This table lists the languages alphabetically and indicates approximately how many millions of speakers each has (Sp. m.), and in which geographical areas each language is spoken. The table also indicates which of the basic Code Pages can handle the language. The Code Pages are as follows:
The support level is shown as follows:
Language |
Sp. m. |
Location |
Code Page Support
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Other Code Pages |
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Windows |
Windows |
Windows |
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DOS 850 |
DOS 852 |
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DOS 437 |
|
Afrikaans |
6 |
South Africa |
Y |
A |
Y |
C |
|
Albanian |
4 |
Albania, Kosovo |
Y |
Y |
N |
C |
|
Aymara |
2 |
Bolivia, Peru |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Basque |
1 |
NE Spain, SW France |
N |
N |
N |
N |
User set for R' |
Bemba |
2 |
Zambia |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Blackfoot |
<1 |
USA/Canada (Alberta) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Brazilian See Portuguese |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Breton |
1 |
NW France |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Bugotu |
<1 |
Solomon Is. (Pacific) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Bulgarian |
8 |
Bulgaria |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Byelorussian |
7 |
Byelorussia |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Catalan |
7 |
NE Spain, Andorra |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Chamorro |
<1 |
Guam (Pacific) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Chechen |
<1 |
Caucasus |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Corsican |
<1 |
Corsica |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Croatian |
5 |
Croatia |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
7-bit C-S set for DOS |
Crow |
<1 |
USA (Montana) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Czech |
10 |
Czech Republic |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
IVKAM-CS for DOS |
Danish |
5 |
Denmark, Greenland |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
CP 865 for DOS |
Dutch |
15 |
NL,Nth BE(as Flemish) |
Y |
A |
Y |
C |
|
English |
350 |
US, GB, CA, AU, NZ... |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Eskimo |
<1 |
Canada,GL,RU |
N |
N |
N |
N |
User: R' |
Esperanto |
1 |
Diaspora |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Esperanto set or Unicode |
Estonian |
1 |
Estonia |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Faroese |
<1 |
Faroe Islands |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
|
Fijian |
<1 |
Fiji (S. Pacific) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Or a user set. |
Finnish |
5 |
Finland |
Y |
A |
Y |
Y |
|
French |
75 |
FR,BE,CH,CA,Africa... |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
DOS 863 Canadian-Fr. |
Frisian |
<1 |
N.Netherlands |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Friulian |
<1 |
Italian Alps |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Gaelic Irish |
1 |
Ireland |
Y |
Y |
N |
C |
|
Gaelic Scottish |
<1 |
Scotland |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Galician |
4 |
Spain |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
CP 860 for DOS |
Ganda |
3 |
Uganda |
A |
A |
Y |
A |
|
German |
100 |
Germany,AT,CH,BE... |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Greek |
10 |
Greece, Cyprus |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Greek sets |
Guarani |
3 |
Paraguay |
Y |
A |
N |
C |
|
Hani Supported only if written in the Latin alphabet. |
<1 |
China (Yuny) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Hawaiian |
<1 |
Hawaii |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Hungarian |
12 |
Hungary, Romania |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
or Hungarian sets |
Icelandic |
<1 |
Iceland |
Y |
A |
N |
N |
Icelandic Set for DOS |
Ido |
- |
(Project) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Indonesian |
160 |
Indonesia |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Interlingua |
- |
(Project) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Italian |
60 |
Italy, S. Switz. |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Kabardian |
<1 |
Caucasus |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic Sets |
Kawa |
<1 |
Burma |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Kasub |
<1 |
Gdansk area, Poland |
N |
Y |
A |
N |
|
Kikuyu |
6 |
Kenya |
N |
N |
N |
N |
User set: I- with U~ |
Kongo |
6 |
Zaire/Angola |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Kpelle |
1 |
Liberia |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Kurdish |
4 |
Turkey, IQ,IN,SY,RU |
N |
N |
N |
N |
CP 1254 or Turkish DOS |
Latin |
- |
Diaspora |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
CP 1257 Baltic for macrons |
Latvian |
2 |
Latvia |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Lithuanian |
3 |
Lithuania |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Luba |
6 |
Zaire |
N |
A |
A |
N |
DOS Sloven&Croat |
Luxembourgian |
<1 |
Luxembourg |
Y |
A |
N |
C |
|
Macedonian |
1 |
Macedonia (FYROM) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Malagasy |
