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’Amârñâ
Achterhoek Low Saxon
African American English
Afrikaans: Standard · Garib/Griqua
Afro-Asiatic : Amharic · Arabic · Coptic · Maltese
Ainu
Al‘arabiya
Albanian
Algemein Limburgs
Althochdeutsch
Altländer Platt
Altniederdeutsch
Altsächsisch
Altaic : Crimean Tatar · Mongolian · Turkish (1) · Turkish (2)
American English: African American · Eastern
Canadian (1) · Eastern Canadian (2) · New England · New Hampshire · Ontario · Pittsburgh · Standard (Eastern) · Standard (Western) · Tennessee Appalachian · West Virginia Appalachian · Western Canadian
American, Indigenous: Mohawk · Guaraní · Quechua · Tsalagi (Cherokee)
Amharic
Ancient: Classical
Chinese · Coptic · Gothic · Latin · Middle English Verse (1) · Middel English Verse (2) · Early Modern English · Middle Saxon · Old English · Old Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Antiqueño
Appalachian: Tennessee · West Virginia
Arabic
Armenian
Artificial Varieties : Basic English · Esperanto · Folkspraak · Interlingua · Jameld · Middelsprake · Quenya · Slovio
Asi’ (Bantoanon)
Ati
Australian English: Cape Barren · Ocker (Casual Australian)
Austronesian : Asi’ (Bantoanon) · Bikol Calabanga (Naga) · Bikol Daet · Bikol Legazpi · Bikol Miraya · Bikol Rinconada (Nabua) · Bikol Tiwi · Boholano · Cebuano (Cebu City) · Cebuano (Davao City) · Hawai‘ian · Hiligaynon (Iloilo) · Hiligaynon (Mindoro) · Ifugao (Tuwali) · Ilocano · Indonesian 1 · Indonesian 2 · Javanese · Kapampangan · Kinaray-a · Maori · Masbatenyo · Pangasinan 1 · Pangasinan 2 · Sama (Balanguingui) · Sundanese · Tagalog (General 1) · Tagalog (General 2) · Tagalog (Manila) · Tagalog (S. Manila) · Tagalog (Nueva Écija) · Tausug · Toba Batak · Waray-Waray (Laoang) · Waray-Waray (Victoria)
Aynu itak
Bahasa Indonesia: [1] · [2]
Bahasa Sūg
Bahasa Tausūg
Bairisch
Balanguingui Sama
Balinese
Bantoanon (Asi’)
Basa Jawa
Basic English
Basingstoke English
Batak
Bavarian
Bergisch, Solingen,
Low Franconian
Berjisch, Solijer (Low Franconian)
Low
Franconian
Biblical Gothic
Bicolano : · Bikol Calabanga (Naga) · Bikol Daet · Bikol Legazpi · Bikol Miraya · Bikol Rinconada (Nabua) · Bikol Tiwi
Bikol : · Bikol Calabanga (Naga) · Bikol Daet · Bikol Legazpi · Bikol Miraya · Bikol Rinconada (Nabua) · Bikol Tiwi
Bilzen Limburgisch
Binul-anón
“Bisaya” (Cebuano) : · Cebuano (Cebu City) · Cebuano
(Davao City)
Boholano
Bokmål
Bolivian Quechua
Brabantish : Rosmalen · Merchtem · Zandvliet
Brabants : Rosmalen · Merchtem · Zandvliet
Brazilian Portuguese
Bremen Missingsch
British English: Derbyshire · Estuary · Hampshire · Lancashire · Northern · Northumbrian · Scottish · Sign Language · Southern England · Yorkshire
British Sign Language
Brunssum Limburgish
Brythonic : Cornish · Welsh
Canadian
English: Southern Ontario (1) · Southern Ontario (2) · Saskechwan
Canarese
Cantonese
Cape Barren English
Castellano
Castilian
Català
Catalan
Caviteño, Chabacano
Cebuano: Boholano · Cebuano (Cebu City) · Cebuano (Davao City)
Celtic: Welsh · Cornish · Irish · Manx
Čeština
Cherokee
