List of most common languages in the world. It includes language name, ISO 639 codes, and list of countries where the language is spoken.
| Language | ISO 639-1 | ISO 639-2 | ISO 639-3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Afar Afar | aa | aar | aar | Eritrea ER |
Afrikaans Afrikaans | af | afr | afr | Namibia |
Amharic አማርኛ | am | amh | amh | Ethiopia ET |
Arabic العربية | ar | ara | ara | Egypt |
Aymara aymar aru | ay | aym | aym | Bolivia BO |
Azerbaijani azərbaycan dili | az | aze | aze | Azerbaijan AZ |
Belarusian беларуская мова | be | bel | bel | Belarus BY |
Bengali বাংলা | bn | ben | ben | Bangladesh BD |
Bislama Bislama | bi | bis | bis | Vanuatu VU |
Bosnian bosanski jezik | bs | bos | bos | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bulgarian български език | bg | bul | bul | Bulgaria BG |
Bilen ብሊና | byn | Eritrea ER | ||
Catalan català | ca | cat | cat | Andorra AD |
Czech čeština | cs | ces | ces | Czechia CZ |
Chamorro Chamoru | ch | cha | cha | Guam |
Danish dansk | da | dan | dan | Denmark DK |
German Deutsch | de | deu | deu | Belgium |
Divehi ދިވެހި | dv | div | div | Maldives MV |
Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ | dz | dzo | dzo | Bhutan BT |
Greek (modern) ελληνικά | el | ell | ell | Greece |
English English | en | eng | eng | American Samoa |
Estonian eesti | et | est | est | Estonia EE |
Fang Fang | fan | Equatorial Guinea GQ | ||
Faroese føroyskt | fo | fao | fao | Faroe Islands FO |
Persian (Farsi) فارسی | fa | fas | fas | Iran IR |
Fijian vosa Vakaviti | fj | fij | fij | Fiji FJ |
Finnish suomi | fi | fin | fin | Finland FI |
French français | fr | fra | fra | Equatorial Guinea |
Fula Fulfulde | ff | ful | ful | Burkina Faso |
Irish Gaeilge | ga | gle | gle | Ireland IE |
Manx Gaelg | gv | glv | glv | Isle of Man IM |
Guaraní Avañe'ẽ | gn | grn | grn | Argentina |
Haitian Kreyòl ayisyen | ht | hat | hat | Haiti HT |
Hebrew (modern) עברית | he | heb | heb | Israel IL |
Fiji Hindi फ़िजी बात | hif | Fiji FJ | ||
Hindi हिन्दी | hi | hin | hin | India IN |
Croatian hrvatski jezik | hr | hrv | hrv | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Hungarian magyar | hu | hun | hun | Hungary HU |
Armenian Հայերեն | hy | hye | hye | Armenia |
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia | id | ind | ind | Indonesia ID |
Icelandic Íslenska | is | isl | isl | Iceland IS |
Italian Italiano | it | ita | ita | Italy |
Japanese 日本語 (にほんご) | ja | jpn | jpn | Japan JP |
Greenlandic kalaallisut | kl | kal | kal | Greenland GL |
Georgian ქართული | ka | kat | kat | Georgia GE |
Kazakh қазақ тілі | kk | kaz | kaz | Kazakhstan KZ |
Khmer ខ្មែរ | km | khm | khm | Cambodia KH |
Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda | rw | kin | kin | Rwanda RW |
Kyrgyz Кыргызча | ky | kir | kir | Kyrgyzstan KG |
Kongo Kikongo | kg | kon | kon | Democratic Republic of the Congo CD |
Korean 한국어 | ko | kor | kor | North Korea |
Kunama Kunama | kun | Eritrea ER | ||
Kurdish Kurdî | ku | kur | kur | Iraq IQ |
Lao ພາສາລາວ | lo | lao | lao | Laos LA |
Latin latine | la | lat | lat | Vatican City VA |
Latvian latviešu valoda | lv | lav | lav | Latvia LV |
Lingala Lingála | ln | lin | lin | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Lithuanian lietuvių kalba | lt | lit | lit | Lithuania LT |
Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch | lb | ltz | ltz | Luxembourg LU |
