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Autonomous Region
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Language Abe	Where spoken Ivory Coast
Abelam	New Guinea
Abkhaz	Abkhazia (Former USSR)
Achinese (Atjehnese)	N Sumatra
Acholi	Uganda, Sudan
Adhola	Uganda, Kenya
Adyghe(Adygei)	Former USSR (Adygel AR)
Adyukru	Ivory Coast
Afar (Danakil)	Ethiopia, Djibouti
Afrikaans	South Africa, Namibia
Afusare	Nigeria
Agar	Sudan, Ethiopia
Aguacatec	Guatemala
Ainu	Japan (Hokkaido), Sakhalin & Kuril Is. (Former USSR)
Akan (Twi, Fante, Ashanti)	Ghana, Ivory Coast
Akoli	see Acholi
Akye	Ivory Coast
Alaba	see Kambata
Albanian	Albania, and surroun. countries
Altai	Former USSR (Altai region)
Alur	Uganda, Zaire, Sudan
Amba	NEC Africa
Ambo (Ovambo, Avamba)	Angola, Namibia
Amharic (Amharinya)	Ethiopia
Amuesha	Peru
Amuzgo	Mexico
Andoni	Nigeria
Angami	Burma
Angas	Nigeria
Ankwe	Nigeria
Anuak	Sudan
Anyi	Ghana, Ivory Coast
Ao	Burma
Arabic	North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
Aramaic (Modern)	Iran, Iraq, Former USSR, Middle East
Arapesh	New Guinea
Araucanian (Araukan, Mapuche)	Chile, Argentina
Ari	Ethiopia
Armenian	Armenia (Former USSR), Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon
Arumanian	see Romanian
Ashanti	see Akan
Asmat	New Guinea
Aso	Burma
Assamese	India (Assam), Bhutan
Asu	EC Africa
Atjehnese	see Achinese
Aushi	EC Africa
Atayal	Taiwan
Avamba	see Ambo
Avar	Daghestan, Azerbaiian (Former USSR)
Aymará	Bolivia, Peru
Azande	see Zande
Azerbaijani (Azeri)	Azerbaijan (Former USSR) Iran, Afghanistan
Aztec	see Nahua(tl)

Baakpe	NWC Africa
Bachama	Nigeria
Badaga	S India (Tamil Nadu)
Bade	Nigeria
Bafang	Cameroon
Bafou	Cameroon
Bagirmi	Chad
Bagobo	Philippine Is.
Bahasa Indonesian	see Indonesian
Bahnar	S Vietnam
Bai	see Pai
Bakue	Liberia, Ivory Coast
Balanta	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Balantak	S Sulawesi (Celebes)
Bali	NEC Africa
Balinese	Bali
Balkar	see Karachay
Baluchi (Balochi)	Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Arabian Peninsula (Iranian)
Bambara	Mali, Senegal, Burkina, Faso, Ivory Coast
Bamileke	Cameroon
Bamoun	Cameroon
Banda	WC Africa
Banen	NWC Africa
Banganté	Cameroon
Bangba	WC Africa
Banggai	S Sulawesi (Celebes)
Banna	Ethiopia
Banoni	Solomon Is.
Banyun	Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Barambu	Sudan, Congo
Bare'e	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Bargu	Benin, Togo, Nigeria
Bari	Sudan, Uganda, Zaire
Basa	NWC Africa
Basari	Guinea, Senegal, Gambia
Basherawa	Nigeria
Bashkir	Bashkiria (Former USSR)
Basque	SW France, NW Spain, USA
Batak	see Toba
Bats	Georgia (Former USSR) (Zemo-Alvani village)
Batta	Cameroon
Beach-la-Mar	see Bislama
Bëbële	NWC Africa
Beja	Sudan, Ethiopia
Belorussian	Belorussia (Former USSR), Poland
Bemba	EC Africa
Bena	EC Africa
Bengali	Bangladesh, India (W Bengal, Tripura, Benin)
Berba	Benin
Berber	see Kabyle, Riff, Shluh,Tamashek
Berta	Ethiopia, Sudan
Bete	Ivory Coast
Bhili	India (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra
Bhojpuri	India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar)
Bhotia	see Dzongkha
Bhutani	see Dzongkha
Bhutia (Murmi)	India (Sikkim), Nepal
Biafada	Guinea-Bissau
Bidyo	Chad
Bihari	India, Nepal
Biisa	ECAfrica
Bikol	Philippine Is.
Bilaan	Philippine Is.
Bilin	Ethiopia
Bini (Edo)	Nigeria
Binji	WC Africa
Bira	NEC Africa
Birifo(r)	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Bisa	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Bisaya	See Sebuano
Bislama (Beach-la-Mar)	Vanuatu, Solomon is.
Bitare	Nigeria
Blackfoot	Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan), USA (Montana)
Bobo	Mali, Burkina Faso
Bodo	NE India(Brahma-Putra Valley)
Boiken	New Guinea
Bolewa	Nigeria
Bomougoun-Bamenjou	Cameroon
Bondei	EC Africa
Bontok	Philippine Is.
Brahui	Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sind)
Breton	France (Brittany)
Brü	N and S Vietnam
Budu	NEC Africa
Buduma	Chad
Buginese	S Sulawesi (Celebes)
Bugombe	NEC Africa
Buja	NWC Africa
Bukidnon	Philippine Is.
Bulgarian	Bulgaria and surroun. areas
Buli	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Bulu	NWC Africa
Bunak	Timor Is.
Bungku	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Bunun	Taiwan
Buol	N Sulawesi, Indonesia
Burji	Ethiopia
Burmese	Burma
Burra	Nigeria, Cameroon
Burun	Sudan
Burungi	Tanzania
Burushaski	India (NW Kashmir),Pakistan
Buryat	Buryatia (Former USSR)
Busa	Benin, Nigeria
Bushman	See San
Busoong	NWC Africa
Bute	Cameroon
Butung	SE Sulawesi (Celebes)
Buyi	See Puyi
Bviri	WC Africa
Bwaka	WC Africa
Byelorussian	See Belorussian