Chinese : Modern 1 · Modern 2 · Cantonese · Classical
Chabacano Caviteño
Chavacano Zamboangueño
Chortitza-Plautdietsch
Classical Chinese
Cleves Franconian : Cruijk · Liemers · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen · Venlo ·
Constructed Varieties : Basic English · Esperanto · Folkspraak · Interlingua · Jameld · Middelsprake · Quenya · Slovio
Contact
Varieties : Bremen Missingsch · Hamburg Missingsch · Ruhr German · Tok
Pisin (Neo-Melanesian) · Papiamentu
· Stadsfrys
(Liwwarders)
Coptic
Cornish
Creoles : Bremen Missingsch · Chabacano Caviteño · Chavacano Zamboangueño · Hamburg Missingsch · Papiamentu · Tok
Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)
Crimean Turkic (“Tatar”)
Cymraeg
Czech
Danish
Dano-Norwegian
Dansk
Davvisámegiella
Derbyshire English
Deutsch : Althochdeutsch · Bairisch · Bremer
Missingsch · Hamburger Missingsch · Hochdeutsch · Jiddisch · Norddeutsch · Ostpreußisch · Ruhrdeutsch · Saarländisch
Diutisc
Doric (Scots) : General · East Lothian
Drèents
(Drenthe Low Saxon) : Zuidwolde · Hoogeveen
Dutch : Kwadendamme Zeelandic (Zeêuws) · Liemers · Merchtem Brabantish · Nieuwpoort Flemish · Oost-Souburg Zeelandic (Zeêuws) · Ostend Flemish · Roeselare Flemish · Rosmalen Brabantish · Standard · Stadsfrys (Liwwarders) · Zandvliet Brabantish
Early
Modern English
Early Varieties: Latin · Early
Modern English · Middle
English Verse (1) · Middle English Verse (2) · Middle Saxon · Old English · Old Saxon
East Lothian Scots
East Prussian German
Eastern American
English: New England · New Hampshire · Ontario · Pittsburgh · Standard American (Eastern)
Eastern Friesland Low Saxon
Eastern
Low Saxon : Mecklenburg · Mennonite (Khortiza) · Mennonite (Molochna 1) · Mennonite (Molochna 2) · Mennonite (Russlända 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 2)
Ebonics
Eesti
Egyptian, Bohairic Coptic
Elliniká
Ελληνικά
England English · Derbyshire · Estuary · Hampshire · Lancashire · Northern · Northumbrian · Sign Language · Southern England · Yorkshire
Englisc (Old English)
Englisch, Early Modern
Englisch, Middle : Prose · Verse (1) · Verse (2)
English · African American · Basic · Cape
Barren · Derbyshire · Early Modern English · Eastern Canadian (1) · Eastern Canadian (2) · Estuary · Hampshire · Lancashire · Middle English Prose · Middle English Verse (1) · Middel English Verse (2) · New England · New Hampshire · Northern England · Northumbrian · Ocker (Australian) · Old (Anglo-Saxon) · Ontario · Pittsburgh · Scottish · Sign Language · Southern England · Standard American (Eastern) · Standard American (Western) · Tennessee Appalachian · West Virginia Appalachian · Western Canadian · Yorkshire
Enremenkimi Embemhit
Español
· Filipino
Esperanto
Estonian
Estuary English
Ethiopian
Extinct Varieties: Coptic · Gothic · Latin
Faeroese : (1) · (2)
Farsi
Feer Frisian (Feering)
Fering (North Frisian of Feer/Föhr)
Filipino : Version 1 · Version 2
Finnic : Estonian · Finnish (Standard) · Helsinki Slang
Finnish : Finnish (Standard) · Helsinki Slang
