Official and Regional Languages of Asia on a Map - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Family	Script	L1	L2	Language	% Correct
Japonic	日本語	128 mil		Japanese	97%
Slavic †	русский	44 mil*	56 mil	Russian	97%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic	اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ	105 mil*	?	Arabic	96%
Koreanic	한국어	77 mil		Korean	96%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	官话	920 mil		Mandarin	96%
Turkic (Oghuz)	Türkçe	75 mil		Turkish	95%
Indo-Aryan (Central) †	हिन्दी / اردو	250 mil	250 mil	Hindi / Urdu	93%
Austroasiatic (Monic)	ဘာသာ မန်	800 k		Mon	91%
Kra-Dai (Tai)	ภาษาไทย	20 mil	44 mil	Thai	89%
Austroasiatic (Vietic)	Tiếng Việt	76 mil		Vietnamese	88%
Turkic (Kipchak)	қазақша	13 mil		Kazakh	86%
Iranian †	فارسی	70 mil	50 mil	Persian	86%
Mongolic	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ	5.2 mil		Mongolian	84%
Indo-European isolate†	հայերեն	6.7 mil		Armenian	83%
Kartvelian	ქართული	3.7 mil		Georgian	83%
Austroasiatic (Khmeric)	ភាសាខ្មែរ	16 mil		Khmer	83%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bahasa Melayu	77 mil	133 mil	Malay	83%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Tagalog	22 mil	45 mil	Tagalog	83%
Turkic (Karluk)	Oʻzbekcha	34 mil		Uzbek	83%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	廣東話	73 mil		Cantonese	82%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic	עִבְרִית	5.0 mil	4.0 mil	Hebrew	82%
Turkic (Oghuz)	Azərbaycan dili	23 mil		Azerbaijani	78%
Turkic (Oghuz)	türkmençe	6.7 mil		Turkmen	78%
Indo Aryan (Eastern) †	বাংলা	230 mil		Bengali	77%
Kra-Dai (Tai)	ພາສາລາວ	30 mil		Lao	76%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	福建話	13 mil		Hokkien	71%
Sino-Tibetan (Lolo-Burmese)	မြန်မာဘာသာ	33 mil		Burmese	70%
Hellenic †	Ελληνικά	700 k*		Greek	68%
Iranian †	Zimanê kurdî	20 mil		Kurdish	67%
Turkic (Kipchak)	Кыргызча	4.3 mil		Kyrgyz	67%
Dravidian	தமிழ்	75 mil		Tamil	67%
Indo-Aryan (Northern) †	नेपाली	16 mil	6.0 mil	Nepali	66%
Iranian †	پښتو	40 mil		Pashto	65%
Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic)	དབུས་སྐད་	1.2 mil		Standard Tibetan	62%
Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic)	རྫོང་ཁ་	171 k		Dzongkha	55%
Indo-Aryan (Northwestern) †	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / پن٘جابی	125 mil		Punjabi	54%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	ꦧꦱꦗꦮ	82 mil		Javanese	52%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	吳語	80 mil		Wu	52%
Turkic (Karluk)	ئۇيغۇر تىلى	10 mil		Uyghur	47%
Indo-Aryan (Western) †	ગુજરાતી	56 mil		Gujarati	41%
Iranian †	ирон ӕвзаг	597 k		Ossetian	37%
Indo-Aryan (Southern) †	ދިވެހި,	340 k		Dhivehi	34%
Indo-Aryan (Southern) †	සිංහල	17 mil	3.0 mil	Sinhala	34%
Northwest Caucasian	Аԥсуа бызшәа	190 k		Abkhaz	32%
Indo-Aryan (Southern) †	मराठी	83 mil	12 mil	Marathi	32%
Dravidian	తెలుగు	82 mil		Telugu	32%
Austroasiatic (Munda)	𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜	1.4 mil		Ho	30%
Dravidian	ಕನ್ನಡ	43 mil		Kannada	27%
Indo-Aryan (Dardic) †	كٲشُر	7.0 mil		Kashmiri	27%
Dravidian	മലയാളം	45 mil		Malayalam	26%
Language isolate	アイヌ・イタㇰ	10	290	Ainu	25%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic	ܣܘܪܝܬ	587 k		Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	23%
Iranian †	بلۏچی	3.0 mil		Balochi	23%
Indo-Aryan (Northwestern) †	سنڌي‎	25 mil		Sindhi	23%
Indo Aryan (Bengali-Assamese) †	অসমীয়া	14 mil		Assamese	22%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ	3.3 mil		Balinese	22%
Turkic (Siberian)	саха тыла	480 k		Yakut	22%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	客家話	47 mil		Hakka	21%
Kra-Dai (Tai)	တႆး	3.3 mil		Shan	20%
Japonic	琉球語派	?		Ryukyuan Languages	19%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bisaya	19 mil		Cebuano	18%
Indo-Aryan (Eastern) †	ଓଡ଼ିଆ	35 mil		Odia	18%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ	40 mil		Sundanese	17%
Turkic (Siberian)	тыва дыл	280 k		Tuvan	16%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	湘語	38 mil		Xiang	14%
Sino-Tibetan (Lolo-Burmese)	ꆈꌠꉙ	2.0 mil		Yi (Nuosu)	14%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Basa Acèh	3.5 mil		Acehnese	13%
Turkic (Siberian)	алтай тил	55 k		Altai	12%
Mongolic	буряад хэлэн	330 k		Buryat	12%
Austronesian (Formosan)	Formosan	50 k		Formosan Languages	12%
Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)	贛語	22 mil		Gan	12%
Sino-Tibetan (Karenic)	ကညီကျိ	1.5 mil		Karen	12%
Turkic (Kipchak)	Qaraqalpaq tili	583 k		Karakalpak	10%
Indo-Aryan (Marathi-Konkani) †	कोंकणी	2.3 mil		Konkani	10%
Indo-Aryan (Bihari) †	मैथिली	33 mil		Maithili	10%
Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Naga)	ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ	1.7 mil		Meitei	9%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Tetun Prasa	390 k	180 k	Tetum	9%
Kra-Dai (Tai)	Vaƅcueŋƅ	16 mil		Zhuang	9%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Ilocano	9.1 mil	2.0 mil	Ilocano	8%
Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic)	ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་	110 k		Ladakhi	8%
Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Mizo)	Mizo ṭawng	830 k		Mizo	7%
Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic)	ཤར་པའི་སྐད་ཡིག	170 k		Sherpa	7%
Sino-Tibetan (Sal)	बर' / बड़	1.4 mil		Bodo	6%
Indo-Aryan (Dardic) †	डोगरी	1.6 mil		Dogri	6%
Sino-Tibetan (Sal)	Jinghpaw	940 k		Jingpho	6%
Turkic (Siberian)	Хакас тілі	43 k		Khakas	6%
Austroasiatic (Munda)	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ	7.6 mil		Santali	6%
Sino-Tibetan (Tibetic)	འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་	70 k		Sikkimese	6%
Dravidian	ತುಳು	1.8 mil		Tulu	6%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Ilonggo	9.3 mil		Hiligaynon	5%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bhâsa Madhurâ	6.7 mil		Madurese	5%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ	2.1 mil		Makassarese	5%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Waray-Waray	2.6 mil		Waray	5%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bahasa Banjar	3.5 mil		Banjarese	4%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bikol Naga	2.5 mil		Central Bikol	4%
Spanish-based creole	Chabacano	700 k		Chavacano	4%
Dravidian	గోండీ	2.9 mil		Gondi	4%
Austroasiatic (Khasic)	Ka Ktien Khasi	1.0 mil		Khasi	4%
Sino-Tibetan (Sal)	Kókborok	1.0 mil		Kokborok	4%
Austroasiatic	Nicobarese	30 k		Nicobarese languages	4%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Hata Batak Toba	2.0 mil		Batak Toba	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Basa Ugi	3.5 mil	500 k	Buginese	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bahasa Hulontalo	1.0 mil		Gorontalo	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Kapampangan	2.0 mil		Kapampangan	3%
Sino-Tibetan (Newaric)	नेवाः भाय्	860 k		Newari	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Li Niha	770 k		Nias	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Pangasinense	1.2 mil		Pangasinan	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Sasak	2.7 mil		Sasak	3%
Sino-Tibetan (Kiranti)	सुनुवार	38 k		Sunuwar	3%
Sino-Tibetan (Tamangic)	तामाङ	1.3 mil		Tamang	3%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Akeanon	460 k		Aklanon	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Angkola	750 k		Batak Angkola	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Pakpak	1.2 mil		Batak Dairi	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Cakap Karo	600 k		Batak Karo	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Mandailing	1.1 mil		Batak Mandailing	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Nggahi Mbojo	500 k		Bima	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Basa Gayo	100 k		Gayo	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Tamangic)	गुरुंग	325 k		Gurung	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Ybanag	500 k		Ibanag	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Ibatan	33 k		Ivatan	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Kinaray-a	433 k		Karay-a	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Kuki-Chin-Naga)	Karbi	528 k		Karbi	2%
Dravidian	ಕೊಡವ	113 k		Kodava	2%
Dravidian	कुड़ुख़	2.2 mil		Kurukh	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Himalayish)	ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵᰶ	66 k		Lepcha	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Kiranti)	ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ	380 k		Limbu	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Magaric)	मगर	840 k		Magar	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Maguindanao	1.1 mil		Maguindanao	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Mëranaw	780 k		Maranao	2%
Austroasiatic (Munda)	मुंडारी	1.6 mil		Mundari	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Ngaju Dayak	890 k		Ngaju	2%
Indo-Aryan (Dardic) †	زبان پشه‌ای	400 k		Pashayi	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Baso Jang	350 k		Rejang	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Sambali	70 k		Sambal	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Basa Semawa	300 k		Sumbawa	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Surigaonon	500 k		Surigaonon	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Basa Taeʼ	1.0 mil		Taeʼ	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Bahasa Sūg	1.1 mil		Tausug	2%
Indo-Aryan (Eastern) †	थारु	1.9 mil		Tharu	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Saʼdan	750 k		Toraja-Saʼdan	2%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Yakan	110 k		Yakan	2%
Sino-Tibetan (Angami–Pochuri)	Angami	152 k		Angami	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Sahap Simalungun	1.2 mil		Batak Simalungun	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Cawa Komering	470 k		Komering	1%
Indo-Aryan (Eastern) †	Majhi	44 k	1.3 k	Majhi	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	tombo Manggarai	900 k		Manggarai	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Wamba Wuna	300 k		Muna	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	To'olaki	330 k		Tolaki	1%
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)	Uab Metô	800 k		Uab Meto	1%