List of language names

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This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.

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Languages

A

Aari – Aari

Aasáx † – Aasá

Abaza – Aбаза бызшва

Abellen – Ayta Abellen

Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

Abui – Abui

Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ

Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh

Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩

Achi – achi'

Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí

Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas

Adangme – Adangbɛ

Adangbe – Adangbe

Adele – Gidire

Adioukrou – mɔjukru

Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla

Adyghe – Адыгабзэ

Afade – afaë

Afar – Qafár af

Afrihili – El-Afrihili

Afrikaans – Afrikaans

Aguacateco – awakateko

Aghem – aghím

Aghul – агъул чӀал

Ahtna – Atnakenaege

Ainu – アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak

Ajië – A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu

Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi

Akkadian † – akkadû or 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑

Akkala Sámi – äh'k'el'säm'la

Aklanon – Akeanon, Binisaya nga Akeanon or Inakeanon

Akum – aakuem

Alabama – Albaamaha

Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar

Algerian Saharan Arabic – dŷazāri' or جزائري

Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý

Algonquin – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ or anicinâbemowin

Altai – Алтай тили

Alyutor – nəməlʔu

Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí

Amharic – ኣማርኛ

Amo – Timap

Ancient Egyptian Language † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖

Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική

Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية

Anfillo – Mao

Angika – अंगिका

Angloromani – Romanichal

Apache – Ndéé

Apsaalooke – Apsaalooke

Arabela – Tapweyokwaka

Arabic – العربية

Aragonese – l'Aragonés

Aramaic – ܐܪܡܝܐ

Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit

Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht

Archi – аршаттен

Arikara – Sáhniš

Arin † – bbˈirk

Armenian – Հայերեն

Aromanian – Aromanian

Arpitan – arpetan or francoprovençâl

Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye

Arvanitika – arbërisht or αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ

Assamese – অসমীয়া

Assiniboine – Nakhóda

Asturian – Asturianu

Auslan – Sign Language

Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin

Avar – МагIарул МацI

Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

Awadhi – अवधी

Aweer – Boni

Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ

Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco

Aymara – Aymar Aru

Äynu – ئەينۇ

Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca

Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí

B

Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ

Baga † – Barka

Bai – 白语

Baki – Baki

Balinese – ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ

Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی

Bambara – Bamanankan

Bantu † – Narrow Bantu

Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta

Bashkir – башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele

Basque – Euskara

Bassa – ɓasaá

Batak – ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲

Belarusian – Беларуская

Bemba – iciBemba

Bengali – বাংলা

Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ

Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit

Betawi – Basè Betawi, Basa Betawi

Bezhta – бежкьалас миц

Bhojpuri – 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري

Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut

Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo

Bikol – Bikol

Bislama – Bislama

Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ

Bodo – बड़ो

Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski

Breton – Brezhoneg

Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ

Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ

Bulgarian – български език

Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား

Buryat – буряад хэлэн

Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ

C

Caddo – Hasí:nay

Cahto – Katoiana

Cahuarano † – Cahuiawano

Cahuilla – Ivia

Canichana † – ?

Cantonese – 廣東話

Carrier – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

Catalan – Català

Catawba – Katapa

Cayuga – Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’

Cebuano – Bisaya, Sinugboanon

Chakma - 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴

Chalcatongo Mixtec – Chalcatongo

Cham – ꨌꩌ

Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro

Chechen – Нохчийн Mотт

Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

Chewa – Nyanja

Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots

Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी

Chickasaw – Chikasha

Chinese – 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文

Chinese (Classical) – 古文 or 文言

Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné

Chittagonian – চাটগাঁইয়া বুলি

Chocangaca – ཁྱོ་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་

Choctaw – Chahta', Chahta Anumpa

Chukchi – чаучу

Chulym – Ось тили, тадар тили

Chuvash – Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla

Cimbrian – Zimbrisch

Cocos Islands Malay – Basa Pulu Cocos

Comanche – Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

Cook Islands Māori – ‘Airani

Coptic – ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ

Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek

Corsican – Corsu

Cree – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

Crimean Tatar

Croatian – Hrvatski

Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'memelki

Cypriot Arabic – Sanna

Czech – Český Jazyk, Čeština

D

Dair – Thaminyi or طهامينيي

Dakhini – دکنی

Dakota – Dakȟótiyapi

Dalecarlian – Dalmål

Danish – Dansk

Dargwa – Дарган Mез

Dari – فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi

Dhivehi – ދިވެހި

Dolgan – Дулҕан, Dulğan, Һака, Haka

Domari – Dômarî

Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu

Dungan – 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян

Durkha – тyъһа тыл

Dutch – Nederlands

Dutton World Speedwords – rapmotz

Dzongkha – རྫོང་ཁ་

E

E – 誒

Egyptian Arabic † – اللغة المصرية العامية

English – English

Erzya – Эрзянь Kель

Esperanto – Esperanto

Estonian – Eesti

Even – эвэн то̄рэ̄нни or эвэды

Evenki – Эвэды̄ турэ̄н

Ewe – Èʋe, Èʋegbe

Extremaduran – Estremeñu

Eyak † – dAXhunhyuuga'