Finno-Ugric : Casual Helsinki Finnish · Standard Finnish · Northern Sámi
First Nations American: Mohawk · Guaraní · Quechua
Flemish, Western: Nieuwpoort · Ostend · Roeselare
Föhr Frisian
Föhrfriesisch
Folkspraak
Føroyskt : (1) · (2)
Français
Franconian,
Low (see also Afrikaans, Dutch, Limburgish ): Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim
an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen
French
Frisian: Westerlauwer (“West”) · North
Frysk: Westerlauwersk · Noard
Gaeilge
Gaelic: Irish · Manx
Garib Afrikaans
General : Limburgish · Scots
Geordie
Georgian
German : Bavarian · Bremen Missingsch · Eastern Prussia · Hamburg Missingsch · Northern · Old · Ruhr German · Saarland · Standard · Yiddish
Ghaelg
Ghailck
Gothic
Graubünden Rhaetian
Greek
Griekwa-Afrikaans
Griqua Afrikaans
Grischun Rhaetian
Groningen Low Saxon : Veendam · Norg
Grunnegers : Veendam · Norg
Грузинкий
Guaraní
Gujarati
Halh
Hamborger Platt
Hamborgsch
Hamburgisch
Hamburg Low Saxon
Hamburg Missingsch
Hamtiknon
Hampshire English
Hangukmal
Hannoversch (Steinfurt Low Saxon)
Hanseatic Low German
Hayerem
Hawai‘ian
Helsinki Finnish Slang
Hiligaynon · Iloilo · Mindoro
Hinaray-a
Hindi
Hindustani: Hindi · Urdu
Hochdeutsch: Allgemein · Norddeutsch · Ruhrdeutsch
Hochpreußisch
Hoogeveen Low Saxon
Hungarian
Icelandic
Ifugao
Il-Malti
Ilocano
Iloko
Ilonggo: Iloilo · Mindoro
Indigenous American: Mohawk · Guaraní · Quechua
Indo-Aryan: Gujarati · Hindi · Nepali · Panjabi (Muslim) · Panjabi (Non-Muslim) · Siraiki · Urdu
Indonesian : [1] · [2]
Interlingua
Irish
Iroquoian : Mohawk
Íslenska
Isolated Languages : Ainu
Italian
Italiano
Jameld
Jamska
Jämska
Jamtlandish
Japanese
Javanese
Jawa
Jiddisch
Jiddisj
Jive
Jutish : Western · Southern
Jysk : Vestjysk · Synnejysk
Kanien’kehá:ka
Kannada
Karay-a
Kartuli Ena
Kartvelian
Kernowek
Khalkh
Khortitza
Plautdietsch
Kinaray-a
Kırım Tatarçası
КЪырым Татарчасы
Kleverlands/Kleverländisch : Cruijk · Liemers · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen · Venlo ·
Korean
Kurdish
Kwadendamme Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
Lallans (Scots) : General · East
Lothian
Lancashire
English
Language Isolates : Ainu
Laoang Waray-Waray
“Lappish,” Northern
Latin
Liemers
Limburgisch : Bilzen · Brunssum · General · Vliermaal
Limburgs : Algemein · Bilzen · Brunssum · Vliermaal
Lingua Latina
Lingwa Maltija
Liwwarders
Lothian Scots, East
Low Saxon
(“Low German”): Achterhoek · Altes Land · Drenthe (Norg) · Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · Hamburg · Hoogeveen · Mecklenburg · Mennonite (Khortiza) · Mennonite (Molochna, 1) · Mennonite (Molochna 2) · Mennonite (Russlända 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 2) · Middle Saxon · Münsterland (Bocholt) · North Saxon · Old Saxon · Steinfurt · Stellingwerven · Twente · Westphalian
Lower Bavarian
Magyar
Mäkelnborgsch
Malay (Indonesian) : [Indonesian 1] · [Indonesian 2]
