An indo-european language forming its own group. Official language of Armenia, spoken also in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia. The old literary armenian - Grabar – is now used exclusively as the language of the clergy. The modern literary language has two main varieties – Eastern (Yerevan), spoken in Armenia and Western, spoken in Near East and Western Europe. A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

A south slavic language. Official language of Bulgaria. A mother tongue for some 9 million people.

A turkic language. Spoken in Russia (Bashkiriya and nearby regions). A mother tongue for some 1 million people.

A romance language (ibero-romance subgroup). A mother tongue for some 8 million people in Spain (Catalonia, Valencia, Balearic islands), France (Roussillon, East Pyrenees), Andorra and Sardinia island. One of the official languages of the above-stated spanish provinces and Andorra.

A south slavic language. It was considered to be the single Serbo-Croatian language as Serbian was, the main difference being in the spelling system used - cyrillic for Serbian and latin for Croatian. Official language of Croatia. A mother tongue for some 5 million people.

A west slavic language. Official language of Czech Republic, spoken also in Slovakia. A mother tongue for some 12 million people.

A gemanic (scandinavian) language. Official language of Denmark, spoken also in Greenland and Faroe islands. A mother tongue for some 5,5 million people.

A germanic language. Official language of Netherlands and Belgium. A mother tongue for some 20 million people.

A germanic language. The main international language. A UN language. The official language of USA, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland (officially second to Irish), Australia, New Zealand, India (on a temporary status) and 15 african states: Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda etc. A mother tongue for some 508 million people.

A finno-ugric (baltic-finnic) language. Official language of Estonia. A mother tongue for some 1,1 million people.

A finno-ugrig (baltic-finnic) language. Official language of Finland, spoken also in Russia (Karelia, St.Petersburg region), Sweden. A mother tongue for some 6 million people.

A romance language. A UN language. Official language of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Monaco, Andorra, Canada, Haiti, several african states: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Zaire, Congo, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tchad, Burundi, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Madagascar, Cameroon, Seychelles, Comoros, Jibuti, Vanuatu (Oceania). A mother tongue for more than 100 million people.

A germanic language. Official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Belgium. A mother tongue for some 128 million people.

An indo-european language forming its own group. Official language of Greece and Cyprus. A mother tongue for some 12 million people.

An ugric (uralic) language. Official language of Hungary, spoken also in nearby counties such as Jugoslavia, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine. A mother tongue for some 14,5 million people.

A romance language. Official language of Italy. A mother tongue for some 70 million people.

A baltic language. Official language of Lativa. A mother tongue for some 2 million people.

A baltic language. Official language of Lithuania. A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

A germanic (scandinavian) language. Official language of Norway. The literary language exists in two forms: nynorsk and bokmal (the latter is more Danish). A mother tongue for some 5 million people.

A west slavic language. Official language of Poland. A mother tongue for some 44 million people.

A romance language. Official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe. A mother tongue for some 191 million people.

A romance language. Official language of Romania. A mother tongue for some 26 million people.

An east slavic language. Official language of Russian Federation, spoken also in all CIS states and baltic states. A mother tongue for some 277 million people.

A west slavic language. Official language of Slovakia, spoken also in nearby regions of Hungary, Romania and Ukraine. A mother tongue for some 5,6 million people.

A south Slavic language. Official language of Slovenia, spoken also in nearby regions of Austria and Italy. A mother tongue for some 2 million people.

A romance language. Official language of Spain, all Latin American countries (save Brazil) and Equatorial Guinea. A UN language. A mother tongue for some 417 million people.

A germanic (scandinavian) language. Official language of Sweden and Finland. A mother tongue for some 10 million people.

A turkic language. Spoken in Russia (Tatarstan, Bashkir, Chuvashiya, Mari El etc.). A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

A turkic language. Official language of Turkey and Cyprus, spoken also in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Iran and Iraq. A mother tongue for some 61 million people.

An east slavic language. Official language of Ukraine, spoken also in Russia and Byelorussia. A mother tongue for some 47 million people.

An abkhazo-adyghian (caucasian) language. Spoken in Georgia (Abkhazia). A mother tongue for some 105 thousand people.

An abkhazo-adyghian (caucasian) language. Spoken in Russia (Adyghea, Krasnodar region). A mother tongue for some 120 thousand people.

A germanic language. One of the official languages of Republic of South Africa. A mother tongue for some 6,5 million South African afrikaners (boers) – descendants of Netherlands colonists.

