Ethnologue: Languages of the World

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CREOLE LANGUAGES (82)
AFRO-SEMINOLE CREOLE [AFS] USA
AMAPA CREOLE [AMD] Brazil
ANGOLAR [AOA] São Tomé e Príncipe
ARABIC, BABALIA CREOLE [BBZ] Chad
ARABIC, SUDANESE CREOLE [PGA] Sudan
AUKAN [DJK] Suriname
BAHAMAS CREOLE ENGLISH [BAH] Bahamas
BAJAN [BJS] Barbados
BAY ISLANDS CREOLE ENGLISH [BYH] Honduras
BERBICE CREOLE DUTCH [BRC] Guyana
BETAWI [BEW] Indonesia (Java and Bali)
BISLAMA [BCY] Vanuatu
CAFUNDO CREOLE [CCD] Brazil
CHAVACANO [CBK] Philippines
CRIOULO, UPPER GUINEA [POV] Guinea-Bissau
CUTCHI-SWAHILI [CCL] Kenya
DUTCH CREOLE [DCR] U.S. Virgin Islands
FA D'AMBU [FAB] Equatorial Guinea
FERNANDO PO CREOLE ENGLISH [FPE] Equatorial Guinea
FRENCH GUIANESE CREOLE FRENCH [FRE] French Guiana
GUYANESE CREOLE ENGLISH [GYN] Guyana
HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH [HAT] Haiti
HAWAII CREOLE ENGLISH [HAW] USA
INDO-PORTUGUESE [IDB] Sri Lanka
INDONESIAN, PERANAKAN [PEA] Indonesia (Java and Bali)
KABUVERDIANU [KEA] Cape Verde Islands
KARIPUNA CREOLE FRENCH [KMV] Brazil
KITUBA [KTU] Democratic Republic of Congo
KORLAI CREOLE PORTUGUESE [VKP] India
KRIO [KRI] Sierra Leone
KRIOL [ROP] Australia
KWINTI [KWW] Suriname
LEEWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH [AIG] Antigua and Barbuda
LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE FRENCH [DOM] St. Lucia
LOUISIANA CREOLE FRENCH [LOU] USA
MACANESE [MZS] China
MALACCAN CREOLE MALAY [CCM] Malaysia (Peninsular)
MALACCAN CREOLE PORTUGUESE [MCM] Malaysia (Peninsular)
MALAY, AMBONESE [ABS] Indonesia (Maluku)
MALAY, BABA [BAL] Singapore
MALAY, KUPANG [MKN] Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara)
MORISYEN [MFE] Mauritius
MUNUKUTUBA [MKW] Congo
NAGA PIDGIN [NAG] India
NGATIK MENS CREOLE [NGM] Micronesia
NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA CREOLE ENGLISH [BZI] Belize
NUBI [KCN] Uganda
OORLAMS [OOR] South Africa
PALENQUERO [PLN] Colombia
PAPIAMENTU [PAE] Netherlands Antilles
PETJO [PEY] Indonesia (Java and Bali)
PIDGIN, CAMEROON [WES] Cameroon
PIDGIN, NIGERIAN [PCM] Nigeria
PIDGIN, TIMOR [TVY] Timor Lorosae
PIJIN [PIS] Solomon Islands
PRINCIPENSE [PRE] São Tomé e Príncipe
REUNION CREOLE FRENCH [RCF] Reunion
SAMANA ENGLISH [SAX] Dominican Republic
SAN MIGUEL CREOLE FRENCH [SME] Panama
SANGO [SAJ] Central African Republic
SANGO, RIVERAIN [SNJ] Central African Republic
SAOTOMENSE [CRI] São Tomé e Príncipe
SARAMACCAN [SRM] Suriname
SEA ISLAND CREOLE ENGLISH [GUL] USA
SESELWA CREOLE FRENCH [CRS] Seychelles
SKEPI CREOLE DUTCH [SKW] Guyana
SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN CREOLE SRANAN [SRN] Suriname
SRI LANKAN CREOLE MALAY [SCI] Sri Lanka
TAYO [CKS] New Caledonia
TERNATEÑO [TMG] Indonesia (Maluku)
TETUM PRASA [TDT] Timor Lorosae
TOBAGONIAN CREOLE ENGLISH [TGH] Trinidad and Tobago
TOK PISIN [PDG] Papua New Guinea
TORRES STRAIT CREOLE [TCS] Australia
TRINIDADIAN CREOLE ENGLISH [TRF] Trinidad and Tobago
TSOTSITAAL [FLY] South Africa
TURKS AND CAICOS CREOLE ENGLISH [TCH] Turks and Caicos Islands
UNSERDEUTSCH [ULN] Papua New Guinea
VIRGIN ISLANDS CREOLE ENGLISH [VIB] U.S. Virgin Islands
WESTERN CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH [JAM] Jamaica
WINDWARD CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH [SVG] St. Vincent and the Grenadines

