language, = ~1.4 million total (1989 J. Kaiser)||237
|-
| '''[[Haya language|Haya]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || ~1.2 million (1991 UBS)||238
|-
| '''[[Serer]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Gambia]]. || 1.2 million (2002)||239
|-
| '''[[Beja language|Beja]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]] or isolate|| [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] || 1.2 million (1982 SIL) ||240
|-
| '''[[Nyamwezi language|Nyamwezi]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || [[Tanzania]] || 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||241
|-
| '''[[Abron language|Abron]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]|| [[Ghana]] || 1.2 million (2003)||242
|-
| '''[[Alur language|Alur]]''' || [[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]] || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||243
|-
| '''[[Sena language|Sena]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]] || 1.2 million, all varieties||244
|-
| '''[[Azande]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ubangian]]|| [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Southern Sudan]], [[Central African Republic]] || 1.1 million (dated data)||245
|-
| '''[[Walloon language|Walloon]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| [[Belgium]] || 1.1 million (1998)||246
|-
| '''[[Anyi language|Anyi]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]] || [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Ghana]] || 1.2 million (1993 SIL)||247
|-
| '''[[Malvi language|Malvi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 1.1 million (1997)||248
|-
| '''[[Hiraya|Kinaray-a]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 1.1 million native (2000 census)||249
|-
| '''[[Soninke language|Soninke]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Burkina Faso]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Gambia]]. || 1.10 million (1991) ||250
|-
| '''[[Ho language|Ho]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| [[India]] || 1.08 million (1997)||251
|-
| '''[[Estonian language|Estonian]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]], [[Finnic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Estonia]] || 1.08 million (1989 census)||252
|-
| '''[[Nyakyusa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]] || 1.05 million (1992 UBS)||253
|-
| '''[[Gwari language|Gwari]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Nupoid languages|Nupe]]|| [[Nigeria]] || 1.05 million (1991 SIL, 2002 SIL)||254
|-
| '''[[Lugbara language|Lugbara]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]], [[Moru-Madi languages|Moru-Madi]] || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || 1.04 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL) ||255
|-
| '''[[Basque language|Basque]]''' ||[[Language isolate]], [[Euskadi]] and [[Navarre]] ([[Spain]]) and [[Iparralde]] ([[France]]) || [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]] || 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL)||256
|-
| '''[[Naga (people)|Naga]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[India]] || 1.03 million, all varieties (1997)||257
|-
| '''[[Susu language|Susu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Guinea]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Sierra Leone]]. || 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||258
|-
| '''[[Tausug language|Tausug]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine || [[Philippines]] <small>Significant communities in [[Indonesia]] ([[Kalimantan]]), [[Malaysia]] ([[Sabah]]) || 1.02 million native (2000 census)||259
|-
| '''[[Chokwe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || 1.01 million (1990 UBS)||260
|-
| '''[[Kabardian language|Kabardian]]''' ||[[Caucasian languages|Caucasic]], [[Northwest Caucasian|Circassian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Kabardino-Balkaria]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Karachay-Cherkessia]], [[Turkey]] || 1.01 million (1993 UBS, 2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) ||261
|-
| '''[[Ryūkyū language|Ryūkyū]]''' ||[[Japonic languages|Japonic]], [[Ryūkyūan languages|Ryūkyūan]]|| [[Japan]] || 1.01 million, all varieties (2000 WCD)||262
|-
| '''[[Maguindanao language|Magindanaw]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine|| [[Philippines]] || 1.0 million native (2000 census), unknown number second language||263
|-
| '''[[Maranao language|Maranao]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine || [[Philippines]] || 1.0 million native (2000 census)||264
|-
| '''[[Ancash Quechua]]''' || [[Waywash]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 1.0 million speakers||265
|-
| '''[[Welsh language|Welsh]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Wales]] <small> Also spoken by isolated populations in</small> [[Argentina]] <small>and</small> [[England]] and</small> [[United States]].|| 1.0 million speakers ||266
|-