13 |
Madagascar |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
User set for some dialects |
Malay |
11 |
Malaysia |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
or user set for e-breve |
Malinke |
3 |
W. Africa |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Maltese |
<1 |
Malta |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Maltese DOS or Unicode |
Maori |
<1 |
New Zealand |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Mayan |
3 |
Mexico, Guatemala |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Miao Supported only if written in the Latin alphabet. |
8 |
China/Laos/Cambodia.. |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Minankabaw |
6 |
Indonesia,Sumatra |
A |
N |
A |
N |
User set: E- with I: |
Mohawk |
<1 |
USA (NY)/Canada |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Moldavian |
3 |
Moldavia |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Nahuatl |
2 |
Mexico |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Norwegian |
4 |
Norway |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
CP 865 for DOS |
Nyanja |
6 |
Malawi/Zambia |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Occidental |
- |
(project) |
N |
Y |
A |
N |
|
Ojibway |
<1 |
US (Wisc.),Canada |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Papiamento |
<1 |
Neth. Antilles |
Y |
A |
N |
C |
|
Pigin English |
<1 |
Papua/New Guinea |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Polish |
36 |
Poland... |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
Mazowia for DOS |
Portuguese |
170 |
Portugal, Brazil, Africa |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
CP 860 for DOS |
Provencal |
2 |
S. France |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Quechua |
7 |
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Rhaetic |
<1 |
SE Switzerland |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Romanian |
20 |
Romania |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Romany |
5 |
Diaspora |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Ruanda |
12 |
Rwanda/Zaire |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Rundi |
7 |
Burundi |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Russian |
150 |
Russia... |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Sami |
<1 |
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
or own set. |
Sami, Lule |
<1 |
Norway, Sweden |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
or own set. |
Sami, Northern |
<1 |
Norway, Sweden, Finland |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
or own set. |
Sami, Southern |
<1 |
Norway, Sweden |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
or own set. |
Samoan |
<1 |
Samoa (S. Pacific) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
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Sardinian |
1 |
Sardinia |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Serbian |
8 |
Yugoslavia |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
Serbian, Latinic |
8 |
Yugoslavia |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
7-bit C-S set for DOS |
Shona |
8 |
Zimbabwe |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Sioux |
<1 |
USA (Nebraska) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Slovak |
5 |
Slovakia |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
IVKAM-CS for DOS |
Slovenian |
2 |
Slovenia |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
7-bit C-S set for DOS |
Somali |
9 |
Somalia |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Sorbian (Wend) |
<1 |
Germany (Saxony) |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Sotho |
5 |
Lesotho, South Africa |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Spanish |
325 |
Spain, Latin-America |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Sundanese |
25 |
Indonesia |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Swahili |
10 |
East Africa |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Swazi |
<2 |
Swaziland and South Africa |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Swedish |
9 |
Sweden, Finland |
Y |
A |
Y |
Y |
|
Tagalog |
35 |
Philipines |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Tahitian |
<1 |
Tahiti (S. Pacific) |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Tinpo |
<1 |
China (Yunnan) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Tongan |
<1 |
Tonga (Pacific) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Tswana |
4 |
Botswana |
A |
N |
N |
N |
User set: N~ with Sv |
Tun Supported only if written in the Latin alphabet. |
<1 |
China (Tibet) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Turkish |
55 |
Turkey, Cyprus... |
N |
N |
N |
N |
CP 1254 or Turkish DOS |
Ukrainian |
40 |
Ukraine |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Cyrillic sets |
Visayan |
24 |
Philipines |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Welsh |
<1 |
Wales |
A |
A |
N |
N |
User set: W^ Y^ |
Wolof |
4 |
Senegal |
Y |
N |
N |
C |
|
Xhosa |
8 |
South Africa |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Zapotec |
1 |
Mexico |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Zulu |
8 |
South Africa |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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