Caga	NEC Africa
Cakchiquel	Guatemala
Cambodian	See Khmer
Campa	Peru
Carib	Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea
Catalan	NE Spain, France (Rousillon), Andorra
Cayapo	NW Brazil
Cebuano	See Sebuano
Cham	Vietnam, Kampuchea
Chamba	Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad
Chamorro	Guam
Chatino	Mexico
Chattis-garhi	India (Madhya, Pradesh, Bihar)
Chechen	Georgia, Kazakhstan (Former USSR)
Cheremis	See Mari
Cherokee	USA (N Carolina, Oklahoma)
Chewa	See Nyanja
Cheyenne	USA (Montana, Oklahoma)
Chimbu	New Guinea
Chinantec	Mexico
Chinese	China, Taiwan, SE Asia, USA
Chingpaw	Burma, S China
Chipewyan	USA (Alaska) NWCanada
Choctaw	USA (Oklahoma)
Chokwe	See Ciokwe
Chol	Mexico
Chontal	Mexico
Chortí	Guatemala, Honduras
Charau	S Vietnam
Chuave	New Guinea
Chuj	Guatemala
Chukchi	Former USSR (Chukchi Peninsula)
Chung-chia	See Puyi
Chuvash	Former USSR (Chuvash region)
Ciga	NEC Africa
Cinga	NWC Africa
Ciokwe (Chokwe)	SWC Africa
Circassian	See Kabardian
Cocama	See Kokama
Coorg	See Kodagu
Cree	Canada, USA (Montana)
Croatian	See Serbo-Croat(ian)
Cua	S Vietnam
Cuicatec	Mexico
Cuna	Panama, Columbia
Czech	W Czechoslovakia

Daba	Cameroon
Dagara	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Dagari	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Dagbani	Ghana, Togo
Daghur (Dagur)	NW Manchuria
Daiu	Chad
Daka	Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad
Dakota (Sioux)	USA (N and S Dakota, Montana), Canada(Manitoba)
Dan	Liberia, Ivory Coast
Danakil	See Afar
Dangaleat	Chad
Danish	Denmark, W Germany, USA
Dargwa (Khjurkili)	C Daghestan (Former USSR)
Dasenech	Ethiopia
Derasa	Ethiopia
Digo	NEC Africa
Dinka	Sudan, Ethiopia
Diola	Guinea-Bissau, Gambia
Dogon	Mali, Burkina Faso
Duala	NWC Africa
Dukawa	Nigeria
Duna	New Guinea
Duru	Cameroon
Dutch	See Netherlandic
Dye	Togo
Dyimini	See Tagbana-Dyimini
Dyula	Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana
Dzindza	NEC Africa
Dzongkha (Bhutani, Bhotia)	Bhutan