Luba-Katanga Tshiluba | lu | lub | lub | Democratic Republic of the Congo CD |
Marshallese Kajin M̧ajeļ | mh | mah | mah | Marshall Islands MH |
Macedonian македонски јазик | mk | mkd | mkd | North Macedonia MK |
Malagasy fiteny malagasy | mg | mlg | mlg | Madagascar MG |
Maltese Malti | mt | mlt | mlt | Malta MT |
Mongolian Монгол хэл | mn | mon | mon | Mongolia MN |
Māori te reo Māori | mi | mri | mri | New Zealand NZ |
Malay bahasa Melayu | ms | msa | msa | Brunei |
Burmese ဗမာစာ | my | mya | mya | Myanmar MM |
Nauruan Dorerin Naoero | na | nau | nau | Nauru NR |
Southern Ndebele isiNdebele | nr | nbl | nbl | South Africa ZA |
Northern Ndebele isiNdebele | nd | nde | nde | Zimbabwe ZW |
Nepali नेपाली | ne | nep | nep | Nepal NP |
Dutch Nederlands | nl | nld | nld | Aruba |
Norwegian Nynorsk Norsk nynorsk | nn | nno | nno | Bouvet Island |
Norwegian Bokmål Norsk bokmål | nb | nob | nob | Bouvet Island |
Norwegian Norsk | no | nor | nor | Bouvet Island |
Nara Nara | nrb | Eritrea ER | ||
Chichewa chiCheŵa | ny | nya | nya | Malawi MW |
(Eastern) Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | pa | pan | pan | Aruba |
Polish polski | pl | pol | pol | Poland PL |
Portuguese Português | pt | por | por | Angola |
Pashto پښتو | ps | pus | pus | Afghanistan AF |
Quechua Runa Simi | qu | que | que | Bolivia BO |
Cook Islands Māori Māori | rar | Cook Islands CK | ||
Romansh Rumantsch | rm | roh | roh | Switzerland CH |
Romanian Română | ro | ron | ron | Moldova |
Rotuman Fäeag Rotuma | rtm | Fiji FJ | ||
Kirundi Ikirundi | rn | run | run | Burundi BI |
Russian Русский | ru | rus | rus | Antarctica |
Sango yângâ tî sängö | sg | sag | sag | Central African Republic CF |
Sinhalese සිංහල | si | sin | sin | Sri Lanka LK |
Slovak slovenčina | sk | slk | slk | Slovakia |
Slovene slovenski jezik | sl | slv | slv | Slovenia SI |
Samoan gagana fa'a Samoa | sm | smo | smo | American Samoa |
Shona chiShona | sn | sna | sna | Zimbabwe ZW |
Somali Soomaaliga | so | som | som | Somalia SO |
Southern Sotho Sesotho | st | sot | sot | Lesotho |
Spanish Español | es | spa | spa | Equatorial Guinea |
Albanian Shqip | sq | sqi | sqi | Albania |
Serbian српски језик | sr | srp | srp | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Swati SiSwati | ss | ssw | ssw | Eswatini |
Saho Saho | ssy | Eritrea ER | ||
Swahili Kiswahili | sw | swa | swa | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Swedish svenska | sv | swe | swe | Åland Islands |
Tamil தமிழ் | ta | tam | tam | Singapore |
Tajik тоҷикӣ | tg | tgk | tgk | Tajikistan TJ |
Thai ไทย | th | tha | tha | Thailand TH |
Tigre ትግረ | tig | Eritrea ER | ||
Tigrinya ትግርኛ | ti | tir | tir | Eritrea ER |
Tonga (Tonga Islands) faka Tonga | to | ton | ton | Tonga TO |
Tswana Setswana | tn | tsn | tsn | Botswana |
Tsonga Xitsonga | ts | tso | tso | South Africa ZA |
Turkmen Türkmen | tk | tuk | tuk | Afghanistan |
Turkish Türkçe | tr | tur | tur | Turkey |
Ukrainian Українська | uk | ukr | ukr | Ukraine UA |
Urdu اردو | ur | urd | urd | Pakistan PK |
Uzbek Oʻzbek | uz | uzb | uzb | Afghanistan |
Venda Tshivenḓa | ve | ven | ven | South Africa ZA |
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt | vi | vie | vie | Vietnam VN |
Xhosa isiXhosa | xh | xho | xho | South Africa ZA |
Chinese 中文 (Zhōngwén) | zh | zho | zho | China |
Malaysian بهاس مليسيا | ms | zsm | msa | Malaysia MY |
Zulu isiZulu | zu | zul | zul | South Africa ZA |
Last updated: 2024-07-09