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
137,790 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
88,023 fonts

Arabic (Arabic)

323,004,801 people
36 countries
103 fonts

French (Latin)

259,176,155 people
62 countries
68,070 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
88,160 fonts

Russian (Cyrillic)

195,794,014 people
22 countries
2,198 fonts

Indonesian (Latin)

167,079,364 people
2 countries
137,790 fonts

Swahili (Latin)

151,550,283 people
9 countries
137,816 fonts

Punjabi (Arabic)

143,447,500 people
1 countries
54 fonts

German (Latin)

134,402,814 people
27 countries
80,093 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
89,345 fonts

Vietnamese (Latin)

83,815,196 people
3 countries
1,686 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
10,723 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
90,117 fonts

Filipino (Latin)

63,925,429 people
2 countries
91,115 fonts

Gujarati (Gujarati)

57,692,537 people
2 countries
12 fonts

Thai (Thai)

54,731,280 people
1 countries
152 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
12,301 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
137,790 fonts

Hausa (Latin)

32,911,982 people
3 countries
441 fonts

Dutch (Latin)

31,405,176 people
9 countries
14,787 fonts

Ukrainian (Cyrillic)

29,361,938 people
5 countries
972 fonts

Sindhi (Arabic)

27,924,043 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Uzbek (Latin)

25,770,120 people
3 countries
1,384 fonts

Yoruba (Latin)

25,521,759 people
2 countries
1,437 fonts

Igbo (Latin)

24,782,160 people
1 countries
1,741 fonts

Malay (Latin)

24,773,491 people
3 countries
137,790 fonts

Malagasy (Latin)

22,548,780 people
1 countries
89,599 fonts

Romanian (Latin)

22,348,614 people
6 countries
6,450 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
137,790 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
137,790 fonts

Czech (Latin)

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

Swedish (Latin)

12,645,258 people
4 countries
89,775 fonts

Greek (Greek)

12,501,710 people
10 countries
1,194 fonts

Hungarian (Latin)

12,491,025 people
8 countries
12,610 fonts

Kazakh (Cyrillic)

11,876,853 people
2 countries
965 fonts

Low German (Latin)

11,550,597 people
2 countries
90,027 fonts

Shona (Latin)

11,182,131 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Central Kurdish (Arabic)

11,037,262 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Quechua (Latin)

10,989,182 people
3 countries
2,812 fonts

Akan (Latin)

10,724,961 people
1 countries
1,023 fonts

Kinyarwanda (Latin)

10,311,671 people
3 countries
137,790 fonts

Wolof (Latin)

10,278,098 people
2 countries
6,321 fonts

Belarusian (Cyrillic)

10,138,393 people
3 countries
1,992 fonts

Xhosa (Latin)

9,891,068 people
2 countries
137,790 fonts

Tigrinya (Ethiopic)

9,882,311 people
3 countries
8 fonts

Azerbaijani (Latin)

9,463,900 people
3 countries
2,219 fonts

Afrikaans (Latin)

8,998,973 people
3 countries
90,008 fonts

Catalan (Latin)

8,502,430 people
4 countries
64,902 fonts

Tajik (Cyrillic)

8,468,560 people
1 countries
784 fonts

Hebrew (Hebrew)

8,299,710 people
1 countries
311 fonts

Sichuan Yi (Yi)

8,275,800 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Bambara (Latin)

8,227,192 people
1 countries
543 fonts

Serbian (Latin)

8,216,289 people
7 countries
11,723 fonts

Kikuyu (Latin)

8,094,669 people
1 countries
10,442 fonts

Bulgarian (Cyrillic)

8,019,140 people
6 countries
2,298 fonts

Swiss German (Latin)

7,850,429 people
4 countries
91,859 fonts

Uyghur (Arabic)

7,589,152 people
2 countries
40 fonts

Serbian (Cyrillic)

7,552,416 people
4 countries
1,923 fonts

Standard Moroccan Tamazight (Tifinagh)

7,477,074 people
1 countries
24 fonts

Fulah (Latin)