| '''[[Songe language|Songe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || ~1 million (1991 WA) ||267
|-
| '''[[Rejang language|Rejang]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || ~1 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) ||268
|-
| '''[[Edo language|Bini]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Edoid languages|Edoid]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Nigeria]] || ~1 million (1999 WA)||269
|-
| '''[[Ebira]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Nupoid languages|Nupe]]|| [[Nigeria]] || ~1 million (1989 J. Adive) ||270
|-
| '''[[Dagaare language|Dagaare]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Burkina Faso]]. || ~1 million (2003)||271
|-
| '''[[Gujari language|Gujari]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Afghanistan]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 0.99 million (2000 WCD)||272
|-
| '''[[Tharu]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Nepal]] || 0.99 million, all varieties||273
|-
| '''[[Venda language|Venda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]] || 0.96 million (1996 census)||274
|-
| '''[[Arakanese language|Arakanese]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]] || 0.95 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||275
|}
 
==100,000 to 1 million speakers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Mauritian Creole]]''' || [[French-based creole]]s || spoken in [[Mauritius]]; no official status || 806,000
|-
| '''[[Yucatán Maya]]''' || [[Mayan languages|Mayan]], [[Yucatecan]], [[Yucatec-Laca]] || [[Mexico]], [[Belize]] || 705,000
|-
| '''[[Ossetic language|Ossetic]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern Iranian]], [[Northeastern Iranian languages|Northeastern]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] <small>Official in [[North Ossetia]], [[South Ossetia]])</small>, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]] || ~700,000
|-
| '''[[Ndonga language|Ndonga]]''' || Bantu || Spoken in [[Namibia]], [[Angola]] || 690,000
|-
| '''[[Kwanyama]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]] || Angola, Namibia || 671,000
|-
| '''[[Mari language|Mari]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]] || [[Russia]] <small>(Official in [[Mari El]])</small> || 600,569
|-
| '''[[Réunion Creole]]''' || [[French-based creole]]s || spoken in [[Réunion]]; no official status || 600,500
|-
| '''[[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Netherlands]] ([[Friesland]]).|| 600,000 fluent speakers in 2004<br>700,000 (Ethnologue 1976)
|-
| '''[[Avar language|Avar]]''' || [[North Caucasian]] (disputed), [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Avar-Andic languages|Avar-Andic]] || Official in [[Russia|Russia's]] [[Republic of Dagestan]] <small> Also spoken in the rest of Russia, [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Turkey]] || ~600,000
|-
| '''[[Friulian language|Friulian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]] || [[Italy]] || ~600,000
|-
| '''[[Lozi language|Lozi]]''' || Niger-Congo || Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe || 550,000
|-
| '''[[Udmurt language|Udmurt]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Permic]] || [[Russia]] <small>(Official in [[Udmurtia]])</small>, [[Kazakhstan]] || 550,000
|-
| '''[[Kalmyk language|Kalmyk]]''' || [[Altaic]] (controversial), [[Mongolic]], [[Kalmyk-Oirat]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] ([[Kalmykia]]), [[China]], [[Mongolia]] || 518,500
|-
| '''[[American Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign language]]|| <small>No official status, used in [[USA]], [[Canada]] and [[Guatemala]]. Also used in varying degrees in [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Chad]], [[Gabon]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Mauritania]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Zimbabwe]].</small> || 100,000 to 500,000 in the USA [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ase]
|-
| '''[[Breton language|Breton]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic]] || <small>Native in [[Brittany]], no official status</small> || ≤ 500,000
|-
| '''[[Erzya language|Erzya]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]], [[Mordvinic languages|Mordvinic]] || <small>Spoken in [[Russia]]</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Maltese language|Maltese]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic languages|Semitic]], South Central|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malta]], [[European Union]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Gibraltar]]|| ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Moksha language|Moksha]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]], [[Mordvinic languages|Mordvinic]] || <small>[[Russia]] ([[Mordovia]])</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Zapotec language|Zapotec]]''' || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Zapotecan]] || Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla Guerrero) <small>Also spoken in [[USA]]</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Fiji Hindi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]||[[Fiji]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[USA]], [[Canada]]||460,000
