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Indo-European languages

Indo-European is a language family with 202 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Africa, Africa, Eurasia, South America, Australia, Eurasia, North America, Papunesia, and South America. The largest by number of speakers are English, Hindi, and Spanish. 161 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
English34 countries1,500,000,000
HindiBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal610,000,000
Spanish30 countries560,000,000
French12 countries310,000,000
BengaliBangladesh, India, Nepal273,000,000
Portuguese15 countries264,000,000
Russian20 countries255,000,000
UrduAfghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan232,000,000
German16 countries135,000,000
PunjabiBangladesh, India, Pakistan130,000,000
MarathiIndia95,000,000
Italian8 countries68,000,000
GujaratiBangladesh, India, Pakistan62,000,000
Polish8 countries45,000,000
Ukrainian8 countries35,000,000
Dutch11 countries30,000,000
Romanian6 countries28,000,000
Afrikaans6 countries17,000,000
SinhalaSri Lanka17,000,000
AssameseBangladesh, Bhutan, India15,000,000
CzechAustria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia13,000,000
Greek10 countries13,000,000
Swedish5 countries10,000,000
CatalanAndorra, Spain, France, Italy9,000,000
Bulgarian8 countries8,000,000
Slovak7 countries7,000,000
KashmiriIndia, Pakistan6,800,000
DanishGermany, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland5,600,000
Armenian6 countries5,100,000
Belarusian6 countries5,100,000
GarhwaliChina, India2,920,000Vulnerable
Lithuanian5 countries2,800,000
Slovenian5 countries2,100,000
PiemonteseAustralia, Italy, United States2,000,000Vulnerable
Latvian5 countries1,750,000
RomagnolItaly, San Marino1,500,000Threatened
Eastern Yiddish22 countries1,200,000At risk
DimliTürkiye1,000,000Vulnerable
TalyshAzerbaijan, Iran, Russia912,000At risk
Vlax Romani32 countries885,970At risk
FaroeseDenmark, Faroe Islands720,000
Balkan Romani30 countries611,800At risk
FriulianAustria, Italy600,412Threatened
WalloonBelgium, France, Luxembourg600,000Threatened
WelshArgentina, United Kingdom562,016Vulnerable
Campidanese SardinianItaly500,000Vulnerable
Logudorese SardinianItaly500,000Threatened
Mahasu PahariIndia500,000At risk
Carpathian Romani28 countries472,470At risk
Ladino14 countries400,000At risk
SirmauriIndia400,000At risk
Macedo-Romanian7 countries350,000Threatened
Sinte Romani29 countries318,920At risk
KhowarIndia, Pakistan300,000At risk
Western FrisianNetherlands300,000At risk
Nicaragua Creole EnglishNicaragua267,500Vulnerable
TakestaniIran220,000At risk
BretonFrance206,000At risk
PicardBelgium, France200,000Vulnerable
CorsicanFrance, Italy160,000At risk
PonticBulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Türkiye150,000Threatened
ArpitanSwitzerland, France, Italy130,000Endangered
ChambealiIndia129,654At risk
GaddiIndia120,000At risk
ChurahiIndia110,552At risk
AsturianSpain, Portugal110,000At risk
BukharicIsrael, Uzbekistan110,000At risk
Arbëreshë AlbanianItaly100,000Vulnerable
Gallurese SardinianItaly100,000At risk
GuraniIraq, Iran100,000Vulnerable
Sassarese SardinianItaly100,000At risk
Pennsylvania GermanCanada, United States98,700Vulnerable
JaunsariIndia96,995Vulnerable
ShughniAfghanistan, Tajikistan90,000Vulnerable
LariIran80,000Vulnerable
TorwaliPakistan80,000Vulnerable
BhadrawahiIndia, Pakistan69,000Vulnerable
RomanshAustria, Switzerland, Italy60,000Vulnerable
SemnaniIran60,000Vulnerable
Baltic Romani5 countries58,460Vulnerable
SilesianPoland56,000Vulnerable
Mal PahariaIndia51,000Vulnerable
Arvanitika AlbanianGreece50,000Vulnerable
KashubianPoland50,000Vulnerable
WakhiAfghanistan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan37,570Vulnerable
SangisariIran36,000Vulnerable
IrishUnited Kingdom, Ireland30,000Endangered