7,422,054 people
12 countries
478 fonts

Rundi (Latin)

7,224,084 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Danish (Latin)

6,835,734 people
4 countries
81,367 fonts

Croatian (Latin)

6,757,796 people
8 countries
11,723 fonts

Albanian (Latin)

6,746,395 people
7 countries
89,530 fonts

Slovak (Latin)

6,681,188 people
4 countries
11,276 fonts

Turkmen (Latin)

6,622,621 people
3 countries
11,937 fonts

Kurdish (Latin)

6,610,868 people
7 countries
12,426 fonts

Cantonese (Traditional)

6,472,350 people
1 countries
7 fonts

Finnish (Latin)

5,686,298 people
4 countries
55,432 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
80,685 fonts

Luyia (Latin)

5,237,727 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Ganda (Latin)

5,144,113 people
1 countries
6,431 fonts

Bemba (Latin)

4,951,320 people
1 countries
137,897 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
137,880 fonts

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

4,467,852 people
2 countries
912 fonts

Ewe (Latin)

4,379,049 people
2 countries
307 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
11,723 fonts

Bosnian (Cyrillic)

3,817,618 people
1 countries
1,923 fonts

Kamba (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
10,440 fonts

Kalenjin (Latin)

3,618,793 people
1 countries
137,896 fonts

Galician (Latin)

3,442,249 people
2 countries
90,083 fonts

Central Atlas Tamazight (Latin)

3,330,696 people
1 countries
244 fonts

Zarma (Latin)

3,271,701 people
1 countries
561 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
625 fonts

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

2,855,596 people
2 countries
1,254 fonts

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

2,778,777 people
1 countries
1,111 fonts

Sango (Latin)

2,756,308 people
1 countries
90,002 fonts

Nyankole (Latin)

2,492,916 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Lithuanian (Latin)

2,436,599 people
2 countries
10,778 fonts

Gusii (Latin)

2,333,169 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Chiga (Latin)

2,136,785 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Soga (Latin)

2,097,215 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Tatar (Cyrillic)

1,991,611 people
1 countries
969 fonts

Northern Luri (Arabic)

1,961,524 people
2 countries
18 fonts

Luba-Katanga (Latin)

1,915,927 people
1 countries
693 fonts

Meru (Latin)

1,904,628 people
1 countries
10,440 fonts

Teso (Latin)

1,895,589 people
2 countries
137,865 fonts

Slovenian (Latin)

1,858,801 people
4 countries
13,340 fonts

Bodo (Devanagari)

1,794,716 people
1 countries
88 fonts

North Ndebele (Latin)

1,656,612 people
1 countries
137,793 fonts

Uzbek (Arabic)

1,603,865 people
1 countries
31 fonts

Macedonian (Cyrillic)

1,596,113 people
3 countries
1,919 fonts

Masai (Latin)

1,571,114 people
2 countries
440 fonts

Norwegian Nynorsk (Latin)

1,330,012 people
1 countries
80,685 fonts

Makonde (Latin)

1,294,821 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Sena (Latin)

1,222,390 people
1 countries
88,160 fonts

Morisyen (Latin)

1,220,751 people
1 countries
137,800 fonts

Makhuwa-Meetto (Latin)

1,195,816 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Latvian (Latin)

1,186,230 people
1 countries
10,065 fonts

Irish (Latin)

1,119,282 people
2 countries
90,846 fonts

Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

1,118,477 people
2 countries
817 fonts

Basque (Latin)

1,066,402 people
2 countries
89,243 fonts

Yiddish (Hebrew)

1,032,232 people
6 countries
208 fonts

Chechen (Cyrillic)

938,902 people
1 countries
858 fonts

Bena (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
137,802 fonts

Shambala (Latin)

917,165 people
1 countries
137,819 fonts

Estonian (Latin)

894,691 people
2 countries
55,440 fonts

Ewondo (Latin)

774,841 people
1 countries
272 fonts

Western Frisian (Latin)

734,642 people
1 countries
14,729 fonts

Nuer (Latin)

729,461 people
1 countries
306 fonts

Embu (Latin)