|-
| '''[[Fijian]]''' ||[[Austronesian Languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]||[[Fiji]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Other Pacific Islands]]||455,000
|-
| '''[[Lezgian language|Lezgian]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Lezgic]] || Spoken in [[Russia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Uzbekistan]] || 450,000
|-
| '''[[Hakha-China language|Hakha-Chin]]''' || Sino-Tibetan || Burma, India, Bangladesh || 446-264
|-
|-
| '''[[Limbu language|Limbu]]''' || Sino-Tibetan || official in [[Nepal]], [[India (Sikkim)]], significant communities in [[Bhutan]], [[Assam (India)]]|| 441,633
|-
| '''[[Mapudungun]]''' || [[language isolate]] || <small>Significant communities in [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]</small>|| 440,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Dargin language|Dargin]]''' || [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]] (geographical convention), [[North Caucasian languages|North]] (disputed), [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast]] || <small>Spoken in [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]]</small> || 439,000
|-
| '''[[Ingush language|Ingush]]''' || [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]] ''(disputed)'', [[North Caucasian languages|North]] ''(disputed)'', [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast]], [[Nakh languages|Nakh]], [[Vainakh languages|Vainakh]] ([[Chechen language|Chechen]]-Ingush) || Spoken in [[Russia]] ([[Ingushetia]], [[Chechnya]]) || 415,000
|-
| '''[[Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Huasteca]] || [[Mexico]] || 410,000
|-
| '''[[Karachay-Balkar language|Karachay-Balkar]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak]], [[Kypchak-Cuman]] || Official languages of Russian areas of [[Kabardino-Balkaria]] and [[Karachay-Cherkessia]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Buryat language|Buryat]]''' || Altaic, Mongolic, Northern || [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Russia]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Western Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Huasteca]] || [[Mexico]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Corsican language|Corsican]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], [[Italo-Dalmatian]] || <small>Native in</small> [[Corsica]].|| 100,000-402,000
|-
| '''[[Aklanon language|Aklanon]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]], [[Central Philippine languages|Central Philippine]], [[Visayan languages|Visayan]], [[Western Visayan languages|Western Visayan]], [[Aklan languages|Aklan]], || <small>Native in</small> the [[Philippines]]. <small>|| 394,545
|-
| '''[[Dhivehi]]''' / '''[[Mahl language|Mahl]]''' ||[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| Official in[[The Maldives]], [[Minicoy Island]](India).|| 379,200
|-
| '''[[Samoan language|Samoan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Nuclear MP]] || Official in [[Samoa]] and [[American Samoa]] (United States) || 370,337
|-
| '''[[Sakha language|Sakha]]''' || Altaic, Turkic, Northern Turkic || Russia || 363,000
|-
| '''[[Awngi language|Awngi]]''' || Afro Asiatic, Cushitic, Central || Ethiopica (Agew Awi Zone, Amhara Region) || 356,980
|-
| '''[[Irish language|Irish]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]] || Official in the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]], spoken by communities in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]]. || 350,000
|-
| '''[[Komi language|Komi]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Permic]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] <small>([[Komi Republic]], [[Perm Krai]]</small> || 350,000
|-
[[Mingrelian language]]'''[[Kartvelian]], Spoken in Georgia [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], 500000
| '''[[Mazahua language|Mazahua]]''' || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Oto-Pamean languages|Oto-Pamean]], [[Otomian languages|Otomian]] || [[Mexico]] || 350,000
|-
| '''[[Papiamento]]''' || [[Portuguese Creole]] || Official in [[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]] || 329,000
|-
| '''[[Pontic Greek]]''' || [[Indo-European]], [[Greek language|Greek]] || Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey || 324,535
|-
| '''[[Japanese Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign language]] || <small>no official status</small> || 320,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic|North]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Iceland]]. <small>Small community in</small> [[Gimli, Manitoba|Gimli]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]].|| 310,000
|-
