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
73,617 fonts

Chinese (Simplified)

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

Hindi (Devanagari)

527,223,073 people
5 countries
57 fonts

Spanish (Latin)

476,841,407 people
37 countries
42,232 fonts

Arabic (Arabic)

323,004,801 people
36 countries
80 fonts

French (Latin)

259,176,155 people
62 countries
33,211 fonts

Bangla (Bangla)

258,969,180 people
4 countries
19 fonts

Urdu (Arabic)

258,846,282 people
3 countries
24 fonts

Portuguese (Latin)

230,340,528 people
14 countries
42,298 fonts

Russian (Cyrillic)

195,794,014 people
22 countries
1,620 fonts

Indonesian (Latin)

167,079,364 people
2 countries
73,617 fonts

Swahili (Latin)

151,550,283 people
9 countries
73,636 fonts

Punjabi (Arabic)

143,447,500 people
1 countries
25 fonts

German (Latin)

134,402,814 people
27 countries
39,605 fonts

Japanese (Japanese)

120,563,891 people
2 countries
61 fonts

Telugu (Telugu)

92,299,677 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Marathi (Devanagari)

89,735,800 people
1 countries
57 fonts

Javanese (Latin)

88,974,124 people
2 countries
43,251 fonts

Vietnamese (Latin)

83,815,196 people
3 countries
896 fonts

Persian (Arabic)

80,740,270 people
8 countries
44 fonts

Tamil (Tamil)

80,589,627 people
6 countries
16 fonts

Turkish (Latin)

79,109,897 people
10 countries
5,354 fonts

Korean (Korean)

77,149,545 people
6 countries
7 fonts

Cantonese (Simplified)

71,723,597 people
1 countries
5 fonts

Italian (Latin)

70,357,005 people
15 countries
43,897 fonts

Filipino (Latin)

63,925,429 people
2 countries
44,697 fonts

Gujarati (Gujarati)

57,692,537 people
2 countries
10 fonts

Thai (Thai)

54,731,280 people
1 countries
146 fonts

Kannada (Kannada)

47,431,780 people
1 countries
5 fonts

Pashto (Arabic)

45,719,749 people
4 countries
21 fonts

Chinese (Traditional)

43,718,100 people
16 countries
5 fonts

Malayalam (Malayalam)

41,587,914 people
8 countries
0 fonts

Odia (Odia)

41,022,080 people
1 countries
5 fonts

Polish (Latin)

38,458,028 people
7 countries
6,458 fonts

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

36,425,419 people
4 countries
14 fonts

Burmese (Myanmar)

35,610,668 people
2 countries
15 fonts

Amharic (Ethiopic)

34,814,468 people
2 countries
9 fonts

Oromo (Latin)

33,982,124 people
3 countries
73,617 fonts

Hausa (Latin)

32,911,982 people
3 countries
271 fonts

Dutch (Latin)

31,405,176 people
9 countries
2,829 fonts

Ukrainian (Cyrillic)

29,361,938 people
5 countries
690 fonts

Sindhi (Arabic)

27,924,043 people
2 countries
28 fonts

Uzbek (Latin)

25,770,120 people
3 countries
788 fonts

Yoruba (Latin)

25,521,759 people
2 countries
679 fonts

Igbo (Latin)

24,782,160 people
1 countries
802 fonts

Malay (Latin)

24,773,491 people
3 countries
73,617 fonts

Malagasy (Latin)

22,548,780 people
1 countries
43,517 fonts

Romanian (Latin)

22,348,614 people
6 countries
2,531 fonts

Nepali (Devanagari)

20,236,864 people
3 countries
57 fonts

Assamese (Bangla)

16,665,219 people
1 countries
27 fonts

Somali (Latin)

15,899,255 people
4 countries
73,617 fonts

Sinhala (Sinhala)

15,238,392 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Khmer (Khmer)

14,422,005 people
1 countries
17 fonts

Zulu (Latin)

13,601,029 people
5 countries
73,617 fonts

Czech (Latin)

13,020,746 people
2 countries
5,879 fonts

Swedish (Latin)

12,645,258 people
4 countries
43,561 fonts

Greek (Greek)

12,501,710 people
10 countries
963 fonts

Hungarian (Latin)

12,491,025 people
8 countries
6,527 fonts

Kazakh (Cyrillic)

11,876,853 people
2 countries
727 fonts

Low German (Latin)

11,550,597 people
2 countries
43,744 fonts

Shona (Latin)

11,182,131 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Central Kurdish (Arabic)

11,037,262 people
2 countries
25 fonts

Quechua (Latin)

10,989,182 people
3 countries
1,358 fonts

Akan (Latin)

10,724,961 people
1 countries
400 fonts

Kinyarwanda (Latin)

10,311,671 people
3 countries
73,617 fonts

Wolof (Latin)

10,278,098 people
2 countries
3,994 fonts

Belarusian (Cyrillic)

10,138,393 people
3 countries
1,438 fonts

Xhosa (Latin)

9,891,068 people
2 countries
73,617 fonts

Tigrinya (Ethiopic)

9,882,311 people
3 countries
6 fonts

Azerbaijani (Latin)