Malayo-Polynesian : Asi’ (Bantoanon) · BalineseBalinese · Bikol Calabanga (Naga) · Bikol Daet · Bikol Legazpi · Bikol Miraya · Bikol Rinconada (Nabua) · Bikol Tiwi · Boholano · Cebuano (Cebu City) · Cebuano (Davao City) · Hawai‘ian · Hiligaynon (Iloilo) · Hiligaynon (Mindoro) · Ifugao (Tuwali) · Ilocano · [Indonesian 1] · [Indonesian 2] · Javanese · Kapampangan · Kinaray-a · Maori · Masbatenyo · Pangasinan 1 Pangasinan 2 · Sama (Balanguingui) · Sundanese · Tagalog (General 1) · Tagalog (General 2) · Tagalog (Manila) · Tagalog (Nueva Écija) · Tausug · Toba Batak · Victoria Samarenyo (Waray-Waray)
Maltese
Malti
Mandarin: Version 1 · Version 2
Manila Tagalog
Manx
Maori
Mennonite Low Saxon (Low German): Khortiza · Molochna (1) · Molochna (2) · Old Colony · Russlända (1) · Russlända (2)
Merchtem Brabantish
Middelsprake
Middle English : Prose · Verse (1) · Verse (2)
Middle Low German
Middle Saxon (“Middle Low German”)
Missingsch : Bremen · Hamburg
Mittelniederdeutsch
Mittelsächsisch
Modern Chinese: Version 1 · Version 2
Mohawk
Mongolian
Mönsterländsk : Bocholt
Mülheim
an der Ruhr : Mülheim · Saarn
Multani
Münsterland Low Saxon : Bocholt
Münsterländisch : Bocholt
Native American: Mohawk · Guaraní · Quechua · Tsalagi (Cherokee)
Nederlands: Kwadendamme Zeelandic (Zeêuws) · Liemers · Merchtem Brabantish · Nieuwpoort Flemish · Oost-Souburg Zeelandic (Zeêuws) · Ostend Flemish · Roeselare Flemish · Rosmalen Brabantish · Standard · Stadsfrys (Liwwarders) · Zandvliet Brabantish
Neo-Melanesian (Tok Pisin)
Neo-Norwegian
Nepalese
Nepali
New England English
New Guinea “Pidgin”
New Hampshire English
Niedaboarisch (Lower Bavarian Dialect)
Niederbairisch
Niederdeutsch: Achterhoek · Altes
Land · Drenthe (Norg) ·
Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · Hamburg · Hoogeveen · Mecklenburg · Mennonite (Khortiza) · Mennonite (Molochna 2) · Mennonite (Molochna, 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 2) · Middle Saxon · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Münsterland (Bocholt) · Münsterland (Steinfurt) · North Saxon · Old Saxon · Stellingwerven · Twente · Westphalian
Niederfränkish (see also Afrikaans, Dutch, Limburgish ): Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen
Nieuwpoort Flemish
Nihongo
Nippongo
Noordneddersassisch (North Saxon)
Norddeutsch
Nordfriesisch
Nordic : Danish · Dano-Norwegian · Faeroese (1) · Faeroese (2) · Jamtlandish · Jutish (Western) · Jutish (Southern) · Neo-Norwegian · Swedish
Norg Low Saxon
Nörgs
Norsk: Bokmål · Nynorsk
Northern German
North Frisian
North Germanic : Danish · Dano-Norwegian · Faeroese (1) · Faeroese (2) · Icelandic · Jamtlandish · Jutish (Western) · Jutish (Southern) · Neo-Norwegian · Swedish
North Saxon (“Northern Low German”): Altes Land · Drenthe (Norg) ·
Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · Hamburg · North Saxon
Northern England English: Northumbrian · Lancashire · Yorkshire
Northern “Lappish”
Northern Sámi
Northumbrian
Norwegian: Dano-Norwegian · Neo-Norwegian
Nueva Écija Tagalog
Nynorsk
Oceanic: Maori · Tok Pisin
Ocker (Casual Australian English)
Old Colony Mennonite Low Saxon
Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
Old (High) German
Old Low German
Old Saxon (“Old Low German”)