| '''[[Wayuu language|Wayuu]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Northern Maipuran]], [[Caribbean]] || <small>Significant communities in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]]</small> || 305,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Aromanian language|Aromanian]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Eastern Romance]] || [[Greece]], [[Albania]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] || 300,000-700,000
|-
| '''[[Adyghe language|Adyghe]]''' || Caucasian (disputed), [[North Caucasian]] (disputed), [[Northwest Caucasian]], [[Circassians|Circassian]] || Official in [[Russia|Russia's]] [[Republic of Adygea]], <small>Significant communities in the rest of Russia, [[Turkey]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]], [[Israel]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Iraq]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[Laz language|Laz]] || [[Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]] || [[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]], [[Adjaria]], [[Greece]] || 300,000-500,000
|-
| '''[[Wanka Quechua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[Luxembourgish]]''' || [[West Central German]] group of [[High German languages]] || Official in [[Luxembourg]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[Garifuna language|Garifuna]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Carib]] || [[Honduras]], [[Belize]], [[Guatemala]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[French Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign language]] || <small>used in [[France]], no official status. French Sign Language is related to [[Dutch Sign Language]] (NGT), [[German Sign Language]] (DGS), [[Flemish Sign Language]] (VGT), [[Belgian-French Sign Language]] (LSFB) [[Irish Sign Language]] (ISL), [[American Sign Language]] (ASL), and [[Quebec Sign Language]] (LSQ).</small> || 80,000 - 300,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Kumyk language|Kumyk]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak]], [[Kypchak-Cuman]] || [[Russia]] <small>[[Dagestan]]</small> || 282,000
|-
| '''[[Nama language|Nàmá]]''' ||[[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]], [[List of Khoisan languages|Khoe]], Khoekhoe, North Khoekhoe|| <small>Official in</small> [[Namibia]]. <small>|| 250,000
|-
| '''[[Central Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 200,000
|-
| '''[[Kenyan Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign language]]|| [[Kenya]] || ~200,000
|-
| '''[[Tuvan language|Tuvan]]''' || Altaic, Turkic, Northeastern || Mongolia, Russia, China || 200,000
|-
| '''[[Miskito language|Miskito]]''' || [[Misumalpan]] || Nicaragua, Honduras || 183,400
|-
| '''[[Navajo language|Navajo]]''' || [[Na-Dené]], [[Athabaskan]], [[Southern Athabaskan]] || Spoken in the [[USA]] <small>(Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)</small> || 178,000
|-
| '''[[Māori language|Maori]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Oceanic]], [[Tahitic languages]] ||<small>Official language of</small> [[New Zealand]]/[[Aotearoa]] || 165,000 fluent speakers (New Zealand Census, 2006. [[Statistics New Zealand]]).
|-
| '''[[Amis language|Amis]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 137,651
|-
| '''[[Ngäbere]]''' || [[Chibchan]], [[Guaymi]] || Spoken in [[Panamá]] || 133,092 (1990 Panama Census)
|-
| '''[[Herero language|Hererro]]''' || Niger-Congo || Namibia, Botswana || 130,000
|-
| '''[[Chamula Tzotzil]]''' || [[Maya languages|Mayan]], [[Cholan-Tzeltalan]], [[Tzeltalan]] || [[Mexico]] || 130,000
|-
| '''[[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]]'''|| [[Northwest Caucasian]], [[Abkhaz-Abaza]]|| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Abkhazia]], diasporal communities elsewhere|| about 125,000
|-
| '''[[Highland Puebla Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 125,000
|-
| '''[[Highland Totonac]]''' || [[Totonacan]], [[Totonac]] || [[Mexico]] || 120,000
|-
| '''[[Lak language|Lak]]''' || [[North Caucasian]], [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]] || [[Russia]] <small>([[Southern Dagestan]])</small> || 120,000
|-
| '''[[Orizaba Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 120,000
|-
| '''[[P'urhépecha language|P'urhépecha]]''' || [[Language isolate]] || [[Mexico]] <small>Michoacán</small> || ~120,000
|-
| '''[[Tahitian language|Tahitian]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Central-Eastern MP]], [[Eastern MP]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific languages|Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]], [[Central E. Polynesian]], [[Tahitic]] || [[France]] <small>([[French Polynesia]])</small>|| 120,000
|-
| '''[[Karelian language|Karelian]]''' || [[Uralic]] || [[Russia]] || 118,000
|-
| '''[[Komi-Permyak language|Komi-Permyak]] || [[Uralic]] || [[Russia]] || 116,000
|-
| '''[[Pardhan language|Pardhan]] || [[Gondi language|Gondi]] || No official status, spoken in [[India]] || 116,919
|-
| '''[[Franco-Provençal language|Franco-Provençal]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]] (SIL), [[Oïl]] (SIL), [[Southeastern]]{{dn}} (SIL) || [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[France]] || ~113,000