F

Fala – Fala

Faroese – Føroyskt

Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti

Fiji Hindi – फिजी बात or Fiji Baat

Filipino – Wikang Filipino

Filipino Sign Language – Sign Language

Finnish – Suomi

Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè

French – Français

Frisian (North) – Noordfreesk

Frisian (Saterland) – Seeltersk

Frisian (West) – Frysk

Friulian – Furlan

Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular

Fur – For

G

Ga – Gã

Gagauz – Gagauz

Galician – Galego

Gallo – Galo

Gan – 赣语, 贛語

Garre – ?

Ge'ez – ግዕዝ

Georgian – ქართული

German – Deutsch

Gikuyu – Gĩkũyũ

Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati

Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci

Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

Greek – Ελληνικά

Greenlandic – Kalaallisut

Grenadian French Creole – Patwa

Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju

Gujarati – ગુજરાતી

Gumuz – Bega

Gurung – तमु क्यी

Gwich'in – Gwich'in

H

Haida – Xaat Kíl

Hainanese – 海南話

Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen

Hakka – 客家話, 客家话

Harari – ሃራሪ

Haryanvi – हरयाणवी

Hausa – حَوْسَ

Hawaiian – ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Hebrew – עברית‎

Herero – Otjiherero

Hiligaynon – Ilonggo

Hill Mari – Мары йӹлмӹ

Himba – Omuhimba, Simba

Hindi – हिन्दी

Hindko – ہندکو

Hindustani – ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी

Hinuq – гьинузас мец

Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu

Hmong – lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob, 𖬌𖬣𖬵

Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi

Hungarian – Magyar

I

Icelandic – Íslenska

Ido – Ido

Igala – Igala

Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo

Ik – Icetot

Ili Turki – İlı turkeşi, И̇лı туркес̧и, ي̇لي تۋركەسي

Ilocano – Iloko, Pagsasao nga Iloko

Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia

Ingush – ГӀалгӀай мотт

Interlingua – Interlingua

Interlingue (Occidental) – Interlingue

Interslavic – Medžuslovjansky, Меджусловјанскы

Inuinnaqtun – ?

Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ

Inuktitut – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

Inupiaq – Iñupiatun

Irish – Gaeilge

Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol

Istro Romanian – Istroromånă

Italian – Italiano

Iu Mien - Iu Mienh

Ivatan – Chirin nu Ibatan

J

Japanese – 日本語, 日本語

Jarawa – Aongəŋ

Javanese – ꦧꦱꦗꦮ

Judaeo-Spanish – גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול‎, Ladino

Jutish – Jydsk

Jèrriais – Jèrriais

K

Kabardian – Адыгэбзэ

Kabyle – شئعم

Kachin - ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်

Kaingang – Kanhgág

Kaixana – Too few people for it to be written/typed (1 Person as of 2020)

Kapampangan – Kapampangan

Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ

Kanuri – Kanuri

Karakalpak – Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili

Karamojong – ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ

Karelian – Karjalan Kieli

Karen - ကညီကျိာ်

Karenni - ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬

Kashmiri – كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur

Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk

Kazakh – Қазақ Tілі

Kelantanese Malay – بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate

Kendeje – Kendeje

Ket – Остыганна ӄа'

Khakas – Хакас Tілі

Khanty – ханты

Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ

Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab

Khowar – کھوار

Khmu - Kmhmu

Kimki – ?

Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda

Komi – Коми

Konkani – कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ

Korean – 조선말, 한국어

Koryak – нымылан

Kosraean – Kosrae

Kuanua – Tinata Tuna

Kunama – ?