9,463,900 people
3 countries
867 fonts

Afrikaans (Latin)

8,998,973 people
3 countries
43,890 fonts

Catalan (Latin)

8,502,430 people
4 countries
33,073 fonts

Tajik (Cyrillic)

8,468,560 people
1 countries
671 fonts

Hebrew (Hebrew)

8,299,710 people
1 countries
248 fonts

Sichuan Yi (Yi)

8,275,800 people
1 countries
6 fonts

Bambara (Latin)

8,227,192 people
1 countries
293 fonts

Serbian (Latin)

8,216,289 people
7 countries
5,796 fonts

Kikuyu (Latin)

8,094,669 people
1 countries
5,213 fonts

Bulgarian (Cyrillic)

8,019,140 people
6 countries
1,717 fonts

Swiss German (Latin)

7,850,429 people
4 countries
45,375 fonts

Uyghur (Arabic)

7,589,152 people
2 countries
24 fonts

Serbian (Cyrillic)

7,552,416 people
4 countries
1,426 fonts

Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Tifinagh)

7,477,074 people
1 countries
22 fonts

Fulah (Latin)

7,422,054 people
12 countries
308 fonts

Rundi (Latin)

7,224,084 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Danish (Latin)

6,835,734 people
4 countries
39,807 fonts

Croatian (Latin)

6,757,796 people
8 countries
5,796 fonts

Albanian (Latin)

6,746,395 people
7 countries
43,323 fonts

Slovak (Latin)

6,681,188 people
4 countries
5,801 fonts

Turkmen (Latin)

6,622,621 people
3 countries
5,838 fonts

Kurdish (Latin)

6,610,868 people
7 countries
6,153 fonts

Cantonese (Traditional)

6,472,350 people
1 countries
5 fonts

Finnish (Latin)

5,686,298 people
4 countries
29,160 fonts

Kashmiri (Arabic)

5,520,413 people
3 countries
15 fonts

Armenian (Armenian)

5,417,368 people
8 countries
97 fonts

Norwegian Bokmål (Latin)

5,321,543 people
2 countries
39,250 fonts

Luyia (Latin)

5,237,727 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Ganda (Latin)

5,144,113 people
1 countries
4,046 fonts

Bemba (Latin)

4,951,320 people
1 countries
73,685 fonts

Lao (Lao)

4,917,429 people
1 countries
14 fonts

Konkani (Devanagari)

4,743,178 people
1 countries
57 fonts

Luo (Latin)

4,666,338 people
1 countries
73,674 fonts

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

4,467,852 people
2 countries
710 fonts

Ewe (Latin)

4,379,049 people
2 countries
226 fonts

Georgian (Georgian)

4,340,151 people
3 countries
83 fonts

Mazanderani (Arabic)

4,101,080 people
1 countries
44 fonts

Bosnian (Latin)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
5,796 fonts

Bosnian (Cyrillic)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
1,426 fonts

Kamba (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
5,211 fonts

Kalenjin (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
73,687 fonts

Galician (Latin)

3,442,249 people
2 countries
43,957 fonts

Central Atlas Tamazight (Latin)

3,330,696 people
1 countries
229 fonts

Zarma (Latin)

3,271,701 people
1 countries
322 fonts

Kabyle (Latin)

3,195,613 people
1 countries
244 fonts

Tibetan (Tibetan)

2,970,135 people
3 countries
16 fonts

Tachelhit (Tifinagh)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
22 fonts

Tachelhit (Latin)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
229 fonts

Lingala (Latin)

2,911,128 people
4 countries
259 fonts

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

2,855,596 people
2 countries
835 fonts

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

2,778,777 people
1 countries
745 fonts

Sango (Latin)

2,756,308 people
1 countries
43,883 fonts

Nyankole (Latin)

2,492,916 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Lithuanian (Latin)

2,436,599 people
2 countries
5,267 fonts

Gusii (Latin)

2,333,169 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Chiga (Latin)

2,136,785 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Soga (Latin)

2,097,215 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Tatar (Cyrillic)

1,991,611 people
1 countries
736 fonts

Northern Luri (Arabic)

1,961,524 people
2 countries
8 fonts

Luba-Katanga (Latin)

1,915,927 people
1 countries
314 fonts

Meru (Latin)

1,904,628 people
1 countries
5,211 fonts

Teso (Latin)

1,895,589 people
2 countries
73,663 fonts

Slovenian (Latin)

1,858,801 people
4 countries
6,613 fonts

Bodo (Devanagari)

1,794,716 people
1 countries
80 fonts

North Ndebele (Latin)

1,656,612 people
1 countries
73,618 fonts

Uzbek (Arabic)

1,603,865 people
1 countries
21 fonts

Macedonian (Cyrillic)

1,596,113 people
3 countries
1,429 fonts

Masai (Latin)

1,571,114 people
2 countries
237 fonts

Norwegian Nynorsk (Latin)

1,330,012 people
1 countries
39,250 fonts

Makonde (Latin)

1,294,821 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Sena (Latin)

1,222,390 people
1 countries
42,298 fonts

Morisyen (Latin)