|-
| '''[[Tongan language|Tongan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]]... || Official in [[Tonga]] || 105,319
|-
| '''[[Bachajón Tzeltal]]''' || [[Mayan languages|Mayan]], [[Cholan-Tzeltalan]], [[Tzeltalan]] || [[Mexico]] || 100,000
|-
| '''[[Ladino language|Ladino]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Ibero-Romance]], [[West Iberian Romance|West Iberian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [[Israel]], [[Turkey]] ||109,000
|-
| '''[[Gilbertese language|Gilbertese]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]]... || Official in [[Kiribati]] || 102,000
|-
| '''[[Spanish Sign Language]] || [[Sign language]] || [[Spain]] || more than 100,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Mezquital Otomi]] || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Otopamean]], [[Otomian]] || [[Mexico]], [[USA]] || 100,000
|-
| '''[[Tabasaran language|Tabasaran]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Lezgian]] || [[Russia]] <small>([[Southern Dagestan]])</small> || 95,905
|-
| '''[[Kodava Takk]]''' || [[Dravidian]] || [[Kodagu]], Karnataka, India || 93,000
|-
| '''[[Mexican Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign language]]|| <small>no official status</small> || 87,000-100,000 signers
|}
 
==10,000 to 100,000 speakers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Mara language|Mara]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Kuki-Chin]](Central) || India- <small>Official in [[Mara Autonomous District Council]] </small> and Chin state, Myanmar || 94,000
|-
| '''[[Atayal language|Atayal]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 84,330
|-
| '''[[South Estonian language|South Estonian]]''' || Uralic || Estonia || 80,000
|-
| '''[[Altay language|Altay]]''' || Altaic, Turkic || Russia, Mongolia, China || 71,600
|-
| '''[[Võro language|Võro]]''' || [[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Baltic-Finnic languages|Baltic-Finnic]] [[South Estonian language|South Estonian]] || Estonia || 70 000
|-
| '''[[Nogai language|Nogai]]''' || Altaic, Turkic || Russia || 67,800
|-
| '''[[Faroese language|Faroese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Faroe Islands]]. <small>|| 60,000 - 80,000
|-
| '''[[Santiago del Estero Quichua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Spoken in [[Argentina]]</small> || 66,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Paiwan language|Paiwan]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 61,000
|-
| '''[[Chamorro language|Chamorro]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Nuclear MP]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[USA]] <small>([[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]])</small> || 60,000+
|-
| '''[[Khakas language|Khakas]]''' || Altaic || Russia || ~60,000
|-
| '''[[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Scotland]]. <small>|| 58,652 speakers. Although 92,400 people aged three and over in Scotland had some Gaelic language ability in 2001<ref name="2001census">[http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/press/news2005/scotlands-census-2001-gaelic-report.html "News Release - Scotland's Census 2001 - Gaelic Report"] from General Registrar for Scotland website, 10 October 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2007</ref>
|-
| '''[[Thai Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || [[Thailand]] || 56,000
|-
| '''[[Anishinaabe language|Ojibwe]]''' || [[Algonquian]]|| Canada and northern United States || 55,000
|-
| '''[[Leonese language|Leonese]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Iberian]], [[Leonese]], || Spain and Portugal || 55,000
|-
| '''[[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]]''' || [[Eskimo-Aleut]], [[Inuit]] || Official in Denmark (Greenland) || 54,000
|-
| '''[[Kashubian language|Kashubian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West Slavic]], [[Pomeranian language|Pomeranian]] || Poland || 53,000
|-
| '''[[Quebec Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || Canada (Quebec) || 50,000-60,000
|-
| '''[[Cree language|Cree]]''' || [[Algonquin]] || Canada, United States || 50,000
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Sanskrit]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] ||chiefly [[India]], but also [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]]; <small>Used in religious practices in </small> [[Hinduism]]. || 49,736 fluent speakers ([[1991 Indian census]])
|-
| '''[[Western Argentine Guaraní]]''' || [[Guaranean]] || <small>[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 48,974 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Eastern Bolivian Guaraní]]''' || [[Tupi]], [[Tupi-Guarani]], [[Tupi-Guarani Subgroup I|Subgroup I]] || Official in [[Bolivia]], <small>Also spoken in [[Argentina]]</small> || 48,974 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Cook Islands Maori]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Central-Eastern MP]], [[Eastern MP]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific languages|Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]], [[Central E. Polynesian]], [[Tahitic]] || [[New Zealand]] </small>([[Cook Islands]])</small> || 42,669