Edo	See Bini
Efik	Nigeria
Ekoi	Cameron, Nigeria
Embo	NEC Africa
Enga	New Guinea
Engenni	Nigeria
English	USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, parts of Asia and Africa, and widespread 2nd language use
Epera	Columbia, Panama
Epie	Nigeria
Eskimo	See Inuit
Estonian	Estonia
Eton	NWC Africa
Even	See Lamut
Evenki	Siberia, NE China
Ewe	Ghana, Togo, Benin
Ewondo	NWC Africa

Faeroese (Faroese)	Faeroe Is.
Fali	Cameroon
Fang	NWC Africa
Fante	See Akan
Faroese	See Faeroese
Farsi	See Persian
Fiba	EC Africa
Fijian	Fiji Is.
Finnish	Finland, Sweden
Flemish	See Netherlandic
Fon	Benin
Frafra	Ghana
French	France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland Luxemburg, Monaco, and many parts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; widespread 2nd language use
Frisian	Netherlands, W Germany
Friulian	N Italy
Fulani (Ful)	W Africa
Fuliro	NEC Africa
Fur	Sudan,Chad

Ga	Ghana, Togo, Benin
Gadba	EC India
Gaddang	Philippine Is.
Gaelic	See Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
Gagauz	Moldavia (Former USSR), Bulgaria, Romania
Gahuku	New Guinea
Galla	See Oromo
Gambai	Chad, Central African Rep.
Gan	Burkina Faso
Ganda (Luganda)	NEC Africa
Garhwali	India (Uttar Pradesh)
Garo	NE India (Assam)
Gayo	N Sumatra
Gbari	Nigeria
Gbaya	WC Africa
Georgian (Gruzinian)	Georgia (Former USSR), and a few surrounding areas
German	E & W Germany, Austria, Switzerland, other parts of E Europe, USA, S Africa, Latin America
Gidder	Cameroon, Chad
Gilbertese (Kiribati)	Kiribati and surrounding areas
Gilyak	E Former USSR (R. Amur, Sakhalin I.)
Gimi	New Guinea
Gipsy	See Romany
Gisiga	Cameroon
Goajiro	Colombia, Venezuela
Gogo	EC Africa
Gola	Liberia, Sierra Leone
Gondi	India (Madhya Pradesh)
Gorontalo	N Sulawesi, Indonesia
Grebo	Liberia, Ivory Coast
Greek	Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and surrounding areas
Greenlandic	See Inuit
Grishun	See Romansch
Gruzinian	See Georgian
Guahibo	Colombia, Venezuela
Guan(g)	Ghana
Guaraní	See Tupí
Guaymi	Panama
Gujarati	India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, and surroun. areas), Pakistan
Gumuz	Ethiopia, Sudan
Gurage	Ethiopia
Gurkhali	See Nepali
Gurma	Togo, Burkina Faso
Gusii (Kisii)	NEC Africa
Gutob	India (Andhra Pradesh Orissa)
Gwandara	Nigeria, Niger
Gwere	NEC Africa
Gypsy	See Romany

Ha	NEC Africa
Had(iy)ya	Ethiopia
Haitian (Creole)	Haiti
Haka	Burma
Halâng	S Vietnam
Hangaza	NEC Africa
Hanunóo	Philippine Is.
Hausa	Nigeria, Niger, and Hausaadjacent areas
Havu	NEC Africa
Havunese	Sawu Is., Raidjua Is.
Hebrew	Israel, USA, Europe
Hehe	EC Africa
Herero	SWC Africa
Higi	Cameroon
Hindi	N and C India, Africa, Fiji, Surinam, Guyanas
Hlota	India (Assam)
Hmong	See Miao
Hopi	NE Arizona
Hrê	S Vietnam
Huastec	Mexico
Huave	Mexico
Huela	Ivory Coast
Huku	NEC Africa
Huli	New Guinea
Hunde	NEC Africa
Hungarian (Magyar)	Hungary, Romania and nearby areas
Hungu	WC Africa

