Least Spoken Native Language of Every Country

Excluding dead languages, speaker number uses L1 where available. Includes overseas territories. (don't forget sign languages!!) (Native language, for the purposes of this quiz, means a language spoken in the country for hundreds of years or originating from it.) (Also numbers for the answer to the Kuwaiti one is extremely rough)
The following countries have 2 or more languages with the same amount and either is accepted: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Indonesia, Mali, Montenegro, Morocco (numbers unknown for both), Peru, Poland, Senegal, Taiwan, United Kingdom
Burkina Faso has 2 with about the same amount, both have the same name.
Central African Republic, El Salvador, Uganda (one semi-speaker) and Timor-Leste all have a language that may be extinct but it is also accepted along with the other least spoken in case there are still some speakers.
Israel has several languages with an unknown number of speakers as they don't recognize Bedouin villages, that are all accepted given the number is very small, although only the one I could confirm numbers for is displayed.
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Country
Speakers (In country)
Speakers (All)
Answer
Abkhazia
2.5k
29k~
Svan
Afghanistan
3
3
Wotapuri-Katarqalai
Albania
10k
538k
Vlax Romani
Algeria
<1k
<1k
Tidikelt
Andorra
<2k
9k-18k
Catalan Sign Language
Angola
200~
8k
Khwe
Antigua and Barbuda
100k~
150k
Antiguan and Barbudan Creole
Argentina
1
1
Chaná
Armenia
1.17k~
778k (Dialect) 13.5m (Language)
Pontic Greek
Australia
1
1
Thiin / Kalaamaya
Austria
300~
210k
Sinte Romani
Azerbaijan
200
200
Budukh
Bahamas
250k
250k
Bahamian Creole
Bahrain
70k (Dialect)
70k (Dialect) 11m (Variety) 383m (Language)
Bahraini Gulf Arabic
Bangladesh
1.3k
47k
Koda
Barbados
260k
260k
Bajan Creole
Belarus
2k~
2k~ (Dialect) 600k~ (Language)
Northeastern Yiddish
Belgium
4k
4k
French Belgian Sign Language
Belize
8.4k
120k
Garifuna
Benin
1.5k
1.5k
Nootre
Bhutan
L1: 1 L2: 2
L1: 1 L2: 2
ʼOle
Bolivia
1
1
Itonama
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
51k
Ladino
Botswana
20~
20~
ǂʼAmkoe
Brazil
1
1
Xipaya
Brunei
700~
700~
Belait
Bulgaria
1.3k
60k
Crimean Tatar
Burkina Faso
2
2
Niafogo
Burundi
5k-70k
5k-70k
Burundian Sign Language
Cabo Verde
871k
871k
Cape Verdean Creole
Cambodia
20
30
Chung
Cameroon
5
5
Baldemu
Canada
1
1 / 6
Chinuk Wawa / Huluníixsuwaakan / Hän
Central African Republic
<30 / <15
<2.5k / <15
Sere / Bodo
Chad
30
30
Goundo
Chile
10
10
Kawésqar
China
10
10
Fuyü Gïrgïs / Do³³ɕu³³ Na³¹
Colombia
2
2
Nononotá
Comoros
29k
29k
Shimwali
Democratic Republic of the Congo
<50
<50
Li-Kari-Li
Republic of the Congo
<2.6k
14k
Ngom Kélé
Costa Rica
750
750
Maléku
Côte d’Ivoire
200
200
Eotile
Croatia
300
300
Istro-Romanian
Cuba
34k
34k
Cuban Sign Language
Cyprus
?
?