|-
| '''[[Ticuna language|Ticuna]]''' || [[Language isolate]] || Peru, Brazil, Colombia || 40,000
|-
| '''[[Meänkieli]]''' || Dialect of [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Baltic-Finnic languages|Baltic-Finnic]], [[Uralic languages|Uralic]] || Sweden || 40,000—70,000
|-
| '''[[Aguaruna language|Aguaruna]]''' || [[Jivaroan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 38,290 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Bunun language|Bunun]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 38,000
|-
| '''[[Romansh language|Romansh]] ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small> Official in</small> [[Switzerland]]. || 35,000 native
|-
| '''[[Rutul language|Rutul]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia, Azerbaijan || +30,000
|-
| '''[[Ladin]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]], [[Rhaetian]] || [[Italy]] || 30,000
|-
| '''[[Inuktitut]] || [[Eskimo-Aleut]], [[Inuit]] || Official in [[Canada]] || ~30,000
|-
| '''[[Llanito]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]|| <small>Vernacular of</small> [[Gibraltar]]. <small>Although widely understood in the surrounding </small> [[Campo de Gibraltar]] <small>area, in Spain.</small>|| 30,000 (Ethnologue 2006)
|-
| '''[[Evenki language|Evenki]]''' || Altaic, Tungusic || Russia, China, Mongolia || 29,000
|-
| '''[[Nenets language|Nenets]] || Uralic || Russia || 27,273
|-
| '''[[Mbyá Guaraní]]''' || [[Tupian]], [[Tupí-Guaraní]], [[Guaraní (I)]] || <small>[[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 27,000
|-
| '''[[Sioux language|Sioux]]''' || [[Siouan-Catawban]], [[Siouan]], [[Mississippi Valley]], [[Dakotan]] || [[USA]], [[Canada]] || 26,300
|-
| '''[[Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Argentina]]</small> || 25,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Asháninka language|Asháninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official language of [[Peru]] || 23,750 - 28,500 (2000 SIL)
|-
| '''[[Huichol language|Huichol]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]] || Mexico <small>(Nayarit, Zacatecas, Jalisco)</small> || 20,000
|-
| '''[[Taba language|Taba]]''' || Austronesian || Indonesia || 20,000
|-
| '''[[Warao language|Warao]]''' || [[Warao language|Warao]] || <small>[[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]]</small> || 18,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Nivaclé]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Paraguay]]</small> || 18,200 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Agul language|Agul]]''' || Northeast Caucasian, Lezgian || [[Russia]], [[Azerbaijan]] || 17,373 (1989 Census)
|-
| '''[[Kaiwá]]''' || || <small>[[Brazil]]</small> || 15,512 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Cherokee language|Cherokee]]''' || [[Iroquoian]], [[Southern Iroquoian]] || [[USA]] <small>(Oklahoma)</small> || 15,000-22,000
|-
| '''[[Northern Sami]]''' || Uralic || Norway, Finland, Sweden || 15,000—20,000
|-
| '''[[Mahl language|Mahl]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]], [[Insular Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]] || 15,000-20,000
|-
| '''[[Mirandese language|Mirandese]]''' || Indo-European,Italic,Romance,Italo-Western,Gallo-Iberian,Ibero-Romance,West Iberian, Astur-Leonese|| <small>[[Portugal]]</small> || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Tsez language|Tsez]]''' || North Caucasian || Russia || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Argentina]]</small> || 15,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[ǃKung language|!Kung]]''' || Khoisian || Namibia, Angola || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Norwegian Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || Norway|| 4,000-15,000
|-
| '''[[Tuamotuan language|Tuamotuan]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]]... || [[France]] <small>([[French Polynesia]])</small> || 14,400
|-
| '''[[Auslan]] || [[BANZSL]], [[Sign Language]] || [[Australia]] || 14,000
|-
| '''[[South Ucayali Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 13,000
|-
| '''[[Yaghnobi]] || [[Eastern Iranian]] || [[Tajikistan]] || 12,500
|-
| '''[[South African Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || [[South Africa]] || 12,200
|-
| '''[[Pajonal Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Pichis Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Khanty language|Khanty]]''' || Uralic || Russia || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Chiripá]]''' || [[Tupi]], [[Tupi-Guarani]], [[Tupi-Guarani Subgroup I|Subgroup I]] || <small>[[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 11,500 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Chayahuita]]''' || Cahuapanan || Official in [[Peru]] || 11,384 (2000, WCD)