Ibanag	Philippine Is.
Ibo	See Igbo
Icelandic	Iceland, USA
Idoma	Nigeria
Ifugao	Philippine Is.
Igala	Nigeria, Benin
Igbirra	Nigeria
Igbo (Ibo)	Nigeria
ljo (Ijaw)	Nigeria
Ila	EC Africa
Ilocano (Iloko)	Philippine Is.
Ilonggo	Philippine Is.
lndonesian	Indonesia
Ingush	Kazakhstan (Former USSR)
Inuit (Inupiac, Inuktitut Greenlandic, Eskimo)	Greenland, Canada, USA (Alaska)
Iraqw	Tanzania
Iráya	Philippine Is.
Irish Gaelic	Ireland (esp. west).
Ishan	Nigeria
Island Carib	Honduras, Belize, Guatemala
Isoko	See Urhobo
Italian	Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, parts of N and S America, N Africa
Ixil	Guatemala
Iyala	Nigeria

Jacaltec	Guatemala
Japanese	Japan, Brazil, USA
Jarai	Vietnam, Kampuchea
Javanese	Java, Malaysia
Jeh	S Vietnam
Jita	NEC Africa
Jivaro	Ecuador, Peru
Jongor	Chad
Juang	India (Orissa)
Judaeo-German	See Yiddish
Jui	See Puyi
Jukun	Nigeria, Cameroon

Kaba	Chad, C African Rep.
Kabardian (Circassian)	Former USSR (Kabardino-Balkar and Karachay-Cherkess regions)
Kabre	Togo, Benin
Kabyle	Algeria
Kadara	Nigeria
Kafa	Ethiopia, Kenya
Kagulu	EC Africa
Kaje	Nigeria
Kako	NWC Africa
Käliko	Sudan, Zaire
Kalinga	Philippine Is.
Kalmyk (Kalmuk)	Former USSR (Kalmyk region)
Kam	SE China
Kamano	New Guinea
Kamba (Kikamba)	NEC Africa
Kambari	Nigeria
Kambata (Alaba)	Ethiopia
Kanakuru	Nigeria
Kanarese	See Kannada
Kanjobal	Guatemala
Kankanay	Philippine Is.
Kannada (Kanarese)	India (Mysore)
Kanuri	Nigeria, Niger
Kaonde	WC Africa
Karaboro	Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Karachay (Balkar)	Former USSR (NW Caucasus)
Karakalpak	Karakalpak (Former USSR), Afghanistan
Karamojong	Uganda, Kenya
Karelian	Karelia (Former USSR)
Kari	Chad, Cameroon, C African Rep.
Kasem	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Kashmiri	India and Pakistan (Kashmir)
Kasimbar	N Sulawesi (Celebes)
Katab	Nigeria
Katu	S Vietnam, Laos
Kazakh (Kazak)	Kazakhstan (Former USSR), China, Mongolian PR, Afghanistan
Kebu	Togo
Keigana	New Guinea
Kekchi (Quekchi)	Guatemala
Kela	NWC Africa
Kele	NWC Africa
Kenga	Chad
Kera	Cameroon
Kerebe	NEC Africa
Kerintji	W Sumatra
Ket	Former USSR (Yenisey R.)
Kewa	New Guinea
Khakas	Khakasia (Former USSR)
Khalka (Mongol)	Mongolian PR, China(Inner Mongolian Region)
Khandeshi	India (Maharashtra and surrounding areas)
Khanty (Ostyak)	Khanti-Mansi region, (Former USSR)
Kharia	India (Bihar and surrounding areas)
Khasi	India (Assam)
Khasonke	Mali
Khjurkili	See Dargwa
Khmer (Cambodian)	Kampuchea, Vietnam, Thailand
Khmu'	Laos, Thailand
Khorcin	China
Kibet	Sudan, Chad
Kikamba	See Kamba
Kikuyu	NEC Africa
Kilba	Nigeria
Kinga	EC Africa
Kirghiz (Kirgiz)	Kirghizia (Former USSR), and surrounding areas
Kiribati	See Gilbertese
Kisi	Liberia, Sierra Leone,Guinea
Kisii	See Gusii
Kodagu (Coorg)	SW India (Mysore)
Ko'ho	S Vietnam
Kokama (Cocama)	Peru, Colombia, Brazil
Kolami	India (Bombay, Andhra Pradesh)
Komi (Zyryan)	Komi (Former USSR) and Surrounding area
Konda	India (Orissa)
Konde	See Makonde
Kongo	WC Africa
Konkani	India (Goa, and surrounding areas)
Konkomba	Ghana, Togo
Kono	Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone
Konso	Ethiopia
Konyagi	Guinea
Konzo	NEC Africa
Korean	N and S Korea, Japan, China
Koria	NEC Africa
Koryak	NE Former USSR
Kosali	India (Madhya and Uttar Pradesh)
Kota	S India (Kotagiri)
Kota	NWC Africa
Kotoko	Chad
Koya	India (Andhra Pradesh)
Kpa	NWC Africa
KpeIle	Liberia, Guinea
Kposo	Togo
Krahn	Liberia, Ivory Coast
Krio	Sierra Leone
Kru-Krawi (Kru)	Liberia, Ivory Coast
Kua	See Makua
Kui	India (Orissa)
Kukele	Nigeria
Kulango	Ivory Coast
Kulele	Ivory Coast
Kumam	Uganda
Kumauni	India (Uttar Pradesh)
Kumyk	Daghestan (Former USSR)
Kunama	Ethiopia
Kunda	EC Africa
Kurdish	Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Former USSR
Kuri	See Lezghian
Kurku	India (Madhya Pradesh)
Kurukh(i) (Oraon(i))	NE India
Kurumba	Burkina Faso
Kusal(e)	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Kusu	NWC Africa
Kutu	EC Africa
Kuyu	See Kikuyu
Kwaa	Liberia
Kwadi	Angola
Kwangwa	SWC Africa
Kweni	Ivory Coast
Kyama	Ivory Coast

