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This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only.
Rank | Name | Native speakers | Total speakers |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Russian | 106,000,000[1] | 160,000,000[1] |
2 | German | 97,000,000[2] | 170,000,000[3] |
3 | French | 81,000,000[4] | 210,000,000[3] |
4 | Italian | 65,000,000[5] | 82,000,000[3] |
5 | English | 63,000,000[6] | 260,000,000[3] |
6 | Spanish | 47,000,000[7] | 76,000,000[3] |
7 | Polish | 38,500,000[8] | |
8 | Ukrainian | 32,600,000[9] | |
9 | Romanian | 24,000,000[10] | 28,000,000[11] |
10 | Dutch | 22,000,000[12] | |
11[a] | Serbo-Croatian | 19,000,000[13] | |
11 | Turkish | 15,752,673[14] | |
12 | Bavarian | 14,000,000[15] | |
13 | Greek | 13,500,000[16] | |
14 | Hungarian | 13,000,000[17] | |
15 | Swedish | 11,100,000[18] | 13,280,000[18] |
16 | Czech | 10,600,000[19] | |
17 | Portuguese | 10,000,000[20] | 11,000,000[21] |
17 | Catalan | 10,000,000[22] | |
18 | Serbian | 9,000,000[23] | |
19 | Bulgarian | 7,800,000[24] | |
20 | Albanian Arbëresh Arvanitika |
5,367,000[25] 5,877,100[26] (Balkans) |
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21 | Neapolitan | 5,700,000[27] | |
22 | Croatian | 5,600,000[28] | |
23 | Danish | 5,500,000[29] | |
24 | Finnish | 5,400,000[30] | |
25 | Norwegian | 5,200,000[31] | |
Slovak | 5,200,000[32] | ||
27 | Swiss German | 5,000,000[33] | |
28 | Mainfränkisch | 4,900,000[34] | |
29 | Sicilian | 4,700,000[35] | |
30 | Tatar | 4,300,000[36] | |
31 | Venetian | 3,800,000[37] | |
32 | Lombard | 3,600,000[38] | |
33 | Belarusian | 3,300,000[39] | |
34 | Lithuanian | 3,000,000[40] | |
35 | Bosnian | 2,500,000[41] | |
36 | Galician | 2,400,000[42] | |
37 | Slovene | 2,100,000[43] | |
38 | Upper Saxon | 2,000,000[44] | |
39 | Irish | 1,873,997 (census)[45]
240,000[46] |
|
40 | Latvian | 1,750,000[47] | |
43 | Macedonian | 1,600,000[48] | |
Piedmontese | 1,600,000[49] | ||
42 | Romani | 1,500,000[50] | |
43 | Chechen | 1,400,000[51] | |
45 | Sardinian | 1,350,000[52] | |
46 | Limburgish | 1,300,000 (2001)[53] | |
47 | Bashkir | 1,221,000[54] | |
48 | Chuvash | 1,100,000[55] | |
49 | Estonian | 1,165,400[56] | |
50 | Low German (Low Saxon) | 1,000,000[57] | 2,600,000[57] |
Kazakh | 1,000,000[58] | ||
Palatinate German | 1,000,000[59] | ||
53 | Ripuarian (Platt) | 900,000[60] | |
54 | Swabian German | 820,000[61] | |
55 | Avar | 760,000 | |
56 | Basque | 750,000[62] | |
57 | Friulan | 600,000[63] | |
Walloon | 600,000[64] | ||
Yiddish | 600,000[65] | ||
60 | Welsh | 538,000[66] 899,500[67] | 750,000[68] |
61 | Kabardian | 530,000[69] | |
62 | Silesian | 522,000[70] | |
63 | Maltese | 520,000[71] | |
64 | Azerbaijani | 500,000[72] | |
Ligurian | 500,000[73] | ||
Mari | 500,000[74] | ||
Occitan | 500,000[75] | ||
68 | Crimean Tatar | 480,000[76] | |
69 | Frisian | 470,000[77] | |
70 | Kumyk | 450,000[78] | |
Ossetian | 450,000[79] | ||
72 | Rhaeto-Romance | 370,000[80] | |
73 | Asturian (Astur-Leonese) | 351,791[81] | 641,502[81] |
74 | Udmurt | 340,000[82] | |
75 | Luxembourgish | 336,000[83] | 386,000[83] |
76 | Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino) | 320,000[84] | few[85] |
77 | Icelandic | 330,000[86] | |
78 | Karachay-Balkar | 300,000[87] | |
Ingush | 300,000[88] | ||
80 | Montenegrin | 240,700[89] | |
81 | Komi | 220,000[90] | |
Zeelandic | 220,000[91] | ||
83 | Breton | 206,000[92] | |
84 | Extremaduran | 200,000[93] | |
Picard | 200,000[94] | ||
86 | Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) | 140,000[95] | |
Gagauz | 140,000[96] | ||
87 | Tabasaran | 126,900[97] | |
88 | Erzya | 120,000[98] | |
89 | Adyghe | 117,500[99] | |
90 | Aromanian | 114,000[100] | |
91 | Scots | 110,000[101] | |
92 | Võro | 87,000[102] | |
93 | Kalmyk | 80,500[103] | |
94 | Faroese | 66,150[104] | |
95 | Scottish Gaelic | 57,000[105] | |
96 | Norman | 50,000[106] | |
Kashubian | 50,000[107] | ||
98 | Abaza | 49,800[108] | |
99 | Karelian | 36,000[109] | |
100 | Corsican | 30,000[110] | 125,000[110] |
Tat | 30,000[111] | ||
102 | Aragonese | 25,000[112] | 55,000[113] |
103 | Sami | 23,000[114] | |
104 | Walser German | 20,000[115] | |
Sorbian (Wendish) | 20,000[116] | ||
Italiot Greek | 20,000 native speakers in 1981[117] | 50,000 | |
107 | Yenish | 16,000[118] | |
108 | Mirandese | 15,000[119] | |
109 | Silesian German | 11,000[120] | |
110 | Nenets | 4,000[121] | |
111 | Megleno-Romanian | 3,000[122] | |
112 | Kven | 2,000-8,000 | |
113 | Moksha | 2,000[123] | |
Elfdalian | 2,000 | ||
115 | Vepsian | 1,640[124] | |
116 | Istro-Romanian | 1,100[125] | |
117 | Istriot | 900[126] | |
118 | Cornish | 557[127] | |
119 | Cimbrian | 400[128] | |
120 | Judeo-Italian | 250[129] | |
121 | Manx | 230[130] | 2,300[131] |
122 | Ingrian | 120[132] | |
123 | Wymysorys | less than 20 | 70[133] |
124 | Latin | dead | only several dozen and definitely less than 100[134] |
unranked | Emilian | ||
Romagnol |
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