Macrolanguages

58 entries that Wikidata classes as a macrolanguage, led by Chinese. Sort the table to find the largest, the oldest-documented or the most endangered.

Sign languages Constructed languages Creoles and pidgins Extinct and ancient languages Macrolanguages

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
zhoChinese汉语	`zho`	Sino-Tibetan		1.30 bn
engEnglish	`eng`	Indo-European	+93	1.13 bn	0 · International
araArabicاللُّغَة العَرَبِيّة	`ara`	Afroasiatic	+36	315.4 m	Safe
indIndonesianBahasa Indonesia	`ind`	Austronesian		199 m	1 · National
javJavaneseBasa Jawa	`jav`	Austronesian		84.3 m	4 · Educational
msaMalayBahasa Melayu	`msa`	Austronesian	+15	77 m
fasFarsiفارسی	`fas`	Indo-European	+7	70 m	Safe
pusPashtoپښتو ژبه	`pus`	Indo-European	+6	50 m	Safe
romRomaniRomani chib	`rom`	Indo-European	+13	46 m	Definitely endangered
ormOromoAfaan Oromoo	`orm`	Afroasiatic		36 m
rajRajasthani	`raj`	Indo-European		36 m
azeAzerbaijaniAzərbaycan dili	`aze`	Turkic	+13	35 m	Safe
uzbUzbekOʻzbek tili	`uzb`	Western Karluk		27 m	Safe
nepNepaliनेपाली	`nep`	Indo-European	+1	24.1 m	1 · National
fulFulaFulfulde	`ful`	Niger–Congo		24 m	Safe
kurKurdishZimanê Kurdî	`kur`	Indo-European	+5	21 m	Safe
hbsSerbo-Croatiansrpskohrvatski jezik	`hbs`	Indo-European	+2	19 m
mlgMalagasyFiteny malagasy	`mlg`	Austronesian		18.1 m
zhaZhuangVahcuengh	`zha`	Kra–Dai		16 m	Critically endangered
swaSwahiliKiswahili	`swa`	Niger–Congo	+10	15.4 m
kauKanurikanuri	`kau`	Nilo-Saharan	+3	15 m
mwrMarwariमारवाड़ी	`mwr`	Indo-European		13 m
akaAkanakan	`aka`	Niger–Congo		8.3 m	3 · Wider Communication
monMongolianмонгол хэл	`mon`	Mongolic		7 m
sqiAlbanianGjuha shqipe	`sqi`	—		6.2 m	Safe
norNorwegiannorsk	`nor`	Indo-European		5.2 m	1 · National
konKongokikongo	`kon`	Niger–Congo		5 m	Safe
grnGuaraniAvañe'ẽ	`grn`	Tupian	+1	4.5 m	Safe
aymAymaraAymar aru	`aym`	Aymaran		4 m	Vulnerable
gonGondi	`gon`	Dravidian		3 m	Vulnerable
bikBikol	`bik`	Austronesian		2.5 m
kokKonkani	`kok`	—		2.3 m
zzaZazaki	`zza`	Indo-European		1.6 m	Vulnerable
lavLatvianlatviešu valoda	`lav`	Indo-European		1.5 m	Safe
dinDinkaThuɔŋjäŋ	`din`	Nilo-Saharan		1.4 m
srdSardiniansardu	`srd`	Indo-European	+2	1.3 m	Definitely endangered
estEstonianeesti keel	`est`	Uralic		1.3 m
tmhTuareg	`tmh`	Afroasiatic	+2	1.2 m	Vulnerable
yidYiddishיידיש	`yid`	Indo-European	+26	1 m	Definitely endangered
zapZapotec	`zap`	Central American Indian languages		777,000
chmMari	`chm`	Uralic		470,000	Definitely endangered
buaBuryatбуряад хэлэн	`bua`	Mongolic		329,000	Definitely endangered
komKomiКоми кыв	`kom`	Uralic		219,100	Definitely endangered
balBalochiبلوچی	`bal`	Indo-European		82,767
ikuInuktitutᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ	`iku`	—		39,770	Vulnerable
ojiOjibweAnishinaabemowin	`oji`	Algic		20,470	Severely endangered
sanSanskritसंस्कृतम्	`san`	Indo-European		14,135	4 · Educational
creCreeᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ'	`cre`	—		10,875
ipkInupiatIñupiatun	`ipk`	—		5,580	Severely endangered
denSlavey	`den`	Na-Dene		2,120
haiHaidaX̱aat Kíl	`hai`	—		90
manManding	`man`	Niger–Congo	+5
kpeKpelle	`kpe`	Niger–Congo
delDelaware	`del`	Algic
luyLuhya	`luy`	Niger–Congo
gbaGbaya	`gba`	Niger–Congo
klnKalenjin	`kln`	Nilo-Saharan
grbGrebo	`grb`	Niger–Congo

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