Ladin	Italy (S Tyrol)
Lahnda	India, Pakistan(Punlab)
Lak(k) (Lakh)	C Daghestan (Former USSR)
Laki	SE Sulawesi (Celebes)
Lala	EC Africa
Lalia	NWC Africa
Lamba	Benin
Lamba	EC Africa
Lamnso	Cameroon
Lampung	S Sumatra
Lamut (Even)	E Siberia
Langi	NEC Africa
Lango	Uganda
Languedoc	See Occitan
Lao (Laotian)	Thailand, Laos
Lapp(ish) (Lappic)	Norway, Sweden, Finland
Latvian	Latvia
Lefana	Togo
Lega	NEC Africa
Lele	NWC Afric
Lendu	Uganda, Zaire
Lenje	EC Africa
Letzebuergesch	See Luxemburgish
Lezghian(Lezgi, Kuri)	Daghestan, Georgia and Azerbaijan (Former USSR)
Li	China (Hainan I.)
Ligbi	Ivory Coast
Liko	NEC Africa
Limba	Guinea, Sierra Leone
Lingala	See Losengo
Lisu	China (Yunnan, Sichuan)
Lithuanian	Lithuania
Lobi(ri)	Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Logo	Sudan, Zaire
Loinang	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Loko	Sierra Leone, Guinea
Loma	Liberia, Guinea
Lombo	NWC Africa
Lore	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Losengo (Lingala)	NWC Africa
Lotuho	Sudan
Lozi	SWC Africa
Luba (-Lulua)	WC Africa
Lubu	E Sumatra
Lucazi	SWC Africa
Luganda	See Ganda
Lugbara	Uganda, Zaire
Luhya	NEC Africa
Lumbu	NWC Africa
Lunda	WC Africa
Lundu	NWC Africa
Luo	Kenya, Tanzania
Lusatian	See Sorbian
Lushai	Burma
Luwu'	S Sulawesi (Celebes)
Luwunda	WC Africa
Luxemburgish (Letzebuergesh)	Luxemburg
Lwalu	WC Africa
Lwena	SWC Africa
Lwo	Uganda
Lyele	Burkina Faso

