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Indo-European

The largest family by number of speakers, stretching from Iceland to Bangladesh. It includes the Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Baltic, Celtic, Greek, Albanian, Armenian and Indo-Iranian branches. Colonial expansion carried English, Spanish, Portuguese and French to every continent, which is why so many countries outside Europe use an Indo-European official language.

144 languages on this site · c. 6.0 billion speakers in total (sum of estimates, bilingual people counted more than once) · the main official language in 165 countries.

Highlighted countries: the main official language belongs to this family.

Indo-Aryan 51

  1. Hindi 580 million
  2. Urdu 313 million
  3. Bangla 280 million
  4. Punjabi 220 million
  5. Western Panjabi 101 million
  6. Marathi 99 million
  7. Gujarati 66 million
  8. Odia 45 million
  9. Sindhi 42 million
  10. Bhojpuri 35 million
  11. Saraiki 30 million
  12. Awadhi 27 million
  13. Nepali 22 million
  14. Maithili 20 million
  15. Assamese 18 million
  16. Central-Eastern Kamta 17 million
  17. Haryanvi 17 million
  18. Magahi 17 million
  19. Marwari 17 million
  20. Chhattisgarhi 16 million
  21. Sinhala 15 million
  22. Deccan Marathi 14 million
  23. Sylheti 8.4 million
  24. Kanauji 7.9 million
  25. Mewati 6.5 million
  26. Kashmiri 6.0 million
  27. Maharashtrian Konkani 5.2 million
  28. Konkani 4.5 million
  29. Northern Hindko 4.3 million
  30. Shekhawati 3.9 million
  31. Garhwali 3.8 million
  32. Lambadi 3.8 million
  33. Kumaoni 3.1 million
  34. Dogri 2.8 million
  35. Sadri 2.5 million
  36. Kangri 2.3 million
  37. Khandesi 2.1 million
  38. Wagdi 2.1 million
  39. Rohingya 1.9 million
  40. Nimadi 1.8 million
  41. Bhili 1.7 million
  42. Domari 1.7 million
  43. Rajasthani 1.4 million
  44. Mewari 1.4 million
  45. Bhilali 1.3 million
  46. Hadothi 1.2 million
  47. Kachchi 1.1 million
  48. Southern Hindko 1.0 million
  49. Fiji Hindi 390 thousand
  50. Divehi 385 thousand
  51. Sanskrit 17 thousand

Germanic 30

  1. English 1.7 billion
  2. German 143 million
  3. Nigerian Pidgin 50 million
  4. Dutch 33 million
  5. Bavarian 23 million
  6. Swedish 13 million
  7. Low German 12 million
  8. Afrikaans 10.0 million
  9. Krio 8.7 million
  10. Swiss German 8.4 million
  11. Danish 7.2 million
  12. Tok Pisin 7.1 million
  13. Norwegian Bokmål 5.5 million
  14. Main-Franconian 5.0 million
  15. Jamaican Creole English 2.7 million
  16. Scots 1.7 million
  17. Norwegian Nynorsk 1.4 million
  18. Hunsrik 1.3 million
  19. West Flemish 1.2 million
  20. Limburgish 977 thousand
  21. Western Frisian 764 thousand
  22. Pijin 596 thousand
  23. Luxembourgish 450 thousand
  24. Sranan Tongo 440 thousand
  25. Icelandic 364 thousand
  26. Bislama 286 thousand
  27. Belize Kriol English 208 thousand
  28. Faroese 73 thousand
  29. Northern Frisian 10 thousand
  30. Virgin Islands Creole English 3.1 thousand

Italic 20

  1. Spanish 512 million
  2. French 333 million
  3. Portuguese 249 million
  4. Italian 70 million
  5. Romanian 20 million
  6. Haitian Creole 9.5 million
  7. Catalan 8.2 million
  8. Lombard 3.8 million
  9. Galician 3.3 million
  10. Occitan 2.1 million
  11. Venetian 1.4 million
  12. Morisyen 1.2 million
  13. Sardinian 1.0 million
  14. Walloon 695 thousand
  15. Asturian 615 thousand
  16. Kabuverdianu 556 thousand
  17. Papiamento 217 thousand
  18. Seselwa Creole French 96 thousand
  19. Romansh 44 thousand
  20. Latin 820

Slavic 15

  1. Russian 208 million
  2. Polish 42 million
  3. Ukrainian 25 million
  4. Czech 13 million
  5. Serbian 7.8 million
  6. Bulgarian 7.7 million
  7. Slovak 6.8 million
  8. Croatian 6.8 million
  9. Bosnian 3.8 million
  10. Belarusian 3.1 million
  11. Slovenian 2.0 million
  12. Macedonian 1.6 million
  13. Kashubian 50 thousand
  14. Upper Sorbian 13 thousand
  15. Lower Sorbian 7.0 thousand

Iranian 17

  1. Persian 89 million
  2. Pashto 58 million
  3. Kurdish 12 million
  4. Tajik 11 million
  5. Baluchi 8.8 million
  6. Central Kurdish 5.6 million
  7. Mazanderani 4.4 million
  8. Gilaki 4.1 million
  9. Southern Kurdish 4.0 million
  10. Hazaragi 2.4 million
  11. Western Balochi 2.2 million
  12. Northern Luri 2.1 million
  13. Bakhtiari 1.2 million
  14. Zaza 1.2 million
  15. Southern Luri 1.1 million
  16. Talysh 1.0 million
  17. Ossetic 474 thousand

Greek 1

  1. Greek 12 million

Albanian 2

  1. Albanian 6.8 million
  2. Gheg Albanian 1.5 million

Armenian 1

  1. Armenian 5.4 million

Baltic 3

  1. Lithuanian 2.4 million
  2. Latvian 1.1 million
  3. Latgalian 160 thousand

Celtic 4

  1. Irish 1.3 million
  2. Welsh 921 thousand
  3. Scottish Gaelic 75 thousand
  4. Manx 1.7 thousand

Classification: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Branches are selected nodes of the Glottolog tree.