DEAF SIGN LANGUAGES (114)
ADAMOROBE SIGN LANGUAGE [ADS] Ghana
ALGERIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ASP] Algeria
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ASE] USA
ARGENTINE SIGN LANGUAGE [AED] Argentina
ARMENIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [AEN] Armenia
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES SIGN LANGUAGE [ASW] Australia
AUSTRALIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ASF] Australia
AUSTRIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ASQ] Austria
BALI SIGN LANGUAGE [BQY] Indonesia (Java and Bali)
BAMAKO SIGN LANGUAGE [BOG] Mali
BAN KHOR SIGN LANGUAGE [BLA] Thailand
BELGIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [BVS] Belgium
BOLIVIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [BVL] Bolivia
BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [BZS] Brazil
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE [BHO] United Kingdom
BULGARIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [BQN] Bulgaria
CATALONIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [CSC] Spain
CHADIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [CDS] Chad
CHIANGMAI SIGN LANGUAGE [CSD] Thailand
CHILEAN SIGN LANGUAGE [CSG] Chile
CHINESE SIGN LANGUAGE [CSL] China
COLOMBIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [CSN] Colombia
COSTA RICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [CSR] Costa Rica
CZECH SIGN LANGUAGE [CSE] Czech Republic
DANISH SIGN LANGUAGE [DSL] Denmark
DOMINICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [DOQ] Dominican Republic
DUTCH SIGN LANGUAGE [DSE] Netherlands
ECUADORIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ECS] Ecuador
ESTONIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ESO] Estonia
ETHIOPIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ETH] Ethiopia
FINNISH SIGN LANGUAGE [FSE] Finland
FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE [FSL] France
GERMAN SIGN LANGUAGE [GSG] Germany
GHANAIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [GSE] Ghana
GREEK SIGN LANGUAGE [GSS] Greece
GUATEMALAN SIGN LANGUAGE [GSM] Guatemala
GUINEAN SIGN LANGUAGE [GUS] Guinea
HAIPHONG SIGN LANGUAGE [HAF] Viet Nam
HANOI SIGN LANGUAGE [HAB] Viet Nam
HAUSA SIGN LANGUAGE [HSL] Nigeria
HAWAII PIDGIN SIGN LANGUAGE [HPS] USA
HO CHI MINH CITY SIGN LANGUAGE [HOS] Nigeria
HUNGARIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [HSH] Hungary
ICELANDIC SIGN LANGUAGE [ICL] Iceland
INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [INS] India
INDONESIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [INL] Indonesia (Java and Bali)
IRISH SIGN LANGUAGE [ISG] Ireland
ISRAELI SIGN LANGUAGE [ISL] Israel
ITALIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ISE] Italy
JAMAICAN COUNTRY SIGN LANGUAGE [JCS] Jamaica
JAPANESE SIGN LANGUAGE [JSL] Japan
JORDANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [JOS] Jordan
KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE [XKI] Kenya
KOREAN SIGN LANGUAGE [KVK] Korea, South
KUALA LUMPUR SIGN LANGUAGE [KGI] Malaysia
LAOS SIGN LANGUAGE [LSO] Laos
LATVIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [LSL] Latvia
LIBYAN SIGN LANGUAGE [LBS] Libya
LITHUANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [LLS] Lithuania
LYONS SIGN LANGUAGE [LSG] France
MALAYSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [XML] Malaysia(Peninsular)
MALTESE SIGN LANGUAGE [MDL] Malta
MARITIME SIGN LANGUAGE [NSR] Canada
MARTHAS VINEYARD SIGN LANGUAGE [MRE] USA
MEXICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [MFS] Mexico
MONGOLIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [QMM] Mongolia
MOROCCAN SIGN LANGUAGE [XMS] Morocco
MOZAMBICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [MZY] Mozambique
NAMIBIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [NBS] Namibia
NEPALESE SIGN LANGUAGE [NSP] Nepal
NEW ZEALAND SIGN LANGUAGE [NZS] New Zealand
NICARAGUAN SIGN LANGUAGE [NCS] Nicaragua
NIGERIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [NSI] Nigeria
NORWEGIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [NSL] Norway
OLD KENTISH SIGN LANGUAGE [OKL] United Kingdom
PAKISTAN SIGN LANGUAGE [PKS] Pakistan
PENANG SIGN LANGUAGE [PSG] Malaysia(Peninsular)
PERSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [PSC] Iran
PERUVIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [PRL] Peru
PHILIPPINE SIGN LANGUAGE [PSP] Philippines
POLISH SIGN LANGUAGE [PSO] Poland
PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE [PSR] Portugal
PROVIDENCIA SIGN LANGUAGE [PRO] Colombia
PUERTO RICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [PSL] Puerto Rico
QUEBEC SIGN LANGUAGE [FCS] Canada
RENNELLESE SIGN LANGUAGE [RSI] Solomon Islands
ROMANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [RMS] Romania
RUSSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [RSL] Russia (Europe)
SALVADORAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ESN] El Salvador
SAUDI ARABIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SDL] Saudi Arabia
SINGAPORE SIGN LANGUAGE [SLS] Singapore
SLOVAKIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SVK] Slovakia
SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SFS] South Africa
SPANISH SIGN LANGUAGE [SSP] Spain
SRI LANKAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SQS] Sri Lanka
SWEDISH SIGN LANGUAGE [SWL] Sweden
SWISS-FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE [SSR] Switzerland
SWISS-GERMAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SGG] Switzerland
SWISS-ITALIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [SLF] Switzerland
TAIWANESE SIGN LANGUAGE [TSS] Taiwan
TANZANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [TZA] Tanzania
THAI SIGN LANGUAGE [TSQ] Thailand
TUNISIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [TSE] Tunisia
TURKISH SIGN LANGUAGE [TSM] Turkey (Asia)
UGANDAN SIGN LANGUAGE [UGN] Uganda
UKRAINIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [UKL] Ukraine
URUBU-KAAPOR SIGN LANGUAGE [UKS] Brazil
URUGUAYAN SIGN LANGUAGE [UGY] Uruguay
VENEZUELAN SIGN LANGUAGE [VSL] Venezuela
YIDDISH SIGN LANGUAGE [YDS] Israel
YUCATEC MAYA SIGN LANGUAGE [MSD] Mexico
YUGOSLAVIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [YSL] Yugoslavia
ZAMBIAN SIGN LANGUAGE [ZSL] Zambia
ZIMBABWE SIGN LANGUAGE [ZIB] Zimbabwe