Ma(a)sai	Tanzania, Kenya
Mabiha	SE Africa
Mabuyag	Torres Strait Is.
Macedonian	Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania
Machiguenga	Peru
Mada	Nigeria
Madi	Uganda, Sudan
Madurese	Madura, NE Java
Magahi	India (Bihar and surrounding areas)
Magyar	See Hungarian
Maithili	India (Bihar), Nepal
Maji	Ethiopia
Maka	NWC Africa
Makonde (Konde)	SE Africa
Makua (Kua)	SE Africa
Malagasy	Madagasar
Malay	Malaysia, Singapore, Brunci, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and surrounding areas
Malayalam	India (Kerala, Laccadive Is.)
Maldivian	Maldive Islands
Male	Ethiopia
Malila	EC Africa
Malinka (Malinke)	W Africa
Maltese	Malta
Malto	India (NE Bihar)
Malvi	India (Rajasthan and surrounding areas
Mambila	Cameroon, Nigeria
Mambwe	EC Africa
Mam(e)	Guatemala, Mexico
Mamvu-Efe	Uganda, Zaire
Man	see Yao
Manchu	China(Xinjiang, Heilongjiang)
Mandara	Cameroon, Nigeria
Mangbetu	Uganda, Zaire
Mangisa	NWC Africa
Manipuri	see Meithei
Manjaki	Senegal, Portuguese Guinea
Mano	Liberia, Guinea
Mansi (Vogul)	Former USSR (Khanti-Mansi region)
Maori	New Zealand
Mapuche	see Araucanian
Mararit	Sudan,Chad
Marathi	India (Maharashtra, and surrounding areas)
Margi	Nigeria
Mari (Cherernis)	Mari (Former USSR), and surrounding areas
Marshallese	Marshall Is.
Marwari	see Rajasthani
Masa	Chad, Cameroon
Masaba	NEC Africa
Masai	see Maasai
Mosalit	Chad, Sudan
Mashasha	WC Africa
Masongo	Ethiopia, Sudan
Mataco	Bolivia, Argentina,Paraguay
Matakam	Cameroon
Matengo	EC Africa
Matumbi	SE Africa
Maya (Yucatec)	Guatemala, Mexico,British Honduras
Mayogo	Congo
Mazahua	Mexico
Mazatec(o)	Mexico
Mba	Congo
Mbaama	NWC Africa
Mbai	Chad, C African Rep.
Mbati	NWC Africa
Mbete	NWC Africa
Mbimu	NWC Africa
Mbo	NWC Africa
Mbole	NEC Africa
Mbunda	SWC Africa
Mbundu	WC Africa
Mbundu	SWC Africa
Mbwera	WC Africa
Mdundulu	SWC Africa
Medlpa	New Guinea
Meithei (Manipuri)	India (Assam)
Mekan	Ethiopia, Sudan
Mende	Liberia, Sierra Leone
Mendi	New Guinea
Meo	see Miao
Mero	NEC Africa
Mewari	see Rajasthani
Miao (Hmong, Meo)	S China, N Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
Micmac	NE Canada
Mimi	Sudan
Minangkabau	W Sumatra
Min-chia	see Pai
Mixe	Mexico
Mixtec(o)	Mexico
Mnong	S Vietnam
Moba	Ghana,Togo
Mober	Nigeria, Niger
Mogol	Afghanistan
Moldavian	see Romanian
Mon (Talaing)	Burma, Thailand
Mongol	see Khalka
Mongo-Nkun-du	NWC Africa
Monguor	China (Gansu, Qinghai)
Moni	New Guinea
Monjambo	WC Africa
Mordvin(ian)	Mordovia (Former USSR), and surrounding area
More	see Mossi
Moru	Sudan
Mossi (More)	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Move	Panama
Mpoto	EC Africa
Mubi	Chad
Mumuye	Cameroon, Nigeria
Mundang	Chad, Cameroon, C African Rep.
Mundari	India (Madyha Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar)
Mu'òng	N Vietnam
Murle	Ethiopia
Murmi	see Bhutia
Musei	Chad, Cameroon
Musgu	Chad, Cameroor
Muskogee	USA (Oklahoma, Alabama)
Mwanga	EC Africa
Mwera	SE Africa

