Names of Languages and Peoples
A simple list of names mentioned elsewhere on this site, omitting nearly all historical, social and political information.
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Abkhaz – language of northwestern Georgia; 300000 speakers, North West Caucasian — This name is used in English -- Reference: Abley
Abkhaz hunting language – special language of speakers of Abkhaz — -- Reference: Abley
Albanian – language of Albania Greece Italy and other countries; 5000000 speakers, Indo-European — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Aragonese – language of Spain; 30000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Aromunian – language of Greece Macedonia Albania; 200000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Asturian – language of Spain; 450000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Bambara – language of Mali; several million speakers, a form of Mandekan, Niger-Congo (Mande) — This name is used in English and French -- Reference: Faits de Langues
Bambara of Paris -- Reference: Faits de Langues
Basque – language of France Spain; 660000 speakers, language isolate — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Bodo – Boro — This name is used in English
Boro – language of Assam; 1000000 speakers, Sino-Tibetan — This name is used in English
Breton – language of France; 500000 speakers, Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Bulgarian – language of Bulgaria; 8500000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
bumiputra – a Malaysian of Malay origin and language — This name is used in English of Malaysia -- Reference: Preshous
Camfranglais – language of Cameroon; a mixed language of schoolchildren with elements from English, French and indigenous languages — This name is used in French and English -- Reference: Kouega
Catalan – language of Spain France Andorra, EU official language; 6500000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2, 3
Cornish – early language of Cornwall; 300 speakers, Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English -- Reference: Dictionary of Languages Extra and IFAQs; as European minority language see Eurolang
Corsican – language of Corsica — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Creole – language of Caribbean islands — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Croatian – language of Croatia; Indo-European (Slavic, a form of the language once usually known as Serbo-Croat) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Czech – language of Czech Republic, EU official language; 12000000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Danish – language of Denmark Greenland, EU official language; 5500000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Dutch – language of Netherlands Belgium France, EU official language; 20000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
English – language of US Britain Ireland Canada Australia South Africa and other countries, EU official language; 350000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- On loanwords from Spanish see Ariza
English of Hong Kong -- Reference: James
English of Malaysia -- Reference: Preshous
Estonian – language of Estonia, EU official language; 1100000 speakers, Uralic (Finno-Ugric) — This name is used in English -- See Gabrielle Hogan-Brun in The Linguist vol. 43 (2004) no. 5; Douglas Jenks in The Linguist vol. 39 (2000) no. 5
Finnish – language of Finland Sweden, EU official language; 5000000 speakers, Uralic (Finno-Ugric) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang, Eurolang
Français des rues – French of Abidjan, Ivory Coast -- Reference: Faits de Langues
French – language of France Belgium Canada Switzerland Italy and other countries, EU official language; 70000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
French of Abidjan (Français des rues) -- Reference: Faits de Langues
French patois – languages of northern France — -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Frisian – language of Netherlands Germany; 750000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Friulian – language of Italy; 600000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic) – language of Scotland; 80000 speakers, Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Galician – language of Spain; 3000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
German – language of Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium Romania and other countries, EU official language; 120000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- For hip hop slang (originally US English) as used in German see Leutloff. As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2, 3, 4
German of Austria -- Reference: Markhardt
Greek – language of Greece Cyprus and other countries, EU official language; 11500000 speakers, Indo-European — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Hawaiian – language of Hawaii; 2000 speakers, Austronesian (Oceanic) — This name is used in English; an apostrophe, as in Hawai'ian, is politically correct -- Reference: Soguk
Hebrew – ancient language of Israel, language of Jewish scriptures and learning, revived; 3000000 speakers, Afro-Asiatic (Semitic) — This name is used in English
hip hop – music genre, source of an argot used in US English and other languages — This name is used in English and German -- Reference: Leutloff
Hungarian – language of Hungary, EU official language; 15000000 speakers, Uralic (Finno-Ugric) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Inuit – language or group of Canada Greenland Alaska; Eskimo-Aleut — This name is used in English
Inuktitut – language of north central Canada; 24000 speakers, Eskimo-Aleut (Inuit) — This name is used in English
Irish – language of Ireland, EU official language; 80000 speakers, Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Italian – language of Italy Switzerland Eritrea and other countries, EU official language; 60000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English
Kanaka Maoli – a Hawai'ian of Hawai'ian origin — This name is used in English of Hawai'i -- Reference: Soguk
Kernewek, Kernowek, Kernuak – Cornish — This name is used in Cornish -- Reference: IFAQs