Kuliak – Rub

Kumyk – Къумукъ Tил

Kurdish – Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди

Kurdish (Southern) – کوردی خوارین, Kurdîy Xwarîn

Kurmanji – Kurmancî, کورمانجی

Kutchi – کچھی or કચ્છી

Kwadi † – !Kwa/tse

Kyrgyz – Кыргыз тили

L

Laal – yəw láà:l

Ladakhi – ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།

Ladin – Ladin

Lakha – ལ་ཁ་

Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi

Lao – ພາສາລາວ

Latin – Lingua Latīna

Latvian – latviešu

Laz – ლაზური ნენა

Leonese – Llïonés

Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ

Limbu – ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ

Limburgish – Lèmburgs

Lingala – Lingála

Lisu – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ

Lithuanian – Lietuvių

Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ

Low German – Plattdüütsch

Low Prussian Dialect – Niederpreußisch

Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba

Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda

Luiseño – Cham'teela

Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo

Luri – لری or Lori

Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch

M

Maasai – ɔl Maa

Macedonian – Mакедонски

Madurese – Basa Mathura

Magahi – मगही

Maguindanao – Maguindanao

Magar – मगर भाषा

Maithili – मैथिली, মৈথিলী

Makassarese – Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

Malagasy – Malagasy

Malay – بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu

Malayalam – മലയാളം

Maltese – Malti

Manchu – ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ

Mandarin – 國語

Manx – Gaelg

Marathi – मराठी

Marshallese – Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl

Marwari – मारवाड़ी, مارواڑی

Masalit – kana masara

Meadow Mari – олык марий

Meitei – মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ

Miami-Illinois – Myaamia

Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl

Min – 閩語 or 闽语

Min Bei – 闽北语

Min Dong – 閩東語

Min Nan – 閩南語 or 闽南语

Min Zhong – 闽中话

Mon – ဘာသာ မန်

Mongolian – Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

Montenegrin – crnogorski, црногорски

Mor – ?

Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē

Musgu – Mulwi

Muskum † – Muzuk

Mussau-Emira – Mussau-Emira

Māori – te Reo Māori

N

Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong

Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli

Naukan Yupik – ?

Navajo – Diné bizaad

Ndyuka – Ndyuka.svg

Nepal Bhasa – नेपाल भाषा

Nepali – नेपाली

New Zealand Sign Language – Sign Language

Ngbee † – Lingbee

Nihali – ?

Northern Thai – ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ

Norwegian – Norsk

Nottoway – Cheroenhaka

Nuosu/Yi – ꆈꌠ꒿

Nyangia – Nyang'i

O

Occitan – Occitan

Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ

Oirat – ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ

Oirata – ?

Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ

Old Church Slavonic † – Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ

Old English † – Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ

Omotik † – Laamoot

Onge – Öñge

Ontong Java – Luangiua

Oroch – Орочи кэсэни

Orok – ульта

Oromo – Afaan Oromoo

Ossetian – иронау, ирон ӕвзаг

Note: Georgia but there is a dispute with Russia and Georgia with North Ossetia and South Ossetia is wanting independence.

P

Pahari – पहाड़ी

Palula – پالولہ

Pandan Bikol – Pandanon

Pangasinan – Pangasinan

Paratio † – ?

Parya – Парья

Pashto – پښتو

Pattani Malay – بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี

Persian – فارسی форсӣ or دری дарӣ

Phoenician † – 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌

Pidgin – ?

Piman – Tepiman

Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat

Pirahã – xapaitíiso

Pitjantjatjara – Pitjantjatjara

Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch

Polish – Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna

Portuguese – Português

Punjabi – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی

Pu-Xian Min – 興化話 or 莆仙話

Q

Quechuan – Runasimi

Quinqui

R

Raga – Hano

Rajasthani – राजस्थानी

Rinconada – Rinconada

Rohingya – 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝

Romani – Romani Ćhib

Romanian – Română

Ramanos † – ?

Romansh – Rumantsch

Russian – Русский

Rusyn – Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда

Ruthenian † – Руский Языкъ

Rotokas – Rotokas

S

Sadri – सादरी (नागपुरी), ସାଦ୍ରୀ, সাদরি

Sámi (Inari) – anarâškielâ

Sámi (Kildin) – Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл

Sámi (Lule) – julevsámegiella

Sámi (Northern) – davvisámegiella

Sámi (Pite) – bidumsámegiella

Sámi (Skolt) – sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll

Sámi (Southern) – åarjelsaemien gïele

Sámi (Ter) – Са̄мькӣлл, saa´mekiil

Sámi (Ume) – ubmejensámien giella

Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa

Sanskrit – संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्

Sardinian – Sardu

Sasak – ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄

Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ

Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans

Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig

Serbian – Српски, Srpski

Serbo-Croatian – srpskohrvatski/српскохрватски, also hrvatskosrpski/хрватскосрпски

Serer – Seereer, Seereer-Siin

Shan – လိၵ်ႈတႆး

Shanghaiese – 上海闲话

Sherpa language – शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།

Shona – Shona

Sicilian – Sicilianu

Sikkimese – འབྲས་ལྗོངས་

Silesian – Ślōnski, Ślůnski

Sindhi – سنڌي

Sinhala – සිංහල

Slovak – Slovenčina

Slovene – Slovenščina

Somali – اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali

Sorani – سۆرانی, Soranî

Sotho – Sesotho

Southern Quechua

Spanish – Español

Stellingwarfs – Stellingwerfs

Sundanese – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

Sumerian † – 𒅴𒂠 (EME.G̃IR15)

Surajpuri – सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী

Susuami – ?