Kurbetcha
Czech Republic
2.4k
18m
Serbo-Croatian
Denmark
800
800
Avanersuarmiutut
Djibouti
306k
2.6m
Afar
Dominica
43k
43k (Dialect) 13m (Language
Dominican Creole French
Dominican Republic
Very Few
? (Dialect) 380m (Language)
Samaná English
Ecuador
5
5
Záparo
Egypt
20k
21k
Jlan n isiwan
El Salvador
500 / 1
500 / 1
Nawat / Salvadoran Lenca
Equatorial Guinea
1k
1k
Lengue
Eritrea
3.1k
3.1k
Dahalik
Estonia
<200
<200 (Dialect) 10m (Language)
Estonian Swedish
Eswatini
19k
3.7m
Tsonga
Ethiopia
12
12
Ongota
Fiji
500~
500~
Gone Dau
Finland
300
330 / 300
Skolt Sámi / Finland-Swedish Sign Language
France
10
10
Arhö
Gabon
100
100
Himba
Gambia
1k~
30k (Variety) 38k (Language)
Bainouk-Gunyaamolo
Georgia
5.6k
490k
Ossetian
Germany
2k
2k
Saterland Frisian (East Frisian)
Ghana
30
30
Animere
Greece
12
51k
Ladino
Grenada
2.3k
2.3k (Dialect) 13m (Language)
Grenadian Creole French
Guatemala
410
410
Itzaʼ
Guinea
800
1.6m
Dan
Guinea-Bissau
80
80
Kasanga
Guyana
200~
2.2k
Waiwai
Haiti
11m~
13m~
Haitian Creole
Honduras
<50
15k-30k
Chʼortiʼ
Hungary
1.1k
70k
Rusyn
Iceland
300
300
Icelandic Sign Language
India
3
3
Northern Andamanese
Indonesia
3
3
Lengilu / Ponosakan
Iran
6
6
Khuri
Iraq
44k
280k
Domari
Ireland
6k
86k
Shelta
Israel
50
50
Kafr Qasim Sign Language
Italy
340
340
Gardiòl
Jamaica
7.5k
7.5k
Jamaican Country Sign Language
Japan
2
2
Ainu
Jordan
<30k
>30k
Levantine Arabic Sign Language
Kazakhstan
8.1k
740k
Chuvash
Kenya
10
10
Yaaku
Kiribati
103k
120k
Kiribati
Kosovo
5.8k
600k
Balkan Romani
Kuwait
139k~ (Variety) + 50k~ (Standard)
139k~ (Variety) 72m (Language)
Kuwaiti Farsi
Kyrgyzstan
200 (Variety) 4k~ (Language)
200 (Variety) 110k (Language)
Sart Kalmyk
Laos
<7
7~
Arem
Latvia
1
1
Livonian
Lebanon
<1.4k
30k
Western Neo-Aramaic
Lesotho
18k
8m
Xhosa
Liberia
8.2k
8.2k
Glaro-Twabo
Libya
1.1k
21k
Jlan n Isiwan
Liechtenstein
2.6k~
22.7k (Variety) 4.51m (Language)
Walser German
Lithuania
50
80
Karaim
Luxembourg
13.3k
>90m
German
Madagascar
3k (Dialect) 20k (Language)
125k (Dialect) 452k~ (Language)
Shimaore / Eastern Comorian
Malawi
10k
670k
Nyiha
(Malawi Variety may be a
separate language with 10k
speakers overall)
Malaysia
80~
80~
Orang Kanaq
Maldives
2.7k
2.7k
Maldives Sign Language
Mali
500
500
Ana Tiŋa / Tebul Sign Language
Malta
200
200
Maltese Sign Language
Marshall Islands
59k
82k
Marshallese
Mauritania
3.5k
3.5k
Zenaga
Mauritius
1k
1k
Mauritian Sign Language
Mexico
1
1
Yaak'awü
Micronesia
15-30
15-30
Ngatikese Creole
Moldova
7.3k~
538k
Vlax Romani
Monaco
>20
>20 (Dialect) 600k (Language)
Monégasque
Mongolia
40
40
Tuʰha Sös
Montenegro
2k~
23k / 538k
Yugoslav Sign Language / Vlax Romani
Morocco
"Very Few"
1k / ?
Haketia / Beni Snous
Mozambique
5k
5k
vaDoma
Myanmar
50
14k
Anāl
Namibia
200~
2.5k
ǃXóõ
Nauru
9.3k
9.3k
Nauruan
Nepal
1
1
Kusunda
Netherlands
2.5k
500k
Sinte Romani
New Zealand
2.45k
2.45k
Pukapukan
Nicaragua
24-36
24-36
Rama
Niger
2k
2k
Tetserret
Nigeria
20
20
Bure
Northern Cyprus
360-9k
360-9k (Dialect) 10m (Variety) 383m (Language)
Cypriot Arabic
North Korea
<1k?
<1k?