Nabandi	NW Congo
Naga-Mikir	Burma
Nahua(tI) (Aztec)	Mexico
Nama	Namibia
Namnam	Ghana
Namshi	Cameroon, Nigeria
Nanai	Amur R (Former USSR), China
Nancere	C African Rep.
Nandi	Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Nankanse	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Nara	Ethiopia
Natemba	Togo
Navaho	USA (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)
Nawdam	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Ndali	EC Africa
Ndamba	EC Africa
Ndandi	NEC Africa
Ndebele	SE Africa
Ndengereko	SE Africa
Ndo	Uganda, Zaire
Ndonde	SE Africa
Nenets (Yurak)	Former USSR (Nenets region)
Neo-Melanesian (Tok Pisin)	Papua New Guinea
Nepali (Gorkhali)	Nepal, Sikltim
Netherlandic (Dutch, Flemish)	Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Antilles
Newari	C NepaI
Ngaju	S Borneo
Ngalum	New Guinea
Ngamo	Nigeria
Ngando	NWC Africa
Ngindo	SE Africa
Ngizim	Nigeria
Ngola	WC Africa
Ngombe	NWC Africa
Ngoni	EC Africa
Ngulu	EC Africa
Nguni	SE Africa
Ngurimi	NEC Africa
Nias	Nias and Batu Is.
Nicobarese	Nicobar Islands
Nika	NEC Africa
Nilamba	NEC Africa
Njëm-Bajue	NWC Africa
Nkom	Cameroon
Nkore	see Nyankole
Nkoya	WC Africa
Nogai	Former USSR (N Caucasus)
Norwegian	Norway, USA
Nsenga	EC Africa
Ntombo-BoIia	NWC Africa
Nubian	Sudan, Egypt
Nuer	Sudan, Ethiopia
Nung	Vietnam, S China
Nunuma	Burkina Faso
Nupe	Nigeria
Nyabungu	NEC Africa
Nyamwesi	NEC Africa
Nyaneka	SWC Africa
Nyanga	NEC Africa
Nyanja (Chewa)	EC Africa
Nyankole (Nkore)	NEC Africa
Nyiha	EC Africa
Nyimang	Sudan
Nyole	NEC Africa
Nyoro	NEC Africa
Nyule	NEC Africa
Nzebi	NWC Africa

Occitan (Languedoc, Provençal)	S France
Oirat (Oyrat)	Mongolian PR, China
Ojibwa	C and E Canada, NC USA
Oraon(i)	see Kurukh(i)
Ordos	China, Mongolian PR
Oriya	India (Orissa)
Orokaiva	New Guinea
Oromo (Galla)	Ethiopia, Kenya
Ossetic	Former USSR (Ossetic region)
Ostyak	see Khanty
Ostyak Samoyed	see Selkup
Otomi	Mexico
Ovambo	see Ambo
Oyrat	see Oirat

Pacóh	S Vietnam, Laos
Paez	Colombia, Panama
Pai (Bai, Minchia)	SW China
Paiwan	Taiwan
Pakhto	see Pashto
Palauan	Palau Is.
Palaung	Burma
Palu	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Pangasinan	Philippine Is.
Pangwa	EC Africa
Panjabi (Punjabi)	Punjab (India, Pakistan)
Pao-an	see Santa
Papel	Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
Papiamentu (Papiamento)	Dutch Antilles
Parji	India (Madhya Pradesh)
Pashto (Pakhto)	Afghanistan, Pakistan
Passamaquoddy	NE Canada, NE USA (Maine)
Pedi	see Sotho, Northern
Pende	WC Africa
Persian (Farsi)	Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Tadzhikistan (Former USSR)
Petats	Solomon Is.
Pho	Burma, Thailand
Piaroa	Venezuela
Pila(-pila)	Benin
PiIipino	see Tagalog
Pima-Papago	USA (Arizona), Mexico
Piro	Peru
Pitu-ulunna-salu	S Sulawesi (Celebes)
Pogolo	EC Africa
Poke	NWC Africa
Pokomam	Guatemala, E Salvador, Honduras
Pokomo	NEC Africa
Pokonchi	Guatemala
Pokot	Kenya, Uganda
Polish	Poland and surrounding areas, USA
Ponapean	Ponape Is.
Popoloc(a)	Mexico
Portuguese	Portugal, Brazil, parts of Africa
Provençal	see Occitan
Punjabi	see Panjabi
Punu	NWC Africa
Puôc	N Vietnam
Puyi (Buyi, Jui, Chung-chia)	SW China