Swahili – Kiswahili

Swedish – Svenska

Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch

Sylheti – ছিলটী, সিলেটী

T

Taa – ǃXóõ

Tagalog – ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Wikang Tagalog

Tahitian – Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti

Tai Dam – ꪺꪕꪒꪾ

Tai Khün – ไทเขิน

Tai Lü – ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ

Tai Nüa – ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ

Tajik – Тоҷикӣ

Tamang – तामाङ

Tamil – தமிழ்

Tangut † – 𗼇𗟲

Tatar – تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча

Tausug – Bahasa Sūg

Telugu – తెలుగు

Tepes – Soo

Teribe – Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba

Tetum – Lia-Tetun

Terengganu – Ccakak Tranung

Thai – ภาษาไทย

Tibetan – དབུས་སྐད་

Tigrinya – ትግርኛ

Tobagonian Creole – ?

Tofa – Тоъфа дыл

Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin

Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga

Tongva † – Gabrielino

Trinidadian Creole – ?

Tsez – Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец

Tswana – Setswana

Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ

Tunica – Luhchi Yoroni

Tunisian Arabic – تونسي

Turkish – Türkçe

Turkmen – Türkmençe or Türkmen dili

Tulu – ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or Tulubaase4.png

Tumpoon – ?

Tübatulabal – Pakaːnil

Tuvan – тыва дыл

Tzeltal – Bats'il k'op

Tzotzil – Batsʼi kʼop

U

Ubykh † – twaxəbza

Uduk – Tw'ampa or T'wampa

Ukrainian – Українська

Upper Sorbian – Hornjoserbsce

Urdu – اُردُو

Uspanteco – uspantek

Uyghur – ئۇيغۇر تىلى

Uzbek – اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek

V

Vaagri Booli – ஃஅக்கிபிக்கி

Vai – ꕙꔤ

Valencian – Valencià

Vedda – ?

Venda – Tshivenḓa

Venetian – Vèneto

Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt Nam

Vincentian Creole – Naygar (meaning people not Vincentian Creole)

Vlax Romani – řomani čhib

Volapük – Volapük

Votic – Vaddja

Võro – Võro Kiil

W

Wa - Va

Walloon – Walon

Warlpiri – Warlpiri

Welsh – Cymraeg

Western Itelmen – итэнмэн

West Frisian – Frysk

Wintu – wintʰuːh

Wolof – Wolof

Wu – 吴方言

X

Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù

Xhosa – isiXhosa

Xiang – 湘语

Xibe – ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ

Xucuru † – ?

Xiriâna † – Bahwana

Y

Yapese – Yapese

Yakut – Саха тыла

Yanesha' – Yanešač̣

Yiddish – ייִדיש ייִדיש‎

Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá

Yuchi – Tsoyaha

Yue – 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话

Z

Zaghawa – Beria

Zaza – Zazaki

Zulu – isiZulu

Zuni – Shiwi’ma

Zuojiang Zhuang – 話僮

Zyphe Chin – ?

Alphabets and scripts

† = Extinct dialect

'

'Phags-pa † – ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ

A–M

Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа

Anglo-Saxon † – ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ

Armenian Alphabet – Հայկական Այբուբեն

Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

Basahan † – Guhit

Baybayin † – ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔

Bopomofo – ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ

Borama – 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓

Braille – ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑

Carian – 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵

Deseret – 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻

Glagolitic † – Кѷрїлловица, ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ

Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ

Kayah Li – ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ

Kulitan – Kulitan.svg

Mandombe – Mandombe

N–T

N'Ko – ߒߞߏ

Osmanya – 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀

Runic † – ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

Shavian – 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯

Siddhaṃ – 𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽

Tagbanwa – ᝦᝪᝨᝯ

Tai Tham – ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ

† = Extinct alphabet or Script

Dialects

ǂ

ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom

A–K

Albanian (Gheg) – gegnisht

Albanian (Tosk) – toskërisht

Amoy – 廈門話 or 厦门话

Armenian (Eastern) – Արևելահայերեն

Armenian (Western) – Արեւմտահայերէն

Fuzhou – 平話 or 福州話

Hazāragī – هزارگی

Hokkien – 福佬話

Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama

M–T

Meänkieli – Meänkieli

Monégasque – Munegascu

Māori English – Māori English

Ningbo – 寧波閒話

Pothohari – پوٹھوهاری or پوٹھواری

Quanzhou – 泉州話

Sapudi – Bhâsa Sapudi

Saraiki – سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी

Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe

Teochew – 潮州話

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