Yukjin
North Macedonia
3.15k
210k
Aromanian
Norway
100
150~
Scandoromani
Oman
16
16
Baṭḥari
Pakistan
3
3
Badeshi
Palau
150
150
Tobian
Palestine
<200
<200 (Dialect) 280k (Language)
Palestinian Domari
Panama
<50
61k
Catío Emberá
Papua New Guinea
1
1
Ndre
Paraguay
28
28
Kaskihá
Peru
1
1
Isconahua / Taushiro / Resígaro
Philippines
1-3
1-3
Ata
Poland
20~ / 20
80 / 20
Karaim / Wymysiöeryś
Portugal
500
500
Minderico
Qatar
300k~ (Dialect)
300k~ (Dialect) 11m (Variety) 383m (Language)
Qatari Arabic
Romania
500~
70k
Rusyn
Russia
2
2
Ter Sámi
Rwanda
<18k
660k
Mashi
St. Kitts and Nevis
39k
39k
Saint Kitts Creole
St. Lucia
170k~
170k~ (Dialect) 13m (Language)
Saint Lucian Creole
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
108k
108k
Vincentian Creole
Samoa
6k~
6k (Variety) 16.4k (Language)
Samoan Sign Language
San Marino
28k
28k (Dialect) 430k (Language)
Sammarinese
São Tomé and Príncipe
200
200
Principense Creole
Saudi Arabia
20k~
230k
Mehri
Senegal
600~ / ?
1.3k / ?
Kobiana / Mbour Sign Language
Serbia
12.7k
1.8m~
Macedonian
Seychelles
73k
73k
Seychellois Creole
Sierra Leone
52k
181k
Yalunka
Singapore
<150
300
Malay Chetty
Slovakia
15k
15k
Slovak Sign Language
Slovenia
1.6k
95m
German
Solomon Islands
1
1
Tanema
Somalia
60
60
Af-Boon
Somaliland
<124k~
380m
Arabic
South Africa
1
1
Nǁŋǃke
South Korea
5k
5k
Jeju
South Ossetia
400~
5.3m
Armenian
South Sudan
<200
200
Aja
Spain
750~
750~
Erromintxela
Sri Lanka
300
300
Vedda
Sudan
100
100
Molo
Suriname
2
2
Mawayana
Sweden
25
25
Pite Sámi
Switzerland
<400
<400
Southwestern Yiddish
Syria
12.5k
13.5m
(4.5k) Greek / (8k) Cretan Greek
Taiwan
4
4
Thao / Kanakanavu
Tajikistan
800
800
Xuf Ziv
Tanzania
3
3
Omaio
Thailand
10
30
Chung
Timor-Leste
2.7k / <5
2.7k / <5
Habun / Maku'a
Togo
2.5k
2.5k
Wudu
Tonga
500
500
Niuafoʻou
Transnistria
4.9k
148k
Gagauz
Trinidad and Tobago
1.56k~
1.56k~ (Dialect) 299k (Language)
Trinidadian Hindustani
Tunisia
<3.7k
<3.7k
Matmata Berber
Turkey
4
4 (Dialect) 462k (Language)
Hértevin
Turkmenistan
<180
145k
Dungan
Tuvalu
600~
600~ (Dialect) 120k (Language)
Nuian Kiribati
Uganda
50 / 1
50 / 1
Soo / Nyang'i
Ukraine
10
10 (Dialect) 10m (Language)
Gammalsvenska
United Arab Emirates
3k~
10k
Kumzari
United Kingdom
<30~ / 23 (L1 Revival)
<30~ / 23 (L1 Revival)
Cornish / Manx
United States
1
1
Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ / Menhti Kenaga
Uruguay
7k
7k
Uruguayan Sign Language
Uzbekistan
1.9k
145k
Dungan
Vanuatu
2
2
Lemerig
Vatican City
<700
65m
Italian / Romanesco
Venezuela
1
1
Añunnükü
Vietnam
<7
7~
Arem
Western Sahara
<35k
5.8m
Shilha
Yemen
40
500~
Hobyót
Zambia
300~
8k
Khwe
Zimbabwe
<8
<8 (Variety) 6k (Language)
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2 Comments
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Level 75
Feb 25, 2025
Excellent quiz. But I think its a bit weird putting the dialect as the visible answer when you're asking for the language. Also the title says "least spoken" but sign languages aren't spoken.
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Level 63
Feb 25, 2025
dialect is used when the language isn't spoken in the country other than the dialect with the exception of greek in syria. The description mentions sign languages for that reason since it's easy to forget about them otherwise