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All ISO 639-1 Languages with a Map

The ISO 639-1 list includes 183 languages. How many can you name, with the help of a map?
Source: Wikipedia
Includes extinct and constructed languages
Language borders may not be consistent
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46 Comments
Felixcroc
+52
Level 68
Jun 30, 2023
You can tell how Eurocentric this list is
jsbach252
+30
Level 33
Jul 6, 2023
Yeah like the fact they literally have Cornish and Manx yet barely any Indian languages. Still a fun quiz tho.
iRDM
+11
Level 81
Jan 4, 2024
there are literally ten indian languages, what are you talking about
Dollyfroggy
+21
Level 63
Jan 5, 2024
Those languages have a very large amount of speakers. It’s quite disproportionate.
Deuteronomius
+28
Level 69
Jan 31, 2024
Hey, what are you talking about? I bet Cornish and Manx litteray have ten speakers combined as well :D
Ampersandwich
+20
Level 61
Apr 28, 2025
We have 15 regional Indian alone on our currency (17 with Hindi and English), it’s kind of insulting how low non-European countries are.

Like they have Serbian and Croatian separate when they’re so similar, they’re usually lumped as one. If that isn’t Eurocentric, IDK what is

jbro
+3
Level 76
Mar 19, 2026
Insulting? It really isn't that deep. Yes, Manx and Cornish is a bit extra, but a majority of Indians know those languages anyways.
WanderingWalrus
+15
Level 82
Mar 19, 2026
The majority of Indians know Manx and Cornish?
jbro
+1
Level 76
Apr 30, 2026
You know what I meant. A majority of Indians know the languages that are available.
Xtrordinary
+23
Level 75
Jan 30, 2024
also with constructed languages, at most there should only be Esperanto
ooftownroad
+10
Level 70
Mar 26, 2024
I think a big part of it is preserving languages. Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, etc. Aren't going anywhere. But Manx, Cornish, Welsh, Navajo, etc. are endangered. Having an ISO 639-1 Code helps bring awareness. Other endangered languages don't have that kind of impact that the celtic languages did, or the local government doesn't want them preserved.
sootyboi
+6
Level 58
Oct 9, 2025
It shouldn't call Scottish Gaelic Scots then, they're two distinct languages, both of which are going extinct.
Djilas
+7
Level 86
Mar 19, 2026
No, it really is eurocentric. They made the basic list and then another list of 3-letter codes for the rest. It's quite arbitrary which ones are on this list: New ISO 639-1 codes are not added if an ISO 639-2 "set 2" three-letter code exists
Tadeu
+1
Level 68
Apr 29, 2026
You know how the rest of the world also has these issues, right?

Like the huge number of Indigenous languages in South America. Not even Nheengatu is there, let alone even more endangered ones.

You mention Marathi and Gujarati as not going anywhere, but India is the country with the most endangered languages in the world. Ahom is an extremely relevant language culturally and historically, having been the administrative language of the Ahom kingdom in Assam for six centuries. Quick research here, there are almost 200 endangered languages in India alone, but we have three flavors of Norwegian here?

Just two examples of highly underrepresented places, as obviously so many others are being ignored.

RobertoCF
+4
Level 80
Apr 28, 2026
Yes, the quiz has three versions of Norwegian, but only Chinese.
jnsnmnhn
+1
Level 64
Jun 30, 2023
I love it so much
GoblinOfCooz
+21
Level 79
Jul 6, 2023
Was surprised at the exclusion of the major non-Mandarin Chinese languages (Cantonese, Wu, Xiang, Hakka). They seem to approach it in a very ethno-centric way. Great quiz!
KevinTheCat
+25
Level 68
Nov 30, 2023
Not even really tho. They make a distinction between Bosnian and Croatian when linguists generally agree they are dialects of the same language, Serbo-Croatian, but the speakers would consider themselves different. But they also break up Akan into itself and Twi, even though they are seen as generally a single ethnic group.

Also, they include about 40 european languages but only eight native american languages, like 3 Austronesian, and only 3 Sino-Tibetan. They also for some reason include the official languages of SA but then only include a few other African languages.

I know it's arbitrary but this entire thing makes 0 sense and it makes me want to smash my head against my wall and it was probably just made to make Europeans happy by recognizing their multiple barely different languages but then just saying, "screw the rest of the world it's not like they matter".

