Languages by Region
The world grouped by the linguistic territories communities actually share. Each region gathers countries, language families, and dialects that live side by side.
Europe
Languages and dialects across the European continent.
13 countries117 dialects
Middle East
Persian, Arabic, Kurdish, and the linguistic tapestry of the Middle East.
13 countries39 dialects
North Africa
Arabic, Berber, and the Mediterranean coast — from the Maghreb through Egypt and the Nile.
6 countries19 dialects
West & Central Africa
The Niger–Congo heartland — Mande, Akan, Yoruba, Igbo, and the Bantu languages of the Congo basin, plus the cross-Sahel Nilo-Saharan belt.
36 dialects
East & Southern Africa
Bantu south of the equator, the Afro-Asiatic Horn of Africa, and the Khoisan languages of the southern interior.
47 dialects
Central Asia
Turkic, Iranian, and the dialects of the Silk Road.
2 countries25 dialects
South Asia
Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and the languages of the subcontinent.
34 dialects
East Asia
Sinitic, Japonic, Koreanic — the language families of East Asia.
40 dialects
Southeast Asia
Austronesian, Tai–Kadai, Austroasiatic — the tropical crossroads of Asia.
40 dialects
North America
English, French, Spanish, and the indigenous language families of Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.
59 dialects
Latin America & the Caribbean
Spanish, Portuguese, French-based Creoles, and the indigenous languages of Central and South America and the Caribbean islands.
41 dialects