A lezgian (dagestanian) language. Spoken in Russia (Dagestan, Stavropol region) and Azerbaijan. A mother tongue for some 15 thousand people.

An indo-european language forming its own group. Official language of Albania. A mother tongue for some 5 million people in Albania, Jugoslavia (Kosovo), Italy, Greece.

A turkic language. Spoken in Russia (Altai). A mother tongue for some 55 thousand people.

An avar-andi-dido (dagestanian) language. Spoken in Russia (Dagestan) and Azerbaijan. A mother tongue for some 600 thousand people.

A quechumaran language (one of the languages of South America indians). One of the three official languages of Bolivia. A mother tongue for some 2,2 million aymara indians living in Peru and Bolivia. Most Aymara speakers speak also Quechua and Spanish. Some scientists prefer to treat Aymara not as a single language with some 10 dialects but as of Aymara language group.

A turkic language. Official language of Azerbaijan. A mother tongue for some 14-20 million people in Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia.

An isolate language. A mother tongue for some 600 thousand people in Spain and France.

An east slavic language. Official language of Byelorussia. A mother tongue for some 10,2 million people.

A bantu language. A mother tongue for some 5 million people in Zambia, Zaire, Congo and Tanzania.

A west algonkian language. A mother tongue for less than 10 thousand indians in USA and Canada.

A brythonic (celtic) language. A mother tongue for some 1 million bretons in France.

An oceanic language (member of malayo-polynesian branch of austronesian languages) spoken in south east Solomon islands.

A mongolian language. Spoken in Russia (Buryatia). A mother tongue for some 422 thousand people.

A philippinean (austronesian) language. Spoken in central Philippines. Usually considered to be a group of closely related languages (bisayan). A mother tongue for some 24 million people.

An austronesian language spoken in western Micronesia, particularly on Guam island. A mother tongue for some 78 thousand people.

A nakh (caucasian) language. A mother tongue for some 1 million people in Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan).

A luorawetlan language spoken in Russia (Chukchee and Koryak regions). A mother tongue for some 10 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Chuvashiya). A mother tongue for some 2 million people.

Usually considered to be a dialect of Italian, spoken on Corsica island. A mother tongue for some 341 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken in Ukraine (Crimea). A mother tongue for some 700 thousand people.

A siouan language spoken in Montana, USA. A mother tongue for less than 10 thousand people.

A siouan language spoken in north USA (South Dakota, Montana). A mother tongue for some 20 thousand people.

A dagestanian language. Spoken in Russia (Dagestan). A mother tongue for some 360 thousand people.

A sino-tibetan language spoken in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A mother tongue for some 50 thousand people.

An eskimo-aleut language. Spoken in south-east Chukchee peninsula (Russia), Alaska and nearby regions (USA), arctic regions of Canada, Greenland. A mother tongue for some 100 thousand people.

A manchu-tungus language spoken in Russia (Okhotsk, Yakutia, Magadan region). A mother tongue for some 5 thousand people.

A manchu-tungus language spoken in China, Russia (from Yenisey to Sakhalin), Mongolia. A mother tongue for some 30 thousand people (in Russia – some 10 thousand).

A germanic (scandinavian) language. Official language of Faroe islands (autonomous Danish possession), spoken also in some other regions of Denmark. A mother tongue for some 47 thousand people.

An austronesian language spoken on Fiji islands. A mother tongue for some 350 thousand people.

A germanic language spoken in Noord-Holland and Friesland (Netherlands), North Frisian islands, Helgoland island, Saterland (Germany). A mother tongue for some 730 thousand people.

A romance language. Usually considered to be a rhaeto-romanic language. Spoken in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy). A mother tongue for some 700 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken in Southern Moldavia. A mother tongue for some 180 thousand people.

A romance language frequently referred to as a dialect of Spanish or Portuguese, spoken in Spain (Galicia). A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

A bantu language spoken in Uganda. A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

One of the official languages of Luxemburg (also called Luxembourgian). Usually considered to be a Moselle-Franconian dialect of German.

A tupian language spoken in Paraguay and nearby regions in Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia. A mother tongue for some 5 million guarani indians.

A sino-tibetan (lolo-burmish) language spoken in China, north Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Also called Akha. A mother tongue for some 1 million people.

A afro-asiatic language. Spoken in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Togo. A mother tongue for some 40 million people.

An austronesian (polynesian) language spoken on Hawaii islands. A mother tongue for some 20 thousand people.