GYPSY LANGUAGES (15)
ANGLOROMANI [RME] United Kingdom
CALO [RMR] Spain
DOMARI [RMT] Iran
LOMAVREN [RMI] Armenia
ROMANI, BALKAN [RMN] Yugoslavia
ROMANI, BALTIC [ROM] Poland
ROMANI, CARPATHIAN [RMC] Czech Republic
ROMANI, KALO FINNISH [RMF] Finland
ROMANI, SINTE [RMO] Yugoslavia
ROMANI, VLACH [RMY] Romania
ROMANI, WELSH [RMW] United Kingdom
ROMANO-GREEK [RGE] Greece
ROMANO-SERBIAN [RSB] Yugoslavia
TAVRINGER ROMANI [RMU] Sweden
TRAVELLER DANISH [RMD] Denmark

JEWISH LANGUAGES (27)
ARABIC, JUDEO-IRAQI [YHD] Israel
ARABIC, JUDEO-MOROCCAN [AJU] Israel
ARABIC, JUDEO-TRIPOLITANIAN [YUD] Israel
ARABIC, JUDEO-TUNISIAN [AJT] Israel
ARABIC, JUDEO-YEMENI [JYE] Israel
BUKHARIC [BHH] Israel
DZHIDI [DZH] Israel
HEBREW [HBR] Israel
HEBREW, ANCIENT [HBO] Israel
HULAULA [HUY] Israel
ISRAELI SIGN LANGUAGE [ISL] Israel
JUDEO-BERBER [JBE] Israel
JUDEO-CRIMEAN TATAR [JCT] Uzbekistan
JUDEO-GEORGIAN [JGE] Israel
JUDEO-ITALIAN [ITK] Italy
JUDEO-TAT [TAT] Israel
KARAIM [KDR] Lithuania
KNAANIC [CZK] Czech Republic
LADINO [SPJ] Israel
LISHAN DIDAN [TRG] Israel
LISHANA DENI [LSD] Israel
LISHANID NOSHAN [AIJ] Israel
SHUADIT [SDT] France
YEVANIC [YEJ] Israel
YIDDISH SIGN LANGUAGE [YDS] Israel
YIDDISH, EASTERN [YDD] Israel
ZARPHATIC [ZRP] France

MIXED LANGUAGES (8)
CAKCHIQUEL-QUICHE MIXED LANGUAGE [CKZ] Guatemala
CAMTHO [CMT] South Africa
MBUGU [MHD] Tanzania
MEDIA LENGUA [MUE] Ecuador
MEDNYJ ALEUT [MUD] Russia
MICHIF [CRG] USA
WUTUNHUA [WUH] China
YENICHE [YEC] Germany

PIDGIN LANGUAGES (17)
BARIKANCHI [BXO] Nigeria
BROOME PEARLING LUGGER PIDGIN [BPL] Australia
CHINESE PIDGIN ENGLISH [CPE] Nauru
CHINOOK WAWA [CRW] Canada
DELAWARE, PIDGIN [DEP] USA
FANAGOLO [FAO] South Africa
GIBANAWA [GIB] Nigeria
IHA BASED PIDGIN [IHB] Indonesia (Irian Jaya)
LIBERIAN ENGLISH [LIR] Liberia
LINGUA FRANCA [PML] Tunisia
MASKOY PIDGIN [MHH] Paraguay
MOBILIAN [MOD] USA
MOTU, HIRI [POM] Papua New Guinea
NDYUKA-TRIO PIDGIN [NJT] Suriname
ONIN BASED PIDGIN [ONX] Indonesia (Irian Jaya)
SETTLA [STA] Zambia
TAY BOI [TAS] Viet Nam

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