BateriIndia, Pakistan28,251Vulnerable
HarzaniIran28,100Vulnerable
Judeo-TatAzerbaijan, Israel, Russia25,000Vulnerable
Scottish GaelicUnited Kingdom25,000Threatened
Bote-MajhiNepal24,664Vulnerable
MajhiIndia, Nepal24,422Endangered
KhunsariIran24,000Vulnerable
Dhanwar (Nepal)Nepal23,721Threatened
Lower SilesianCzechia, Germany, Poland22,900Vulnerable
AshtianiIran21,100Vulnerable
NahariIndia20,400Vulnerable
BajelaniIraq, Iran20,000Vulnerable
LadinItaly20,000Threatened
VafsiIran20,000Vulnerable
Upper SorbianGermany18,240Vulnerable
KaringaniIran17,600Vulnerable
PangwaliIndia17,000Threatened
SarikoliChina16,000Vulnerable
MirandeseSpain, Portugal15,000Vulnerable
YagnobiTajikistan13,500Vulnerable
KumhaliNepal12,200Endangered
AragoneseSpain, France10,000Endangered
SorkheiIran10,000Vulnerable
PhaluraPakistan9,841Vulnerable
Gawar-BatiAfghanistan, Pakistan9,000Vulnerable
Northern FrisianGermany, Denmark8,000Threatened
PrasuniAfghanistan8,000Vulnerable
ParyaAfghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan7,500Threatened
YazgulyamTajikistan7,500Vulnerable
Lower SorbianGermany7,240Threatened
BashkardiIran7,030Threatened
GaziIran7,030Threatened
NatanziIran7,030Threatened
NayiniIran7,030Threatened
SivandiIran7,030Threatened
SoiIran7,030Threatened
AshkunAfghanistan7,000Threatened
Louisiana CreoleUnited States7,000Severely Endangered
ParachiAfghanistan6,900Threatened
Torres Strait CreoleAustralia6,000Vulnerable
YidghaPakistan6,000Threatened
Western Yiddish7 countries5,400Threatened
DameliPakistan5,000Vulnerable
GrangaliAfghanistan5,000Threatened
LuwatiOman5,000Vulnerable
Megleno RomanianGreece, North Macedonia5,000Threatened
Muslim TatAzerbaijan, Iran, Russia5,000Severely Endangered
SaterfriesischGermany5,000Threatened
KatiAfghanistan, Pakistan4,400Threatened
KalashaPakistan4,000Threatened
KumzariOman4,000Vulnerable
MunjiAfghanistan3,770Threatened
DaraiNepal3,060Endangered
BrokskatIndia3,000Threatened
TsakonianGreece3,000Severely Endangered
ChilissoPakistan2,500Threatened
IshkashimiAfghanistan, Tajikistan2,500Threatened
Malaccan Creole PortugueseMalaysia2,150Endangered
CimbrianItaly2,000Threatened
ManxUnited Kingdom, Isle of Man2,000Awakening
PalenqueroColombia2,000Endangered
MóchenoItaly1,900Threatened
KalamiPakistan1,500Threatened
WaigaliAfghanistan1,500Threatened
GowroPakistan1,000Threatened
LasgerdiIran1,000Threatened
TregamiAfghanistan1,000Threatened
UshojoPakistan1,000Threatened
BhayaPakistan700Endangered
Pitcairn-Norfolk5 countries630Endangered
ChinaliIndia625Severely Endangered
CornishUnited Kingdom600Awakening
SonhaNepal579Endangered
IstriotCroatia400Severely Endangered
DomaakiPakistan350Severely Endangered
Istro RomanianCroatia300Endangered
Sea Island Creole EnglishUnited States300Endangered
AerPakistan200Endangered
KoroshiIran180Endangered
MindericoPortugal150Severely Endangered
HinduriIndia138Endangered
Judeo-ItalianItaly50Severely Endangered
MacaneseChina50Critically Endangered
Alviri-VidariIranSeverely Endangered
Ancient Greek (to 1453)Greece
Berbice Creole DutchGuyanaDormant
BishnupriyaBangladesh, India, Myanmar (Burma)Vulnerable
Cappadocian GreekGreece, TürkiyeEndangered
EshtehardiIran
GalicianSpain, Portugal
GozarkhaniIran
JavindoIndonesiaCritically Endangered
KabateiIran
KajaliIran
Kho'iniIranSeverely Endangered
LatinVatican City
Macedonian5 countries
MaragheiIran
Middle English (1100-1500)United Kingdom
Old EnglishUnited Kingdom
OrmuriAfghanistan, PakistanEndangered
PetjoIndonesiaCritically Endangered
RazajerdiIran
RudbariIran
SaviAfghanistan, Pakistan
ScotsUnited KingdomEndangered
Serbo-CroatianSerbia
ShahmirzadiIran
ShumashtiAfghanistanSeverely Endangered
TirahiAfghanistanDormant
Upper TaromiIran
VeddahSri LankaDormant
Wotapuri-KatarqalaiAfghanistanDormant
YevanicGreeceDormant
Zoroastrian DariIranEndangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.