A germanic (scandinavian) language. Official language of Iceland. A mother tongue for some 250 thousand people.

A nakh language spoken in Ingushetia. A mother tongue for some 200 thousand people.

A celtic language. First official language of Ireland. A mother tongue for less than 260 thousand people.

A tibeto-burman language spoken in south China and Myanmar. A mother tongue for some 600 thousand people.

An abkhazo-adyghian (caucasian) language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia (Mozdok), Adyghea and nearby regions of Krasnodar and Stavropol regions. A mother tongue for some 300 thousand people.

A mongolian language spoken in Russia (Kalmykia). A mother tongue for some 140 thousand people.

A turkic language (some prefer to consider this language to be made up of two separate, but closely related Karachay and Balkar languages) spoken in Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia). A mother tongue for some 200 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken in Karakalpakiya (Uzbekistan). A mother tongue for some 410 thousand people.

Usually considered a dialect of Polish, spoken in Poland.

A kadai language (considered to be related both to thai and austronesian languages) spoken in China. A mother tongue for less than 50 thousand people.

A turkic language. Official language of Kazakhstan. A mother tongue for some 8 million people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Khakasiya). A mother tongue for some 60 thousand people.

An ugric language spoken in Russia (Tyumen and Tomsk regions). A mother tongue for some 15 thousand people.

A bantu language spoken in central Kenya. A mother tongue for some 6 million people.

A turkic language. Official language of Kyrgyzstan, spoken also in China. A mother tongue for some 2,6 million people.

A bantu language spoken in Congo, Zaire, Angola. A mother tongue for some 10 million people.

A luorawetlan language spoken in Russia (Koryak region). A mother tongue for some 5 thousand people.

A mande (Niger-Congo) language spoken in Guinea and Liberia. A mother tongue for less than 1 million people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Dagestan). A mother tongue for some 282 thousand people.

A west iranian language. The second official language of Iraq. Spoken in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, CIS states (kurdish diaspora). A mother tongue for some 20 million people.

A dagestanian language spoken in Russia (Dagestan). A mother tongue for some 100 thousand people.

An italic language. Official language of Vatican and of classical Roman literature.

A dagestanian language spoken in Russia (Dagestan) and Azerbaijan. A mother tongue for some 450 thousand people.

A bantu language spoken in Zaire. A mother tongue for some 6 million people.

A south slavic language. Official language of Macedonia. A mother tongue for some 2 million people.

An austronesian language. Official language of Madagascar. A mother tongue for some 10 million people.

An austronesian language. Official language of Malaysia. A mother tongue for some 20 million people.

A mande (Niger-Congo) language. Spoken in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone. A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

A semitic language. Official language of Malta. A mother tongue for some 400 thousand people.

An ugric language spoken in Russia (West Siberia). A mother tongue for some 4 thousand people.

A polynesian language spoken in New Zealand. A mother tongue for some 300 thousand people.

A common name for two closely related languages – Plain Mari and Mountain Mari. Spoken in Russia (Mari El, Tatariya). A finno-ugric (uralic) language. A mother tongue for some 600 thousand people.

A maya language spoken in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. A mother tongue for some 1 million indians.

A myao-yao language spoken in China, Vietnam, partly in Laos and Thailand. A mother tongue for some 8 million people.

An austronesian language spoken on Sumatra island (central and western regions). A mother tongue for some 6,5 million people.

An iroquoian language spoken in north-east USA and nearby Canada regions (Ontario and Erie lakes). A mother tongue for some 10 thousand people.

A romance language. Official language of Moldavia. Usually considered to be a variety of Romanian. A mother tongue for some 3 million people.

A mongolian language. Official language of Mongolia, spoken also in China (Inner Mongolia). A mother tongue for some 5 million people.

A common name for two closely related languages: Moksha-Mordvin and Erzya-Mordvin. A volga-finnic (uralic) language. Spoken in Russia (Mordvinia). A mother tongue for some 1 million people.

An aztec-tanoan language. Spoken in Mexico. A mother tongue for some 1 million people.

A samoyedic (uralic) language spoken in Russia (Yamalo-Nenets and Dolgano-Nenets regions). A mother tongue for some 25 thousand people.

An isolated language spoken in Russia (Sakhalin, Amur region). A mother tongue for some 1 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar region). A mother tongue for some 55 thousand people.

A bantu language. Official language of Malawi, spoken also in Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

An algonkian language spoken in USA and Canada. A mother tongue for some few thousand indians.

