All language families

No language isolates, only language families with over 15k speakers included. Let's see if you can name all of them.

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Last updated: December 3, 2022

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Number of Speakers	Continent	Example language	Answer
3,237,999,904	Eurasia	English	Indo-European
1,385,995,195	Eurasia	Mandarin	Sino-Tibetan
519,814,033	Africa	Zulu	Niger-Congo
499,294,669	Africa, Eurasia	Arabic	Afroasiatic
325,862,510	Africa, Eurasia, Oceania	Malay	Austronesian
252,807,611	Eurasia	Tamil	Dravidian
179,945,933	Eurasia	Turkish	Turkic
129,240,180	Eurasia	Japanese	Japonic
116,323,040	Eurasia	Vietnamese	Austroasiatic
81,549,828	Eurasia	Thai	Kra-Dai
53,359,610	Africa	Songhai	Nilo-Saharan
20,716,457	Eurasia	Finnish	Uralic
9,332,070	Eurasia	Hmong	Hmong-Mien
7,768,820	South America	Quechua	Quechuan
7,269,480	Eurasia	Mongolian	Mongolic
6,522,182	North America	Yucatec	Mayan
5,026,502	South America	Guarani	Tupian
4,850,054	Eurasia	Georgian	Kartvelian
4,155,258	Eurasia	Chechen	Northeast Caucasian
3,540,024	New Guinea	Enga	Trans-New Guinea
2,808,740	South America	Aymara	Aymaran
1,910,442	North America	Nahuatl	Yuto-Aztecan
1,678,214	North America	Zapotecan	Oto-Manguean
1,655,092	Eurasia	Abkhaz	Northwest Caucasian
709,000	North America	Miskito	Misumalpan
699,709	North America, South America	Arawak	Arawakan
380,120	New Guinea	Fataluku	Timor-Alor
337,337	Africa	Khoekhoe	Khoe-Kwadi
306,267	North America, South America	Guayami	Chibchan
282,250	North America	Sierra Totonac	Totonacan
279,035	New Guinea	Ternate	North Halmahera
262,000	South America	Mapudungun	Araucanian
214,768	North America	Cree	Algic
208,552	North America	Navajo	Na-Dene
162,704	New Guinea	Iatmul	Sepik
153,612	North America	Mixe	Mixe-Zoque
114,600	North America, South America	Catio	Choco
113,705	New Guinea	Nambi	Torricelli

Number of Speakers	Continent	Example language	Answer
108,705	North America	Inuktitut	Eskimo-Aleut
104,000	Africa	!Kung	Kx'a
103,739	New Guinea	Angan	Angan
89,360	South America	Awajun	Jivaroan
68,700	New Guinea	Buin	South Bougainville
67,376	North America, South America	Macushi	Carib
65,830	New Guinea	Murik	Ramu-Lower Sepik
60,280	South America	Wichi	Matacoan
55,800	Eurasia	Manchu	Tungusic
51,539	South America	Araona	Pano-Tacanan
51,093	South America	Je	Macro-Je
49,350	South America		Guaicururan
48,580	South America		Ticuna-Yuri
47,330	New Guinea		Goilalan
45,340	New Guinea		Eleman
39,290	South America		Guajiboan
38,030	New Guinea		Kiwaian
36,860	New Guinea		Demta-Sentani
34,800	New Guinea		East Bird's Head
33,400	North America	Dakota	Siouan
32,900	New Guinea		Anim
31,670	South America		Yanomaman
30,308	South America		Tucanoan
30,160	New Guinea		Gogodala-Suki
28,700	New Guinea		Kamula-Elevala
25,690	New Guinea		Koiarian
24,800	South America		Barbacoan
23,359	Australia		Pama-Nyungan
20,728	South America		Mascoian
20,090	New Guinea		West Bird's Head
18,630	South America		Piaroa
18,555	New Guinea		Dagan
17,478	South America		Witotoan
17,080	New Guinea		Border
16,000	New Guinea		Hatam-Mansim
15,800	New Guinea		Teberan
15,640	North America	Cherokee	Muskogean

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