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[edit]

A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

  • Formerly spoken in: pre-18th. Century Europe

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Japanese – 日本語, 日本語

Jarawa – Aongəŋ

Javanese – ꦧꦱꦗꦮ

Judaeo-Spanish – גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול‎, Ladino

Jutish – Jydsk

Jèrriais – Jèrriais

K[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

  • Spoken in: Most of China China

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

  • Spoken in: the southeastern area of China China

Min Bei – 闽北语

Min Dong – 閩東語

Min Nan – 閩南語 or 闽南语

  • Spoken in: the southeastern area of China China

Min Zhong – 闽中话

  • Spoken in: the southeastern area of China China

Mon – ဘာသာ မန်

Mongolian – Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

Montenegrin – crnogorski, црногорски

Mor – ?

Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē

Musgu – Mulwi

Muskum † – Muzuk

  • Formerly spoken in: Chad Chad

Mussau-Emira – Mussau-Emira