An east iranian language. Spoken in Russia (North Ossetia) and Georgia (South Ossetia). A mother tongue for some 600 thousand people.

A spanish-based creole language. Spoken on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao islands. A mother tongue for less than 1 million people.

A romance language spoken in south France and Italian Alps. A mother tongue for some 2-10 million people.

A quechumaran language. One of the official languages of Peru and Bolivia, spoken also in Equador and north Colombia, Chile and Argentina. A mother tongue for some 7-13 million indians.

A romance language. One of the official languages of Switzerland. A mother tongue for some 40 thousand people (Graubunden canton).

An indian language spoken in gypsy diaspora throughout the whole world. A mother tongue for some 1-5 million people.

A bantu language. One of the official languages of Burundi, spoken also in Tanzania and Zaire. A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

The regular Russian in old (pre-revolution) spelling.

A bantu language. One of the official languages of Rwanda, spoken also in Burundi, Zaire, Uganda and Tanzania. A mother tongue for some 12 million people.

A finno-ugric language spoken in north Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia (Kola peninsula). A mother tongue for some 50 thousand people.

A polynesian language. One of the official languages of Western Samoa. A mother tongue for some 430 thousand people.

A celtic language spoken in Scotland, Hebrides and in Nova Scotia (Canada). A mother tongue for less than 100 thousand people.

A samoyedic (uralic) language spoken in Russia (Krasnoyarsk and Tomsk regions). A mother tongue for some 2 thousand people.

A south slavic language (see also Croatian). Official language of Jugoslavia. A mother tongue for some 10 million people.

A south slavic language (see also Croatian). Official language of Jugoslavia. A mother tongue for some 10 million people.

A bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana and Republic of South Africa. A mother tongue for some 8 million people.

An afro-asiatic (cushitic) language. Official language of Somali, spoken also in Jibuti, Ethiopia, Kenya. A mother tongue for some 11 million people.

A west slavic language. Usually considered to be made up of two languages - Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian. Spoken in Germany (Saxony). A mother tongue for some 100 thousand people.

A bantu language. One of the official languages of Lesotho, spoken also in Republic of South Africa. A mother tongue for some 8 million people.

An austronesian language spoken in Indonesia (western Java island). A mother tongue for some 27 million people.

A bantu language. The main language of international communication (the commercial lingua franca) in central and east Africa (particularly in Tanzania and Kenya). Official language of Uganda. A mother tongue for some 10-50 million people.

A bantu language. Official language of Swaziland, spoken also in north-east Republic of South Africa. A mother tongue for some 2 million people.

A dagestanian spoken in Russia (Dagestan). A mother tongue for some 75 thousand people.

An iranian language. Official language of Tadjikistan, spoken also in Uzbekistan. A mother tongue for some 4,5 million people.

A philippinean (austronesian) language. Official language of Philippines. A mother tongue for some 57 million people.

A polynesian (austronesian) language. Official language of French Polynesia, spoken also in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. A mother tongue for some 117 thousand people.

An english-based creole language. Official language of Papua New Guinea. A mother tongue for some 3 million people.

A polynesian (austronesian) language. Official language of Tonga, spoken also in New Zealand, Fiji, Western Samoa. A mother tongue for some 120 thousand people.

A bantu language. Spoken in Botswana and Republic of South Africa. One of the official languages of Botswana. A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

A thai language spoken in south China. A mother tongue for some 700 thousand people.

A turkic language. Official language of Turkmenistan. A mother tongue for some 4 million people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Tuva). A mother tongue for some 240 thousand people.

A permian language spoken in Russia (Udmurtia, Kirovsk region). A mother tongue for some 550 thousand people.

A turkic language spoken by Uighurs in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang of northwestern China and in portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, and Kyrgyzstan. A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

A turkic language. Official language of Uzbekistan, spoken also in China and Afghanistan. A mother tongue for some 31 million people.

A celtic language spoken in Wales (Great Britain). A mother tongue for some 580 thousand people.

A Niger-Congo language (west atlantic branch). Official language of Senegal, spoken also in Gambia and Mauritania. A mother tongue for some 7 million people.

A bantu language spoken in Republic of South Africa. A mother tongue for some 8 million people.

A turkic language spoken in Russia (Yakutia). A mother tongue for some 400 thousand people.

An indian language spoken in south Mexico. A mother tongue for some 430 thousand people.

A bantu language spoken in Republic of South Africa and Zimbabwe. A mother tongue for some 9,2 million people.