714,235 people
1 countries
10,440 fonts

Chakma (Chakma)

706,162 people
2 countries
6 fonts

Asu (Latin)

647,410 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Asturian (Latin)

636,456 people
1 countries
1,791 fonts

Koyraboro Senni (Latin)

608,096 people
1 countries
561 fonts

Ossetic (Cyrillic)

563,604 people
2 countries
1,110 fonts

Breton (Latin)

556,981 people
1 countries
2,738 fonts

Welsh (Latin)

527,515 people
2 countries
6,486 fonts

Kabuverdianu (Latin)

510,418 people
1 countries
91,118 fonts

Langi (Latin)

469,372 people
1 countries
705 fonts

Sakha (Cyrillic)

455,225 people
1 countries
760 fonts

Maltese (Latin)

416,338 people
1 countries
9,211 fonts

Machame (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Rombo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Vunjo (Latin)

404,631 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Luxembourgish (Latin)

398,067 people
1 countries
90,922 fonts

Taita (Latin)

390,448 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Jola-Fonyi (Latin)

381,380 people
1 countries
6,318 fonts

Dzongkha (Tibetan)

358,958 people
2 countries
29 fonts

Ngiemboon (Latin)

349,928 people
1 countries
410 fonts

Icelandic (Latin)

339,747 people
1 countries
63,404 fonts

Koyra Chiini (Latin)

304,048 people
1 countries
561 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
10,596 fonts

Samburu (Latin)

219,032 people
1 countries
137,883 fonts

Kako (Latin)

134,972 people
1 countries
253 fonts

Maori (Latin)

126,289 people
1 countries
11,151 fonts

Vai (Vai)

121,914 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Duala (Latin)

119,975 people
1 countries
365 fonts

Rwa (Latin)

118,691 people
1 countries
137,816 fonts

Metaʼ (Latin)

117,476 people
1 countries
883 fonts

Sangu (Latin)

107,901 people
1 countries
137,883 fonts

Tongan (Latin)

101,155 people
1 countries
1,258 fonts

Ngomba (Latin)

84,982 people
1 countries
192 fonts

Bafia (Latin)

79,983 people
1 countries
668 fonts

Faroese (Latin)

69,495 people
2 countries
66,073 fonts

Scottish Gaelic (Latin)

64,121 people
1 countries
90,187 fonts

Kalaallisut (Latin)

55,205 people
2 countries
9,953 fonts

Northern Sami (Latin)

50,283 people
3 countries
5,886 fonts

Romansh (Latin)

41,181 people
1 countries
90,132 fonts

Friulian (Latin)

37,282 people
1 countries
88,402 fonts

Aghem (Latin)

34,992 people
1 countries
296 fonts

Hawaiian (Latin)

29,069 people
1 countries
1,290 fonts

Cherokee (Cherokee)

25,150 people
1 countries
8 fonts

Upper Sorbian (Latin)

12,895 people
1 countries
11,555 fonts

Walser (Latin)

11,183 people
2 countries
10,324 fonts

Kwasio (Latin)

8,998 people
1 countries
298 fonts

Lakota (Latin)

8,165 people
1 countries
785 fonts

Tasawaq (Latin)

8,083 people
1 countries
561 fonts

Lower Sorbian (Latin)

7,011 people
1 countries
11,368 fonts

Yangben (Latin)

2,299 people
1 countries
659 fonts

Cornish (Latin)

2,007 people
1 countries
137,790 fonts

Manx (Latin)

1,687 people
1 countries
90,158 fonts

Inari Sami (Latin)

607 people
1 countries
6,171 fonts

Esperanto (Latin)

298 people
1 countries
9,085 fonts

Interlingua (Latin)

134 people
2 countries
137,790 fonts

Church Slavic (Cyrillic)

0 people
1 countries
18 fonts

Prussian (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
553 fonts

Vai (Latin)

0 people
1 countries
326 fonts

Volapük (Latin)

0 people
0 countries
91,862 fonts

Root (Unknown Script)

0 people
0 countries
141,557 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