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Countries with the most languages

Countries and territories ranked by how many languages are listed for them as recorded in Hookito’s country data (official, national or recognised; the lists can include regional and sign languages). Only countries with two or more appear.

Countries with the most languages
#CountryLanguages
1TaiwanAmis, Atayal, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Kavalan, Kinmen dialect, Matsu dialect, O-ku-uā, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saaroa, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Sign Language, Truku, Tsou, Yami22
2ZimbabweBarwe, Chewa, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Northern Ndebele, Sesotho, Shona, Tonga, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zimbabwe Sign Language16
3MaliBambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hassaniya Arabic, Kassonke, Maninka, Minyanka, Senufo, Songhay, Soninke, Tamasheq13
4South AfricaAfrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, South African Sign Language, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu12
5AfghanistanArabic, Balochi, Dari, Nuristani, Pamir, Pashayi, Pashto, Turkmen, Uzbek9
6BoliviaAymara, Guarani, Quechua, Spanish4
6NorwayBokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk, Sámi4
6Papua New GuineaEnglish, Hiri Motu, Papua New Guinean Sign Language, Tok Pisin4
6RwandaEnglish, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili4
6SenegalBadyara, Balanta, French, Wolof4
6SingaporeEnglish, Malay, Standard Chinese, Tamil4
6SwitzerlandFrench, German, Italian, Romansh4
13BelgiumDutch, French, German3
13Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian, Serbian3
13Burkina FasoBissa, Dioula, Mooré3
13BurundiEnglish, French, Kirundi3
13ComorosArabic, Comorian, French3
13CyprusGreek, Modern Greek, Turkish3
13EcuadorNorthern Quichua, Shuar, Spanish3
13Equatorial GuineaFrench, Portuguese, Spanish3
13EritreaArabic, English, Tigrinya3
13FijiEnglish, Fiji Hindi, Fijian3
13GreeceDemotic Greek, Greek, Modern Greek3
13LuxembourgFrench, German, Luxembourgish3
13MalawiChewa, English, Tumbuka3
13MexicoNahuatl, Spanish, Yucatec Maya3
13New ZealandEnglish, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language3
13PalauEnglish, Japanese, Palauan3
13PeruAymara, Quechua, Spanish3
13PhilippinesEnglish, Filipino, Taglish3
13SeychellesEnglish, French, Seychellois Creole3
13VanuatuBislama, English, French3
13Vatican CityFrench, Italian, Latin3
34AlgeriaArabic, Standard Algerian Berber2
34AustraliaAuslan, Australian English2
34AustriaAustrian Sign Language, German2
34AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language2
34BarbadosBajan Creole, English2
34BelarusBelarusian, Russian2
34BruneiBritish English, Malay2
34CameroonEnglish, French2
34CanadaEnglish, French2
34Cape VerdeCape Verdean Creole, Portuguese2
34Central African RepublicFrench, Sango2
34ChadArabic, French2
34DjiboutiArabic, French2
34EswatiniEnglish, Swazi2
34FinlandFinnish, Swedish2
34GeorgiaAbkhaz, Georgian2
34GrenadaEnglish, Grenadian Creole English2

The top 50 of 84. Facts come from Hookito’s country data, largely based on Wikidata; city populations are from GeoNames. Spotted a mistake? Write to submissions@hookito.com.

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