Ollandsch
Ollanner Platt
Ontario Canadian English
Oogeveins (Hoogeveen Low Saxon)
Oostends
Oostfreesk (Eastern Friesland Low Saxon
Oostfriesisches Platt
Oost-Souburg Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
Ostpreußisch
Oudsaksisch
Panayano
“Pangalatok”
Pangasinan: Malasiqui · San Carlos
Panjabi : Muslim · Non-Muslim
Papiamentu
Papua-New
Guinea “Pidgin”
Parsi
Persian
Philippine languages : Asi’ (Bantoanon) · Bikol Calabanga (Naga) · Bikol Daet · Bikol Legazpi · Bikol Miraya · Bikol Rinconada (Nabua) · Bikol Tiwi · Boholano · Chabacano Caviteño · Chavacano Zamboangueño · Cebuano (Cebu City) · Cebuano (Davao City) · English (Philippine) · Hiligaynon (Iloilo) · Hiligaynon (Mindoro) · Ifugao (Tuwali) · Ilocano · Kapampangan · Kinaray-a · Maori · Masbatenyo · Pangasinan 1 · Pangasinan 2 · Sama (Balanguingui) · Spanish (Philippine) · Tagalog (General 1) · Tagalog (General 2) · Tagalog (Manila) · Tagalog (Nueva Écija) · Tausug · Toba Batak · Waray-Waray (Laoang) · Waray-Waray (Victoria)
Pidgins & Creoles : Bremen Missingsch · Chabacano Caviteño · Hamburg Missingsch · Papiamentu · Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)
Pilipino
Pittsburgh English
Plattdeutsch: Achterhoek · Altes Land · Drenthe (Norg) ·
Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · Hamburg · Hoogeveen · Mecklenburg · Mennonite (Khortiza ) · Mennonite (Molochna 2) · Mennonite (Molochna, 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 2) · Middle Saxon · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Münsterland (Bocholt) · Münsterland (Steinfurt) · North Saxon · Old Saxon · Stellingwerven · Twente · Westphalian
Plautdietsch : Khortiza · Molochna (1) · Molochna (2) · Russlända (1) · Russlända (2)
Polish
Polski
Polynesian: Hawai‘ian · Maori
Portugal Portuguese
Português : Portugal · Brasil
Portuguese : Portugal · Brazil
Punjabi : Muslim · Non-Muslim
Qalq-a
Qheswa (Quechua)
Quenya
Qırım Tatarçası
Quechua
Rhaeto-Roman
Romance (“Latin”): Castilian (Spanish) · Catalan · Chabacano Caviteño · French · Interlingua · Italian · Latin · Philippine Spanish · Portuguese (Brazil) · Portuguese (Portugal) · Rhaeto-Roman · Sardinian · Valencian · Walloon
Roer-Duits
Roeselare Flemish
Rosmalen Brabantish
Ruhr German
Ruhrdeutsch
Rumantsch
Russian
Русский
Russlända-Plaut: (1) · (2)
Saami,
Northern
Saarland German
Saarländisch
Sahsisk (Old Saxon, “Old Low German”)
Samarenyo : Gubat · Laoang · Victoria
Sama : Balanguingui
Sámi, Northern
Sámegiella, Davvi-
Saraiki
Sardinian
Sassysch (Middle Saxon, “Middle Low German”)
Saxon, Low: Achterhoek · Altes Land · Drenthe (Norg) ·
Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · Hamburg · Hoogeveen · Mecklenburg · Mennonite (Khortiza) · Mennonite (Molochna 2) · Mennonite (Molochna, 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 1) · Mennonite (Russlända 2) · Middle Saxon · Münsterland (Bocholt) · North Saxon · Old Saxon · Steinfurt · Stellingwerven · Twente · Westphalian
Saxon, North (“Northern Low German”): Altes Land · Drenthe (Norg) ·
