Languages of United Kingdom

25 languages of the index are spoken in United Kingdom; 1 has official status (English). The country has about 67.3 m inhabitants (2021).

25 languages5 endangered or dormantEuropeISO GB / GBR

Official languages

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
engEnglish	`eng`	Indo-European	+93	1.13 bn	0 · International
urdUrduاردو	`urd`	—	+4	162.6 m	1 · National
panPunjabiپنجابی	`pan`	—	+15	125 m	Safe
sylSylhetiꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ ꠜꠣꠡꠣ	`syl`	Indo-European	+13	14 m	3 · Wider Communication
scoScotsScots leid	`sco`	Indo-European		1.6 m	5 · Developing
srdSardiniansardu	`srd`	Indo-European	+2	1.3 m	Definitely endangered
gleIrishAn Ghaeilge	`gle`	Indo-European		1.2 m	3 · Wider Communication
yidYiddishיידיש	`yid`	Indo-European	+26	1 m	Definitely endangered
cymWelshCymraeg	`cym`	Indo-European		724,000	2 · Provincial
rmyVlax RomaniRomani	`rmy`	Indo-European	+23	538,480	6b · Threatened
mltMalteseMalti	`mlt`	—	+2	482,880	1 · National
sthSheltaGammon	`sth`	Indo-European		86,000	6a · Vigorous
bfiBritish Sign Language	`bfi`	—		77,000	5 · Developing
glaScottish GaelicGàidhlig na h-Alba	`gla`	Indo-European	+2	57,000	2 · Provincial
corCornishKernowek	`cor`	Indo-European		600	9 · Reawakening
enmMiddle English	`enm`	Indo-European
nrnNorn	`nrn`	West Scandinavian			Extinct
pldPolari	`pld`	Indo-European			9 · Second language only
rmeAngloromani	`rme`	Indo-European			6a · Vigorous
obtOld Breton	`obt`	Indo-European			Extinct
sczShetlandicShaetlan	`scz`	Indo-European
trlScottish Cant	`trl`	Indo-European			6b · Threatened
tchTurks and Caicos Creole	`tch`	—			6b · Threatened
cnxMiddle Cornish	`cnx`	Indo-European
ocoOld Cornish	`oco`	Indo-European

25 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata