The Complete List Of

Written Languages

This page is a great resource for how fonts relate to written languages. Languages are written in one or more scripts. A script is simply a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information. View Unicode Scripts for more info on the list of scripts available.

There are 6,056,004,386 people (82% of the world population) that can read or write at least one language.

217 Written Languages

English (Latin)

1,560,564,492 people
147 countries
153,479 fonts

Chinese (Simplified)

1,246,337,104 people
5 countries
9 fonts

Hindi (Devanagari)

527,223,073 people
5 countries
68 fonts

Spanish (Latin)

476,841,407 people
37 countries
97,836 fonts

Arabic (Arabic)

323,004,801 people
36 countries
108 fonts

French (Latin)

259,176,155 people
62 countries
75,880 fonts

Bangla (Bangla)

258,969,180 people
4 countries
22 fonts

Urdu (Arabic)

258,846,282 people
3 countries
56 fonts

Portuguese (Latin)

230,340,528 people
14 countries
97,976 fonts

Russian (Cyrillic)

195,794,014 people
22 countries
2,300 fonts

Indonesian (Latin)

167,079,364 people
2 countries
153,479 fonts

Swahili (Latin)

151,550,283 people
9 countries
153,505 fonts

Punjabi (Arabic)

143,447,500 people
1 countries
57 fonts

German (Latin)

134,402,814 people
27 countries
88,209 fonts

Japanese (Japanese)

120,563,891 people
2 countries
68 fonts

Telugu (Telugu)

92,299,677 people
1 countries
15 fonts

Marathi (Devanagari)

89,735,800 people
1 countries
68 fonts

Javanese (Latin)

88,974,124 people
2 countries
99,186 fonts

Vietnamese (Latin)

83,815,196 people
3 countries
1,680 fonts

Persian (Arabic)

80,740,270 people
8 countries
82 fonts

Tamil (Tamil)

80,589,627 people
6 countries
23 fonts

Turkish (Latin)

79,109,897 people
10 countries
12,060 fonts

Korean (Korean)

77,149,545 people
6 countries
19 fonts

Cantonese (Simplified)

71,723,597 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Italian (Latin)

70,357,005 people
15 countries
99,969 fonts

Filipino (Latin)

63,925,429 people
2 countries
100,998 fonts

Gujarati (Gujarati)

57,692,537 people
2 countries
13 fonts

Thai (Thai)

54,731,280 people
1 countries
158 fonts

Kannada (Kannada)

47,431,780 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Pashto (Arabic)

45,719,749 people
4 countries
32 fonts

Chinese (Traditional)

43,718,100 people
16 countries
8 fonts

Malayalam (Malayalam)

41,587,914 people
8 countries
5 fonts

Odia (Odia)

41,022,080 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Polish (Latin)

38,458,028 people
7 countries
13,810 fonts

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

36,425,419 people
4 countries
21 fonts

Burmese (Myanmar)

35,610,668 people
2 countries
22 fonts

Amharic (Ethiopic)

34,814,468 people
2 countries
12 fonts

Oromo (Latin)

33,982,124 people
3 countries
153,479 fonts

Hausa (Latin)

32,911,982 people
3 countries
461 fonts

Dutch (Latin)

31,405,176 people
9 countries
16,857 fonts

Ukrainian (Cyrillic)

29,361,938 people
5 countries
1,015 fonts

Sindhi (Arabic)

27,924,043 people
2 countries
43 fonts

Uzbek (Latin)

25,770,120 people
3 countries
1,499 fonts

Yoruba (Latin)

25,521,759 people
2 countries
1,455 fonts

Igbo (Latin)

24,782,160 people
1 countries
1,771 fonts

Malay (Latin)

24,773,491 people
3 countries
153,479 fonts

Malagasy (Latin)

22,548,780 people
1 countries
99,432 fonts

Romanian (Latin)

22,348,614 people
6 countries
7,210 fonts

Nepali (Devanagari)

20,236,864 people
3 countries
68 fonts

Assamese (Bangla)

16,665,219 people
1 countries
35 fonts

Somali (Latin)

15,899,255 people
4 countries
153,479 fonts

Sinhala (Sinhala)

15,238,392 people
1 countries
14 fonts

Khmer (Khmer)

14,422,005 people
1 countries
27 fonts

Zulu (Latin)

13,601,029 people
5 countries
153,479 fonts

Czech (Latin)

13,020,746 people
2 countries
13,557 fonts

Swedish (Latin)

12,645,258 people
4 countries
99,620 fonts

Greek (Greek)

12,501,710 people
10 countries
1,214 fonts

Hungarian (Latin)

12,491,025 people
8 countries
14,468 fonts

Kazakh (Cyrillic)

11,876,853 people
2 countries
1,021 fonts

Low German (Latin)

11,550,597 people
2 countries
99,886 fonts

Shona (Latin)

11,182,131 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Central Kurdish (Arabic)

11,037,262 people
2 countries
43 fonts

Quechua (Latin)

10,989,182 people
3 countries
2,952 fonts

Akan (Latin)

10,724,961 people
1 countries
1,063 fonts

Kinyarwanda (Latin)

10,311,671 people
3 countries
153,479 fonts

Wolof (Latin)

10,278,098 people
2 countries
6,578 fonts

Belarusian (Cyrillic)

10,138,393 people
3 countries
2,091 fonts

Xhosa (Latin)

9,891,068 people
2 countries
153,479 fonts

Tigrinya (Ethiopic)

9,882,311 people
3 countries
9 fonts

Azerbaijani (Latin)

9,463,900 people
3 countries
2,336 fonts

Afrikaans (Latin)

8,998,973 people
3 countries
99,846 fonts

Catalan (Latin)

8,502,430 people
4 countries
70,992 fonts

Tajik (Cyrillic)

8,468,560 people
1 countries
782 fonts

Hebrew (Hebrew)

8,299,710 people
1 countries
308 fonts

Sichuan Yi (Yi)

8,275,800 people
1 countries
9 fonts

Bambara (Latin)

8,227,192 people
1 countries
577 fonts

Serbian (Latin)

8,216,289 people
7 countries
13,428 fonts

Kikuyu (Latin)

8,094,669 people
1 countries
11,813 fonts

Bulgarian (Cyrillic)

8,019,140 people
6 countries
2,403 fonts

Swiss German (Latin)

7,850,429 people
4 countries
101,730 fonts

Uyghur (Arabic)

7,589,152 people
2 countries
45 fonts

Serbian (Cyrillic)

7,552,416 people
4 countries
1,981 fonts

Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Tifinagh)

7,477,074 people
1 countries
28 fonts

Fulah (Latin)

7,422,054 people
12 countries
498 fonts

Rundi (Latin)

7,224,084 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Danish (Latin)

6,835,734 people
4 countries
90,084 fonts

Croatian (Latin)

6,757,796 people
8 countries
13,428 fonts

Albanian (Latin)

6,746,395 people
7 countries
99,377 fonts

Slovak (Latin)

6,681,188 people
4 countries
12,758 fonts

Turkmen (Latin)

6,622,621 people
3 countries
13,824 fonts

Kurdish (Latin)

6,610,868 people
7 countries
14,391 fonts

Cantonese (Traditional)

6,472,350 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Finnish (Latin)

5,686,298 people
4 countries
60,891 fonts

Kashmiri (Arabic)

5,520,413 people
3 countries
26 fonts

Armenian (Armenian)

5,417,368 people
8 countries
141 fonts

Norwegian Bokmål (Latin)

5,321,543 people
2 countries
89,382 fonts

Luyia (Latin)

5,237,727 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Ganda (Latin)

5,144,113 people
1 countries
6,694 fonts

Bemba (Latin)

4,951,320 people
1 countries
153,587 fonts

Lao (Lao)

4,917,429 people
1 countries
19 fonts

Konkani (Devanagari)

4,743,178 people
1 countries
68 fonts

Luo (Latin)

4,666,338 people
1 countries
153,570 fonts

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

4,467,852 people
2 countries
922 fonts

Ewe (Latin)

4,379,049 people
2 countries
316 fonts

Georgian (Georgian)

4,340,151 people
3 countries
114 fonts

Mazanderani (Arabic)

4,101,080 people
1 countries
82 fonts

Bosnian (Latin)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
13,428 fonts

Bosnian (Cyrillic)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
1,981 fonts

Kamba (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
11,811 fonts

Kalenjin (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
153,586 fonts

Galician (Latin)

3,442,249 people
2 countries
99,928 fonts

Central Atlas Tamazight (Latin)

3,330,696 people
1 countries
252 fonts

Zarma (Latin)

3,271,701 people
1 countries
593 fonts

Kabyle (Latin)

3,195,613 people
1 countries
450 fonts

Tibetan (Tibetan)

2,970,135 people
3 countries
21 fonts

Tachelhit (Tifinagh)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
28 fonts

Tachelhit (Latin)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
252 fonts

Lingala (Latin)

2,911,128 people
4 countries
631 fonts

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

2,855,596 people
2 countries
1,331 fonts

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

2,778,777 people
1 countries
1,173 fonts

Sango (Latin)

2,756,308 people
1 countries
99,842 fonts

Nyankole (Latin)

2,492,916 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Lithuanian (Latin)

2,436,599 people
2 countries
12,193 fonts

Gusii (Latin)

2,333,169 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Chiga (Latin)

2,136,785 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Soga (Latin)

2,097,215 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Tatar (Cyrillic)

1,991,611 people
1 countries
975 fonts

Northern Luri (Arabic)

1,961,524 people
2 countries
19 fonts

Luba-Katanga (Latin)

1,915,927 people
1 countries
704 fonts

Meru (Latin)

1,904,628 people
1 countries
11,811 fonts

Teso (Latin)

1,895,589 people
2 countries
153,555 fonts

Slovenian (Latin)

1,858,801 people
4 countries
15,322 fonts

Bodo (Devanagari)

1,794,716 people
1 countries
91 fonts

North Ndebele (Latin)

1,656,612 people
1 countries
153,482 fonts

Uzbek (Arabic)

1,603,865 people
1 countries
32 fonts

Macedonian (Cyrillic)

1,596,113 people
3 countries
1,977 fonts

Masai (Latin)

1,571,114 people
2 countries
449 fonts

Norwegian Nynorsk (Latin)

1,330,012 people
1 countries
89,382 fonts

Makonde (Latin)

1,294,821 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Sena (Latin)

1,222,390 people
1 countries
97,976 fonts

Morisyen (Latin)

1,220,751 people
1 countries
153,489 fonts

Makhuwa-Meetto (Latin)

1,195,816 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Latvian (Latin)

1,186,230 people
1 countries
11,079 fonts

Irish (Latin)

1,119,282 people
2 countries
100,707 fonts

Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

1,118,477 people
2 countries
813 fonts

Basque (Latin)

1,066,402 people
2 countries
99,092 fonts

Yiddish (Hebrew)

1,032,232 people
6 countries
215 fonts

Chechen (Cyrillic)

938,902 people
1 countries
903 fonts

Bena (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
153,491 fonts

Shambala (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
153,508 fonts

Estonian (Latin)

894,691 people
2 countries
60,895 fonts

Ewondo (Latin)

774,841 people
1 countries
283 fonts

Western Frisian (Latin)

734,642 people
1 countries
16,793 fonts

Nuer (Latin)

729,461 people
1 countries
310 fonts

Embu (Latin)

714,235 people
1 countries
11,811 fonts

Chakma (Chakma)

706,162 people
2 countries
8 fonts

Asu (Latin)

647,410 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Asturian (Latin)

636,456 people
1 countries
1,842 fonts

Koyraboro Senni (Latin)

608,096 people
1 countries
593 fonts

Ossetic (Cyrillic)

563,604 people
2 countries
1,114 fonts

Breton (Latin)

556,981 people
1 countries
2,867 fonts

Welsh (Latin)

527,515 people
2 countries
7,158 fonts

Kabuverdianu (Latin)

510,418 people
1 countries
101,001 fonts

Langi (Latin)

469,372 people
1 countries
722 fonts

Sakha (Cyrillic)