1,220,751 people
1 countries
73,624 fonts

Makhuwa-Meetto (Latin)

1,195,816 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Latvian (Latin)

1,186,230 people
1 countries
4,964 fonts

Irish (Latin)

1,119,282 people
2 countries
44,561 fonts

Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

1,118,477 people
2 countries
677 fonts

Basque (Latin)

1,066,402 people
2 countries
43,137 fonts

Yiddish (Hebrew)

1,032,232 people
6 countries
174 fonts

Chechen (Cyrillic)

938,902 people
1 countries
598 fonts

Bena (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
73,625 fonts

Shambala (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
73,637 fonts

Estonian (Latin)

894,691 people
2 countries
29,164 fonts

Ewondo (Latin)

774,841 people
1 countries
229 fonts

Western Frisian (Latin)

734,642 people
1 countries
2,806 fonts

Nuer (Latin)

729,461 people
1 countries
219 fonts

Embu (Latin)

714,235 people
1 countries
5,211 fonts

Chakma (Chakma)

706,162 people
2 countries
1 fonts

Asu (Latin)

647,410 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Asturian (Latin)

636,456 people
1 countries
776 fonts

Koyraboro Senni (Latin)

608,096 people
1 countries
322 fonts

Ossetic (Cyrillic)

563,604 people
2 countries
804 fonts

Breton (Latin)

556,981 people
1 countries
1,348 fonts

Welsh (Latin)

527,515 people
2 countries
3,921 fonts

Kabuverdianu (Latin)

510,418 people
1 countries
44,698 fonts

Langi (Latin)

469,372 people
1 countries
304 fonts

Sakha (Cyrillic)

455,225 people
1 countries
654 fonts

Maltese (Latin)

416,338 people
1 countries
4,742 fonts

Machame (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Rombo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Vunjo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Luxembourgish (Latin)

398,067 people
1 countries
44,463 fonts

Taita (Latin)

390,448 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Jola-Fonyi (Latin)

381,380 people
1 countries
3,994 fonts

Dzongkha (Tibetan)

358,958 people
2 countries
23 fonts

Ngiemboon (Latin)

349,928 people
1 countries
186 fonts

Icelandic (Latin)

339,747 people
1 countries
32,717 fonts

Koyra Chiini (Latin)

304,048 people
1 countries
322 fonts

Basaa (Latin)

299,938 people
1 countries
124 fonts

Nama (Latin)

273,325 people
1 countries
433 fonts

Mundang (Latin)

249,949 people
1 countries
215 fonts

Colognian (Latin)

241,782 people
1 countries
5,272 fonts

Samburu (Latin)

219,032 people
1 countries
73,677 fonts

Kako (Latin)

134,972 people
1 countries
214 fonts

Maori (Latin)

126,289 people
1 countries
5,441 fonts

Vai (Vai)

121,914 people
1 countries
6 fonts

Duala (Latin)

119,975 people
1 countries
280 fonts

Rwa (Latin)

118,691 people
1 countries
73,636 fonts

Metaʼ (Latin)

117,476 people
1 countries
287 fonts

Sangu (Latin)

107,901 people
1 countries
73,675 fonts

Tongan (Latin)

101,155 people
1 countries
798 fonts

Ngomba (Latin)

84,982 people
1 countries
157 fonts

Bafia (Latin)

79,983 people
1 countries
305 fonts

Faroese (Latin)

69,495 people
2 countries
33,842 fonts

Scottish Gaelic (Latin)

64,121 people
1 countries
43,955 fonts

Kalaallisut (Latin)

55,205 people
2 countries
4,939 fonts

Northern Sami (Latin)

50,283 people
3 countries
3,803 fonts

Romansh (Latin)

41,181 people
1 countries
43,911 fonts

Friulian (Latin)

37,282 people
1 countries
42,526 fonts

Aghem (Latin)

34,992 people
1 countries
184 fonts

Hawaiian (Latin)

29,069 people
1 countries
801 fonts

Cherokee (Cherokee)

25,150 people
1 countries
2 fonts

Upper Sorbian (Latin)

12,895 people
1 countries
5,739 fonts

Walser (Latin)

11,183 people
2 countries
5,186 fonts

Kwasio (Latin)

8,998 people
1 countries
237 fonts

Lakota (Latin)

8,165 people
1 countries
553 fonts

Tasawaq (Latin)

8,083 people
1 countries
322 fonts

Lower Sorbian (Latin)

7,011 people
1 countries
5,669 fonts

Yangben (Latin)

2,299 people
1 countries
303 fonts

Cornish (Latin)

2,007 people
1 countries
73,617 fonts

Manx (Latin)

1,687 people
1 countries
43,862 fonts

Inari Sami (Latin)

607 people
1 countries
3,938 fonts

Esperanto (Latin)

298 people
1 countries
4,883 fonts

Interlingua (Latin)

134 people
2 countries
73,617 fonts

Church Slavic (Cyrillic)

0 people
1 countries
14 fonts

Prussian (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
351 fonts

Vai (Latin)

0 people
1 countries
242 fonts

Volapük (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
45,377 fonts

Root (Unknown Script)

0 people
0 countries
76,755 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