List Of Languages By Name
This partial list of natural languages with articles on Wikipedia is alphabetized by the name it goes by in its article. Inclusion is arbitrary.
Ethnologue lists about 7,300 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 39,491 alternate language names and dialects.
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