Ladin – language of Italy; 30000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Lardil – language of Australia; few speakers, Australian (Pama-Nyungan) — This name is used in English
Lardil initiation languages – special languages of speakers of Lardil — -- Reference: Abley
Latin – ancient language of Rome, then of western Europe and northwestern Africa, language of Christian scriptures, international language of medieval and later Europe, scientific language of botany and zoology; Indo-European (Italic) — This name is used in English -- Reference: Wright, Dalby
Latvian – language of Latvia, EU official language; 1500000 speakers, Indo-European (Baltic) — This name is used in English -- See Gabrielle Hogan-Brun in The Linguist vol. 43 (2004) no. 5; Chris Moseley in The Linguist vol. 41 (2002) no. 1
Letzebürgesch – language of Luxembourg Belgium France; 300000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in Letzebürgesch -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2, 3
Limón Creole – language of Costa Rica — This name is used in English -- Reference: Schovancová
Lithuanian – language of Lithuania, EU official language; 3500000 speakers, Indo-European (Baltic) — This name is used in English -- See Gabrielle Hogan-Brun in The Linguist vol. 43 (2004) no. 5
Low German – language of Germany Netherlands; Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Macedonian – language of Macedonia Greece; 2250000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Maltese – language of Malta, EU official language; 350000 speakers, Afroasiatic (Semitic) — This name is used in English -- See Joseph Eynaud in The Linguist vol. 43 (2004) no. 3
Manx – early language of Isle of Man; Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English
Mati Ke – language of Australia; few speakers, Australian — This name is used in English -- Reference: Abley
Mischsprache – mixture of two or more languages — This name is used in German -- Reference: Omorokowa
Mohawk – language of North America; 2000 speakers, Amerind (Iroquoian) — This name is used in English
Murrinh-Patha – language of Australia; few speakers, Australian — This name is used in English -- Reference: Abley
Occitan – language of southern France; 2000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English, French -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2, 3
Polish – language of Poland, EU official language; 40000000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- See Robert Rowe in The Linguist vol. 43 (2004) no. 3
Pomak – language of Bulgaria Turkey Greece; Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Portuguese – language of Portugal Brazil Cape Verde Islands Angola Mozambique and other countries, EU official language; 155000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English
Romany – language of Macedonia Romania Slovakia and many other countries; 3000000 speakers, Indo-European (Indic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2, 3, 4
Russian – language of Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine Belarus Estonia Latvia and other countries; 175000000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English
Russian of Finland -- Reference: Eurolang
Russian of Ukraine -- Reference: Omorokowa
Sami – language of Finland Sweden Norway Russia; 30000 speakers, Uralic (Finno-Ugric) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang, Eurolang
Sango – language of Central African Republic; perhaps 5000000 speakers, Niger-Congo (Ubangi) — This name is used in English and French -- Reference: Faits de Langues
Sardinian – language of Italy — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Sassenach – English language or people from a Celtic viewpoint — This name is used in English -- Reference: IFAQs
Scots – language of Scotland; 2000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Slovak – language of Slovakia, EU official language; 5500000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Slovene – language of Slovenia, EU official language; 2000000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- See Alan Duff in The Linguist vol. 44 (2005) no. 2; as European minority language see Eurolang 1, 2
Sorbian – language of Germany; 100000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Sowsnek, Sawsnek, Sawsnak – English — This name is used in Cornish -- Reference: IFAQs
Spanish – language of Spain Mexico Argentina Venezuela Colombia Peru Chile and many other countries, EU official language; 225000000 speakers, Indo-European (Romance) — This name is used in English -- On the language of advertising see Avila; on medical terminology see Ariza 1, 2
surzhik – mixture of two or more languages, such as the Russian-Ukrainian mixture encountered in parts of Ukraine — This name is used in Russian -- Reference: Omorokowa
Swedish – language of Sweden Finland, EU official language; 9000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Tasmanian languages – language group of Tasmania, none now spoken — This name is used in English
Tatar – language of Russia; 6000000 speakers, Turkic — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Tiwi – language of Australia; few speakers, Australian — This name is used in English -- Reference: Abley
Turkish – language of Turkey Cyprus and other countries; 50000000 speakers, Turkic — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
tyurmismy – words of Russian prison and criminal argot — This name is used in Russian -- Reference: Omorokowa
Ukrainian – language of Ukraine Russia Belarus Poland and other countries; 45000000 speakers, Indo-European (Slavic) — This name is used in English -- Reference: Omorokowa
Wangkajunga – language of Australia; few speakers, Australian (Pama-Nyungan) — This name is used in English -- Reference: Abley
Welsh – language of Wales; 500000 speakers, Indo-European (Celtic) — This name is used in English -- As European minority language see Eurolang
Yiddish – language of Russia US Israel and formerly of eastern Europe; 2000000 speakers, Indo-European (Germanic) — This name is used in English
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