Eastern Friesland · Groningen (Veendam) · Hadeln · North Saxon
Scandinavian : Danish · Jamtlandish · Jutish (Western) · Jutish (Southern) · Swedish
Scots : General · East Lothian
Scottish English
Semitic : Amharic · Arabic · Coptic · Maltese
Seraiki
Serbian
Shqip
Sign Language
Sinitic : Cantonese · Classical Chinese · Modern Chinese 1 · Modern Chinese 2
Sino-Tibetan : Cantonese · Classical Chinese · Modern Chinese 1 · Modern Chinese 2
Sinugboanon
Siraiki
Slang : Helsinki Finnish · Ocker (Australian)
Slavic: Czech · Polish · Russian · Slovak · Ukrainian · Serbian · Slovio
Slavonic: Czech · Polish · Russian · Slovak · Ukrainian · Serbian · Slovio
Slovak
Slovenčina
Slovio
Словио
Solijer Berjisch (Low Franconian)
Solingen Low Franconian
Sorani Kurdish
Southern Jutish
Southern Low Franconian : Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen
Southern Low Frankish : Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen
Spanish : General · Philippine
Spanish Creole : Caviteño · Zamboangeño
Srpski
Српски
Stadi (Casual Helsinki Finnish)
Stadsfrys (Liwwarders)
Standard : Afrikaans · Eastern American English · German · Western American English
Stêdsk (Liwwarders)
Steinfurter Plat t
Steinfurt Low Saxon
Stellingwarfs (Stellingwerven Low Saxon)
Sūg
Südniederfränkish : Mülheim an der Ruhr · Mülheim an der Ruhr (Saarn) · Solingen
Sundanese
Suomi : Yleiskieli · Stadi
Svenska
Swedish
Sønderjysk
Synnejysk
Tagalog : General (1)
· General (2) · Manila ·
Nueva Écija
Tatar,
Crimean
Tatarçası, Kırım
Татарчасы, КЪырым
Tausug
Te
Reo Māori
Tennessee Appalachian
Tiếng Việt
Toba Batak
Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)
Tsalagi (Cherokee)
Türkçe : Kırım Türkçesi · Osmanlı (1) · Osmanlı (2)
Тюркчеси, КЪырым
Turkic : Crimean Tatar · Turkish (1) · Turkish (2)
Turkish : Crimean · Turkish (1) · Turkish (2)
Tweants (Twente Low Saxon)
Twente Low Saxon
Twents (Twente Low Saxon)
Ugric : Casual
Helsinki Finnish · Standard Finnish · Hungarian · Northern Sámi
Ukrainian
Українська
Ungarisch
Uralic : Casual Helsinki Finnish · Standard Finnish · Hungarian · Northern Sámi
Urdu
Valencià
Valencian
Veendam Low Saxon
Venlo
Limburgish
Vestjysk
(Western Jutish)
Vietnamese
“Visayan” (Cebuano) : Cebu City · Davao City
Vlams, West-
(Western Flemish): Nieuwpoort · Ostend · Roeselare
Vliermaal
Limburgish
Wallon
Walloon
Wals
Warayan : Gubat Waray · Laoang Waray-Waray · Victoria Waray-Waray
Waray-Waray : Laoang · Victoria
Welsh
West
Frisian
West Virginia Appalachian
Westerlauwersk Frysk
Western Canadian English
Western Flemish: Nieuwpoort · Ostend · Roeselare
Western Jutish
Western Low Saxon : Achterhoek · Hoogeveen · Münsterland (Bocholt) · Münsterland (Steinfurt) · Stellingwerven · Twente · Westphalian · Zuidwolde
Westföelsch (Westphalian Low Saxon)
Westvlams (Western Flemish): Nieuwpoort · Ostend · Roeselare
Yiddish
Yn Ghaelg
Yn Ghailck
Yorkshire English
Yuhtyúh
Yueyu
Zamboangueño,
Chavacano
Zandvliet Brabantish
Zeêuws (Zeelandic) : Kwadendamme · Oost-Souburg
Zhōngwén (Chinese) : Cantonese · Classical
· Modern 1 · Modern
2
Zuidwolde Low Saxon