|-
| '''[[Tuvaluan language|Tuvaluan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific languages|Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Samoic]], [[Ellicean]] || [[Tuvalu]], [[Fiji]], [[Kiribati]], [[Nauru]], [[New Zealand]] || 10,670
|-
| '''[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| [[Huesca (province)|Huesca province]] ([[Spain]]).<small> No official status.</small> || 10,000 native, 30,000-50,000 with some knowledge (Dated data)
|-
| '''[[Central Alaskan Yup'ik language|Central Alaskan Yup'ik]]''' || [[Eskimo-Aleut]] || United States (Alaska) || ~10,000
|-
| '''[[North Frisian language|North Frisian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || Germany <small>(recognized minority language in [[Nordfriesland]])</small> || 10,000 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Míkmaq language|Míkmawísimk]]''' || [[Eastern Algonquian]]|| Canada and United States || About 10,000
|}
 
== Below 10,000 ==
 
{{See|List of endangered languages}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Israeli Sign Language]]''' || Sign Language || Israel || ~10,000
|-
| '''[[Shor language|Shor]]''' || Altaic || Russia || 9,800
|-
| '''[[Zuni language|Zuñi]]''' || Isolate || United States ([[New Mexico]] and [[Arizona]]) <small>[[Zuni Pueblo|Zuñi pueblo]]</small> || 9,651
|-
| '''[[Huambisa]]''' || Jivaroan || Spoken in [[Peru]] || 9,333 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Lakota language|Lakota]]''' || [[Siouan-Catawban]], [[Siouan]], [[Mississippi Valley]], [[Dakotan]], [[Sioux]] || [[USA]] || 8,000-9,000
|-
| '''[[Chukchi language|Chukchi]]''' || Chukotko-Kamchatkan || Russia || 7,742
|-
| '''[[Huitoto languages|Huitotot]]''' || Bora-Huitoto, Huitoto-Ocaina || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in Colombia</small> || 7,378-8,162 <small>(Adelaar, 2004)</small>
|-
| '''[[Southern Aymara]]''' || [[Aymaran]] || Official in [[Peru]] <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 7,212 (2001 SIL)
|-
| '''[[Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka]] || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in [[Peru]] <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 7,212
|-
| '''[[Megleno-Romanian language|Megleno-Romanian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Eastern Romance]] || [[Greece]], [[Romania]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] || 5,000-12,000
|-
| '''[[Veps language|Veps]]''' || Uralic || Russia || 6,355
|-
| '''[[Western Desert Language]] || [[Pama-Nyungan]] || Australia || 6,103 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Flemish Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || Belgium ([[Flanders]] and [[Brussels-Capital Region]]) || 6,000
|-
| '''[[Perené Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 5,500
|-
| '''[[Achuar-Shiwiar]]''' || [[Jivaroan]] || Official in [[Peru]], <small>Also spoken in [[Ecuador]]</small> || 5,000
|-
| '''[[Cashibo-Cacataibo]]''' || [[Panoan]] || [[Peru]] || 5,000 (Ethnologue, 1999)
|-
| '''[[Finnish Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || [[Finland]] || 5,000 (estimate)
|-
| '''[[Dolgan language|Dolgan]]''' || Altaic || Russia || ~5,000
|-
| '''[[Saisiyat language|Saisiyat]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 4,750
|-
| '''[[Rapa Nui language|Rapa Nui (Easter Islander)]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific languages|Central Pacific]], [[East]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]] || [[Chile]] <small>([[Rapa Nui|Rapa Nui (Easter Island)]]) || 4,650
|-
| '''[[!Xóõ language|!Xóõ]]''' || Khoisian || Namibia, Botswana || 4,200
|-
| '''[[Ajyíninka Apurucayali]] || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 4,000
|-
| '''[[British Sign Language]] || [[BANZSL]], [[Sign Language]] || [[United Kingdom]] || 4,000
|-
| '''[[Akhvakh]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 3,500
|-
| '''[[Koryak language|Koryak]]''' || Chukotko-Kamchatkan || Russia || 3,019
|-
| '''[[Jaqaru]]''' || Aymaran || Official in Peru || 3,009
|-
| '''[[Candoshi-Shapra]]''' || Language Isolate || Official in Peru || 3,000 (1991, SIL)
|-
| '''[[Yagua language|Yague]]''' || [[Peba-Yaguan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 3,000-4,000 (''dated'')
|-
| '''[[Kala Lagaw Ya]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 3,000-4,000
|-
| '''[[Khinalug]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages]] || Azerbaijan || 1,500 ~ 4,000
|-
| '''[[Ludic language|Ludic]] || [[Uralic]] || Russia <small>(Karelia)</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Inupiaq language|Inupiaq]]''' || [[Aleut]] || Canada || 3,500
|-
| '''[[Mansi language|Mansi]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>Khantia-Mansia</small> || 3,184
|-
| '''[[Carolinian language|Carolinian]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Micronesian]], [[Micronesian Proper]], [[Ponapeic-Trukic]] || [[United States]] <small>Official in [[Northern Mariana Islands]]</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Godoberi]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Murui Huitoto]]''' || Witotoan, Witoto, Witoto Proper, Minica-Murui || Official in Peru, also spoken in Colombia || 2,900 (SIL, 1995)