Junseong
+8
Level 73
Dec 6, 2023
Well, there are four Sino-Tibetan languages here (Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan, and Dzongkha), and many languages of Oceania are also Austronesian languages, but your point is really true. They do not even have Palauan, Tuvaluan, Gilbertese, Comorian, and Seychellois creole, even though they are official languages in at least one country.
TheLetterP
+17
Level 80
Dec 16, 2023
Smash your head no longer! ISO-639-1 is short because it only records the two letter language codes (like ru for Russian or en for English) which is clearly not enough. ISO-639-3 is far more comprehensive.

(also -1 was last updated in like 2003, so there's that too)

ooftownroad
+5
Level 70
Jan 24, 2024
Im making a quiz on all iso-3 codes lol
kasnevone
+1
Level 55
Feb 1, 2024
yay
jbro
+3
Level 76
Mar 19, 2026
If this makes you want to smash your head against the wall, you need to learn control your emotions. Yes, having very specific European languages might be unnecessary, but for a long time, a majority of Apple's users came from more developed countries in Europe. Besides, when you bring up the Native American languages, there are much more Europeans than Native Americans, especially that have an iPhone.
ooftownroad
+2
Level 70
Mar 26, 2024
I can now consistently get 100% without cheating
Quizkid03
+1
Level 49
Jun 23, 2024
This map is AMAZING!
ooftownroad
+2
Level 70
Oct 28, 2024
Can you accept Tshiluba for Luba-Katanga
Alexquiz17
+3
Level 95
Jan 5, 2025
Love this quiz.

Only thing, there are inconsistent type-ins - for some answers the exact spelling of the language is required, but for others it cuts off at the country, meaning I keep having to delete letters that I typed in correctly for the previous answer, which is most inconvenient.

Apart from that, a great quiz which will be featured soon.

Bletsch
+1
Level 71
Jan 5, 2025
I don't know the name of any of the languages spoken in Papua New Guinea, but of course, there are many, many of them. I looked up the names of some of them, but none appear on this quiz. Interesting.
Alexquiz17
+7
Level 95
Jan 6, 2025
Hiri Motu is from PNG. In my experience, low landers and islanders first language is Tok Pisin or English. Nearly everyone speaks a variation of pidgin
Zefyrinus
+11
Level 74
Feb 14, 2026
I was really surprised that Hiri Motu was on here, but not Tok Pisin, which is by far the biggest language in PNG.
Noxolo7
+3
Level 34
Mar 27, 2025
I got everything except Armenian. Somehow I thought I'd already guessed it, and spent forever trying different forms of writing Aramaic (Neo Aramaic, Neo Assyrian, Neo Syriac, Neo Syriac Aramaic etc. etc.)
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 74
Feb 14, 2026
Can the time please be increased by 1 minute?
Piotryt
+3
Level 25
Feb 21, 2026
If English is not your native language, then the hardest thing in this quiz is certainly how to create an adjective from a region name (at least for me).
gyz
+4
Level 61
Mar 4, 2026
I really thought the one on PNG was Tok Pisin instead of Hiri Motu and just typed it again and again thinking I misspelled something.
TheModder
+1
Level 68
Mar 19, 2026
I legit just played this earlier today before it got featured
sumguy
+5
Level 87
Mar 19, 2026
Norwegian is a spoken language and Nynorsk and Bokmal are ways of writing it. You have to do something to make it obvious that the inset of southern Norway is looking for a written language, not a spoken one.
ausforming
+2
Level 57
Apr 29, 2026
Nynorsk and Bokmal have some differences in grammar and pronounciation too (or the written versions fit better to the local dialects), but it doesn't make sense to have three times Norwegian.
Albrik
+1
Level 66
Apr 25, 2026
TSHILUPA for Luba-Katanga
kasnevone
+1
Level 55
Apr 28, 2026
YESSSSSSSS FINALLY FEATURED
PotatoFromAbove
+1
Level 57
Apr 28, 2026
wow tough quiz. fun to play
Eumenes
+1
Level 65
Apr 28, 2026
Very cool quiz
1a1g0
+1
Level 49
Apr 28, 2026
For some reason everyone uses theese kind of maps where every language has its greater possible extent minus Basque. For some reason everyone shows basque's extent as being smaller than every other languages.
nowy0i0fajny
+2
Level 43
Apr 28, 2026
The Polish-speaking area is also reduced on this map
nowy0i0fajny
+1
Level 43
Apr 28, 2026
Polish is also the language of the majority of the population near the Belarusian-Lithuanian border
aschulke
+1
Level 95
Apr 28, 2026
Is Hmong not included in the 639-1 list?
ausforming
+2
Level 57
Apr 29, 2026
It doesn't make sense to have three Norwegian languages. You can use one (Norwegian) or the two versions of Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk)
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