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
140,267 fonts

Chinese (Simplified)

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

Hindi (Devanagari)

527,223,073 people
5 countries
65 fonts

Spanish (Latin)

476,841,407 people
37 countries
89,673 fonts

Arabic (Arabic)

323,004,801 people
36 countries
103 fonts

French (Latin)

259,176,155 people
62 countries
69,239 fonts

Bangla (Bangla)

258,969,180 people
4 countries
21 fonts

Urdu (Arabic)

258,846,282 people
3 countries
53 fonts

Portuguese (Latin)

230,340,528 people
14 countries
89,822 fonts

Russian (Cyrillic)

195,794,014 people
22 countries
2,193 fonts

Indonesian (Latin)

167,079,364 people
2 countries
140,267 fonts

Swahili (Latin)

151,550,283 people
9 countries
140,293 fonts

Punjabi (Arabic)

143,447,500 people
1 countries
54 fonts

German (Latin)

134,402,814 people
27 countries
81,221 fonts

Japanese (Japanese)

120,563,891 people
2 countries
67 fonts

Telugu (Telugu)

92,299,677 people
1 countries
12 fonts

Marathi (Devanagari)

89,735,800 people
1 countries
65 fonts

Javanese (Latin)

88,974,124 people
2 countries
91,008 fonts

Vietnamese (Latin)

83,815,196 people
3 countries
1,657 fonts

Persian (Arabic)

80,740,270 people
8 countries
77 fonts

Tamil (Tamil)

80,589,627 people
6 countries
20 fonts

Turkish (Latin)

79,109,897 people
10 countries
10,831 fonts

Korean (Korean)

77,149,545 people
6 countries
18 fonts

Cantonese (Simplified)

71,723,597 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Italian (Latin)

70,357,005 people
15 countries
91,781 fonts

Filipino (Latin)

63,925,429 people
2 countries
92,778 fonts

Gujarati (Gujarati)

57,692,537 people
2 countries
12 fonts

Thai (Thai)

54,731,280 people
1 countries
155 fonts

Kannada (Kannada)

47,431,780 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Pashto (Arabic)

45,719,749 people
4 countries
31 fonts

Chinese (Traditional)

43,718,100 people
16 countries
7 fonts

Malayalam (Malayalam)

41,587,914 people
8 countries
4 fonts

Odia (Odia)

41,022,080 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Polish (Latin)

38,458,028 people
7 countries
12,468 fonts

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

36,425,419 people
4 countries
18 fonts

Burmese (Myanmar)

35,610,668 people
2 countries
19 fonts

Amharic (Ethiopic)

34,814,468 people
2 countries
11 fonts

Oromo (Latin)

33,982,124 people
3 countries
140,267 fonts

Hausa (Latin)

32,911,982 people
3 countries
435 fonts

Dutch (Latin)

31,405,176 people
9 countries
15,097 fonts

Ukrainian (Cyrillic)

29,361,938 people
5 countries
974 fonts

Sindhi (Arabic)

27,924,043 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Uzbek (Latin)

25,770,120 people
3 countries
1,396 fonts

Yoruba (Latin)

25,521,759 people
2 countries
1,428 fonts

Igbo (Latin)

24,782,160 people
1 countries
1,732 fonts

Malay (Latin)

24,773,491 people
3 countries
140,267 fonts

Malagasy (Latin)

22,548,780 people
1 countries
91,261 fonts

Romanian (Latin)

22,348,614 people
6 countries
6,518 fonts

Nepali (Devanagari)

20,236,864 people
3 countries
65 fonts

Assamese (Bangla)

16,665,219 people
1 countries
32 fonts

Somali (Latin)

15,899,255 people
4 countries
140,267 fonts

Sinhala (Sinhala)

15,238,392 people
1 countries
11 fonts

Khmer (Khmer)

14,422,005 people
1 countries
23 fonts

Zulu (Latin)

13,601,029 people
5 countries
140,267 fonts

Czech (Latin)

13,020,746 people
2 countries
11,938 fonts

Swedish (Latin)

12,645,258 people
4 countries
91,438 fonts

Greek (Greek)

12,501,710 people
10 countries
1,177 fonts

Hungarian (Latin)

12,491,025 people
8 countries
12,810 fonts

Kazakh (Cyrillic)

11,876,853 people
2 countries
946 fonts

Low German (Latin)

11,550,597 people
2 countries
91,691 fonts

Shona (Latin)

11,182,131 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Central Kurdish (Arabic)

11,037,262 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Quechua (Latin)

10,989,182 people
3 countries
2,809 fonts

Akan (Latin)

10,724,961 people
1 countries
1,016 fonts

Kinyarwanda (Latin)

10,311,671 people
3 countries
140,267 fonts

Wolof (Latin)

10,278,098 people
2 countries
6,320 fonts

Belarusian (Cyrillic)

10,138,393 people
3 countries
1,987 fonts

Xhosa (Latin)

9,891,068 people
2 countries
140,267 fonts

Tigrinya (Ethiopic)

9,882,311 people
3 countries
8 fonts

Azerbaijani (Latin)