455,225 people
1 countries
754 fonts

Maltese (Latin)

416,338 people
1 countries
10,061 fonts

Machame (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Rombo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Vunjo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Luxembourgish (Latin)

398,067 people
1 countries
100,781 fonts

Taita (Latin)

390,448 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Jola-Fonyi (Latin)

381,380 people
1 countries
6,575 fonts

Dzongkha (Tibetan)

358,958 people
2 countries
32 fonts

Ngiemboon (Latin)

349,928 people
1 countries
411 fonts

Icelandic (Latin)

339,747 people
1 countries
68,519 fonts

Koyra Chiini (Latin)

304,048 people
1 countries
593 fonts

Basaa (Latin)

299,938 people
1 countries
137 fonts

Nama (Latin)

273,325 people
1 countries
704 fonts

Mundang (Latin)

249,949 people
1 countries
275 fonts

Colognian (Latin)

241,782 people
1 countries
11,927 fonts

Samburu (Latin)

219,032 people
1 countries
153,573 fonts

Kako (Latin)

134,972 people
1 countries
263 fonts

Maori (Latin)

126,289 people
1 countries
12,685 fonts

Vai (Vai)

121,914 people
1 countries
9 fonts

Duala (Latin)

119,975 people
1 countries
378 fonts

Rwa (Latin)

118,691 people
1 countries
153,505 fonts

Metaʼ (Latin)

117,476 people
1 countries
895 fonts

Sangu (Latin)

107,901 people
1 countries
153,573 fonts

Tongan (Latin)

101,155 people
1 countries
1,348 fonts

Ngomba (Latin)

84,982 people
1 countries
202 fonts

Bafia (Latin)

79,983 people
1 countries
676 fonts

Faroese (Latin)

69,495 people
2 countries
71,332 fonts

Scottish Gaelic (Latin)

64,121 people
1 countries
100,041 fonts

Kalaallisut (Latin)

55,205 people
2 countries
11,269 fonts

Northern Sami (Latin)

50,283 people
3 countries
6,106 fonts

Romansh (Latin)

41,181 people
1 countries
99,984 fonts

Friulian (Latin)

37,282 people
1 countries
98,222 fonts

Aghem (Latin)

34,992 people
1 countries
300 fonts

Hawaiian (Latin)

29,069 people
1 countries
1,383 fonts

Cherokee (Cherokee)

25,150 people
1 countries
11 fonts

Upper Sorbian (Latin)

12,895 people
1 countries
13,357 fonts

Walser (Latin)

11,183 people
2 countries
11,701 fonts

Kwasio (Latin)

8,998 people
1 countries
306 fonts

Lakota (Latin)

8,165 people
1 countries
811 fonts

Tasawaq (Latin)

8,083 people
1 countries
593 fonts

Lower Sorbian (Latin)

7,011 people
1 countries
12,846 fonts

Yangben (Latin)

2,299 people
1 countries
670 fonts

Cornish (Latin)

2,007 people
1 countries
153,479 fonts

Manx (Latin)

1,687 people
1 countries
100,023 fonts

Inari Sami (Latin)

607 people
1 countries
6,400 fonts

Esperanto (Latin)

298 people
1 countries
9,991 fonts

Interlingua (Latin)

134 people
2 countries
153,479 fonts

Church Slavic (Cyrillic)

0 people
1 countries
19 fonts

Prussian (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
580 fonts

Vai (Latin)

0 people
1 countries
339 fonts

Volapük (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
101,733 fonts

Root (Unknown Script)

0 people
0 countries
157,424 fonts

Writing Systems, Written Languages, and Scripts

FontSpace has gathered data from the Unicode CLDR dataset, the Unicode scripts list, and our extensive catalog of free fonts and their supported characters to come up with this list of fonts by languages. Remember that writing systems, or scripts, are different than spoken languages, and writing has everything to do with fonts! This page also shows you how multi-lingual our world is, and which writing system is used in which countries.

References

  1. Unicode CLDR
  2. Unicode Supported Scripts
  3. Wikipedia - Unicode Scripts
  4. Wikipedia - List of writing systems