|-
| '''[[Bora language|Bora]] || Witotan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in [[Colombia]] || 2,828
|-
| '''[[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]]<br /> (East Frisian)''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || Germany <small>(recognized minority language in [[Saterland]], [[East Frisia]])</small> || 2,250<br />11,000 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Kven language|Kven]] || Uralic || Norway || 2,000-8,000
|-
| '''[[Cashinahua]]''' || Panoan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in Brazil</small> || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Inuinnaqtun]]''' || Aleut || Canada || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Lule Sami]]''' || Uralic || Norway, Sweden || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Esperanto]]||Vocabulary from [[Romance languages|Romance]] and [[Germanic languages]]; phonology from [[Slavic languages]]||[[International auxiliary language]]|| 200 to 2000 ''N.B. Because it is an international language, most speakers speak it as a second language. Estimates of total number of speakers tend to fall around 2 million.<ref>http://www.esperanto.net/veb/faq-5.html</ref>''
|-
| '''[[Arrernte language|Arrernte]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 1,500
|-
| '''[[Manx language|Manx Gaelic]]''' || Indo-European, Celtic, [[Goidelic]]|| Isle of Man || 1,750
|-
| '''[[Minica Huitoto]]''' || Witotoan || Official in Peru, <small>Also spoken in Colombia</small> || 1,705 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Selkup language|Selkup]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Yamalia)</small> || 1,570
|-
| '''[[Culina language|Culina]] || Arauan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 1,303
|-
| '''[[Chipaya language|Chipaya]] || Uru-Chipaya || Official in Peru || 1,200
|-
| '''[[She language|She]] || Hmong-Mien || China || 1,200
|-
| '''[[Chickasaw language|Chickasaw]]''' || Muskogean || United States || 1,000
|-
| '''[[Walmajarri language|Walmajarri]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 1,000
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the population
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman]]''' || Altaic-Turkic || Turkey || 900
|-
| '''[[Norfuk]]''' || Caribbean Creole || Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands || 616
|-
| '''[[Kildin Sami]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Murmansk Oblast, Karelia)</small> || 500
|-
| '''[[Nganasan language|Nganasan]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Taymyria)</small> || 500
|-
| '''[[Southern Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 500
|-
| '''[[Inari Sami]]''' || Uralic || Finland || 400
|-
| '''[[Skolt Sami]]''' || Uralic || Finland, Russia <small>(Karelia)</small> || 400
|-
| '''[[Mlabri]]''' || Austroasiatic || Thailand, Laos <small>(Karelia)</small> || <400
|-
| '''[[Ingrian language|Ingrian]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Ingria)</small> || 300
|-
| '''[[Pirahã language|Pirahã]]''' || [[Muran languages|Muran]] || Amazon River, Brazil. <small>No official status</small> || 300
|-
| '''[[Washo language|Washo]]''' || Hokan || United States <small>([[Washoe County]], [[Nevada]])</small> || 252<ref name="washomla">[http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=99&county_id=&mode=state_tops&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&a=&ea=&order=a&ll=all Language Map Data Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
| '''[[Comanche language|Comanche]]''' || Uto-Aztecan || United States <small>(Oklahoma)</small> || 200
|-
| '''[[Hinukh]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 200
|-
| '''[[Livonian language|Livonian]]''' || Uralic || Latvia <small>(Livonia)</small> || 150
|-
| '''[[Tobian]] || Trukic || [[Palau]] (In the states of [[Hatohobei]] and [[Sonsorol]] and in the southern areas of Palau) || ≥100
|-
| '''[[Enets language|Enets]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Krasnoyarsk Krai)</small> || 70
|-
| '''[[Pitkern]] (Or Pitcairnese)'''|| Caribbean Creole || Pitcairn Island (and New Zealand)|| ≥70
|-
| '''[[Manchu language|Manchu]]''' || Altaic || Northern China (Heilongjian province), Southern Russia || ≥60
|-
| '''[[Pite Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 20
|-
| '''[[Ume Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 20
|-
| '''[[Votic language|Votic]]''' || Uralic || Russia || ≥20
|-
| '''[[Kayardild language|Kayardild]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || <10
|-
| '''[[Ter Sami]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Murmansk Oblast)</small> || 2
|-
| '''[[Dalmatian language|Dalmatian]]''' || Romanian || Croatia,Italia || 0 (extinct)
|-
 
 
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