9,463,900 people
3 countries
2,204 fonts

Afrikaans (Latin)

8,998,973 people
3 countries
91,672 fonts

Catalan (Latin)

8,502,430 people
4 countries
65,640 fonts

Tajik (Cyrillic)

8,468,560 people
1 countries
765 fonts

Hebrew (Hebrew)

8,299,710 people
1 countries
312 fonts

Sichuan Yi (Yi)

8,275,800 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Bambara (Latin)

8,227,192 people
1 countries
537 fonts

Serbian (Latin)

8,216,289 people
7 countries
11,917 fonts

Kikuyu (Latin)

8,094,669 people
1 countries
10,558 fonts

Bulgarian (Cyrillic)

8,019,140 people
6 countries
2,293 fonts

Swiss German (Latin)

7,850,429 people
4 countries
93,524 fonts

Uyghur (Arabic)

7,589,152 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Serbian (Cyrillic)

7,552,416 people
4 countries
1,917 fonts

Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Tifinagh)

7,477,074 people
1 countries
24 fonts

Fulah (Latin)

7,422,054 people
12 countries
472 fonts

Rundi (Latin)

7,224,084 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Danish (Latin)

6,835,734 people
4 countries
82,861 fonts

Croatian (Latin)

6,757,796 people
8 countries
11,917 fonts

Albanian (Latin)

6,746,395 people
7 countries
91,195 fonts

Slovak (Latin)

6,681,188 people
4 countries
11,439 fonts

Turkmen (Latin)

6,622,621 people
3 countries
12,138 fonts

Kurdish (Latin)

6,610,868 people
7 countries
12,629 fonts

Cantonese (Traditional)

6,472,350 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Finnish (Latin)

5,686,298 people
4 countries
55,937 fonts

Kashmiri (Arabic)

5,520,413 people
3 countries
25 fonts

Armenian (Armenian)

5,417,368 people
8 countries
127 fonts

Norwegian Bokmål (Latin)

5,321,543 people
2 countries
82,179 fonts

Luyia (Latin)

5,237,727 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Ganda (Latin)

5,144,113 people
1 countries
6,430 fonts

Bemba (Latin)

4,951,320 people
1 countries
140,374 fonts

Lao (Lao)

4,917,429 people
1 countries
17 fonts

Konkani (Devanagari)

4,743,178 people
1 countries
65 fonts

Luo (Latin)

4,666,338 people
1 countries
140,357 fonts

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

4,467,852 people
2 countries
893 fonts

Ewe (Latin)

4,379,049 people
2 countries
301 fonts

Georgian (Georgian)

4,340,151 people
3 countries
101 fonts

Mazanderani (Arabic)

4,101,080 people
1 countries
77 fonts

Bosnian (Latin)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
11,917 fonts

Bosnian (Cyrillic)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
1,917 fonts

Kamba (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
10,556 fonts

Kalenjin (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
140,373 fonts

Galician (Latin)

3,442,249 people
2 countries
91,745 fonts

Central Atlas Tamazight (Latin)

3,330,696 people
1 countries
244 fonts

Zarma (Latin)

3,271,701 people
1 countries
555 fonts

Kabyle (Latin)

3,195,613 people
1 countries
426 fonts

Tibetan (Tibetan)

2,970,135 people
3 countries
20 fonts

Tachelhit (Tifinagh)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
24 fonts

Tachelhit (Latin)

2,956,842 people
1 countries
244 fonts

Lingala (Latin)

2,911,128 people
4 countries
616 fonts

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

2,855,596 people
2 countries
1,247 fonts

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

2,778,777 people
1 countries
1,093 fonts

Sango (Latin)

2,756,308 people
1 countries
91,666 fonts

Nyankole (Latin)

2,492,916 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Lithuanian (Latin)

2,436,599 people
2 countries
10,893 fonts

Gusii (Latin)

2,333,169 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Chiga (Latin)

2,136,785 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Soga (Latin)

2,097,215 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Tatar (Cyrillic)

1,991,611 people
1 countries
950 fonts

Northern Luri (Arabic)

1,961,524 people
2 countries
18 fonts

Luba-Katanga (Latin)

1,915,927 people
1 countries
684 fonts

Meru (Latin)

1,904,628 people
1 countries
10,556 fonts

Teso (Latin)

1,895,589 people
2 countries
140,342 fonts

Slovenian (Latin)

1,858,801 people
4 countries
13,548 fonts

Bodo (Devanagari)

1,794,716 people
1 countries
88 fonts

North Ndebele (Latin)

1,656,612 people
1 countries
140,270 fonts

Uzbek (Arabic)

1,603,865 people
1 countries
31 fonts

Macedonian (Cyrillic)

1,596,113 people
3 countries
1,913 fonts

Masai (Latin)

1,571,114 people
2 countries
434 fonts

Norwegian Nynorsk (Latin)

1,330,012 people
1 countries
82,179 fonts

Makonde (Latin)

1,294,821 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Sena (Latin)

1,222,390 people
1 countries
89,822 fonts

Morisyen (Latin)

1,220,751 people
1 countries
140,277 fonts

Makhuwa-Meetto (Latin)

1,195,816 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Latvian (Latin)

1,186,230 people
1 countries
10,151 fonts

Irish (Latin)

1,119,282 people
2 countries
92,510 fonts

Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

1,118,477 people
2 countries
798 fonts

Basque (Latin)

1,066,402 people
2 countries
90,906 fonts

Yiddish (Hebrew)

1,032,232 people
6 countries
209 fonts

Chechen (Cyrillic)

938,902 people
1 countries
840 fonts

Bena (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
140,279 fonts

Shambala (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
140,296 fonts

Estonian (Latin)

894,691 people
2 countries
55,945 fonts

Ewondo (Latin)

774,841 people
1 countries
272 fonts

Western Frisian (Latin)

734,642 people
1 countries
15,039 fonts

Nuer (Latin)

729,461 people
1 countries
300 fonts

Embu (Latin)

714,235 people
1 countries
10,556 fonts

Chakma (Chakma)

706,162 people
2 countries
6 fonts

Asu (Latin)

647,410 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Asturian (Latin)

636,456 people
1 countries
1,784 fonts

Koyraboro Senni (Latin)

608,096 people
1 countries
555 fonts

Ossetic (Cyrillic)

563,604 people
2 countries
1,092 fonts

Breton (Latin)

556,981 people
1 countries
2,734 fonts

Welsh (Latin)

527,515 people
2 countries
6,607 fonts

Kabuverdianu (Latin)

510,418 people
1 countries
92,781 fonts

Langi (Latin)

469,372 people
1 countries
699 fonts

Sakha (Cyrillic)

455,225 people
1 countries
741 fonts

Maltese (Latin)

416,338 people
1 countries
9,281 fonts

Machame (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Rombo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Vunjo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Luxembourgish (Latin)

398,067 people
1 countries
92,586 fonts

Taita (Latin)

390,448 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Jola-Fonyi (Latin)

381,380 people
1 countries
6,317 fonts

Dzongkha (Tibetan)

358,958 people
2 countries
29 fonts

Ngiemboon (Latin)

349,928 people
1 countries
401 fonts

Icelandic (Latin)

339,747 people
1 countries
63,929 fonts

Koyra Chiini (Latin)

304,048 people
1 countries
555 fonts

Basaa (Latin)

299,938 people
1 countries
129 fonts

Nama (Latin)

273,325 people
1 countries
676 fonts

Mundang (Latin)

249,949 people
1 countries
256 fonts

Colognian (Latin)

241,782 people
1 countries
10,703 fonts

Samburu (Latin)

219,032 people
1 countries
140,360 fonts

Kako (Latin)

134,972 people
1 countries
253 fonts

Maori (Latin)

126,289 people
1 countries
11,268 fonts

Vai (Vai)

121,914 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Duala (Latin)

119,975 people
1 countries
359 fonts

Rwa (Latin)

118,691 people
1 countries
140,293 fonts

Metaʼ (Latin)

117,476 people
1 countries
874 fonts

Sangu (Latin)

107,901 people
1 countries
140,360 fonts

Tongan (Latin)

101,155 people
1 countries
1,262 fonts

Ngomba (Latin)

84,982 people
1 countries
192 fonts

Bafia (Latin)

79,983 people
1 countries
659 fonts

Faroese (Latin)

69,495 people
2 countries
66,618 fonts

Scottish Gaelic (Latin)

64,121 people
1 countries
91,851 fonts

Kalaallisut (Latin)

55,205 people
2 countries
10,069 fonts

Northern Sami (Latin)

50,283 people
3 countries
5,880 fonts

Romansh (Latin)

41,181 people
1 countries
91,796 fonts

Friulian (Latin)

37,282 people
1 countries
90,066 fonts

Aghem (Latin)

34,992 people
1 countries
290 fonts

Hawaiian (Latin)

29,069 people
1 countries
1,294 fonts

Cherokee (Cherokee)

25,150 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Upper Sorbian (Latin)

12,895 people
1 countries
11,747 fonts

Walser (Latin)

11,183 people
2 countries
10,441 fonts

Kwasio (Latin)

8,998 people
1 countries
292 fonts

Lakota (Latin)

8,165 people
1 countries
785 fonts

Tasawaq (Latin)

8,083 people
1 countries
555 fonts

Lower Sorbian (Latin)

7,011 people
1 countries
11,531 fonts

Yangben (Latin)

2,299 people
1 countries
650 fonts

Cornish (Latin)

2,007 people
1 countries
140,267 fonts

Manx (Latin)

1,687 people
1 countries
91,823 fonts

Inari Sami (Latin)

607 people
1 countries
6,165 fonts

Esperanto (Latin)

298 people
1 countries
9,157 fonts

Interlingua (Latin)

134 people
2 countries
140,267 fonts

Church Slavic (Cyrillic)

0 people
1 countries
18 fonts

Prussian (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
553 fonts

Vai (Latin)

0 people
1 countries
320 fonts

Volapük (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
93,527 fonts

Root (Unknown Script)

0 people
0 countries
144,042 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