Quara	Ethiopia
Quechua	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Quekchi	see Kekchi
Quiché	Guatemala, Mexico

Rade	Vietnam, Kampushea
Rajasthani (Marwari, Mewari)	India (Rajasthan), Pakistan
Rawang	N Burma and surrounding areas
Redjang	SW Sumatra
Rek	Sudan, Ethiopia
Remi	NEC Africa
Rengao	S Vietnam
Rhaetian	see Friulian, Ladin, Romansch
Riff	Algeria, Morocco
Roglai	Vietnam
Romanian (Rumanian, Arumanian, Moldavian)	Romania, Yugoslavia and surrounding areas
Romansch (Grishun, Rumantsch)	Switzerland (Grisons), N Italy
Romany (Romani,Gypsy)	S Asia, Near East, Europe, USA
Ron	Nigeria
Ronga	SE Africa
Ruguru	EC Africa
Ruihi	SE Africa
Rumanian	see Romanian
Rundi	NEC Africa
Rungu	EC Africa
Russian	Former USSR
Rwanda	NEC Africa

Saamia	NEC Africa
Safwa	EC Africa
Sagala	EC Africa
Salampasu	WC Africa
Samo	Mali, Burkina Faso
Samoan	Samoa Is., New Zealand, USA
Samoyed(ic)	see Nenets
San (Bushman)	Angola, SW Africa
San (Caucasian)	see Zan
Sandawe	Tanzania
Sangir	Sangihe Is., Talaud Is., Philippine Is.
Sango	EC Africa
Sango	WC Africa
Sangu	NWC Africa
Santa (Pao-an)	China (Gansu)
Santali	India (Orissa, Bihar, W Bengal)
Sara	Chad, C African Rep.
Sardinian	Sardinia
Scottish Gaelic	Scotland (esp. W Isles)
Sebuano (Cebuano, Bisaya)	Philippine Is
Sedang	S Vietnam
Seediq	Taiwan
Selkup (Ostyak, Samoyed)	Khanri-Mansi region, (Former USSR)
Sena	EC Africa
Senari	Ivory Coast
Serbo-Croat(ian)	Yugoslavia and some surrounding areas
Serer	Senegal, Gambia
Sgaw	Burma, Thailand
Shambaa	EC Africa
Shan	Burma, S China
Sheko	Ethiopia
Shilluk	Sudan
Shluh	Morocco, Mauritania
Shona	SE Africa
Shor	Former USSR
Shoshone	WC USA
Siane	New Guinea
Sidamo	Ethiopia
Sierra Popoluca	Mexico
Simi	Burma
Sindhi	Pakistan (Sind), India (Kutch)
Sinhalese (Singhalese)	Sri Lanka
Sioux	see Dakota
Sira	NWC Africa
Sisala	Ghana, Burkina Faso
Slovak	E Czechoslovakia and some surrounding areas
Slovene (Slovenian)	Yugoslavia and some surrounding areas
Soga	NEC Africa
Soli	EC Africa
Somali	Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia
Somba	Benin, Togo
Somrai	Chad, C African Rep.
Songe	WC Africa
Songhai	Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Benin
Songo	WC Africa
Songomeno	NWC Africa
Soninke	W Africa
Sora	India (Orissa)
Sorbian (Lusatian, Wendish)	E. Germany
Sotho, Northern (Pedi)	SE Africa
Sotho, Southern	S Africa, Lesotho
Spanish	Spain, C and S America, USA, Canary Islands
Sranan	Suriname, Guianas
Stieng	S Vietnam
Subanum	Philippine Is.
Subi	NEC Africa
Sui	SE China
Suku	WC Africa
Sukuma	NEC Africa
Sundanese	W Java
Sungor	Sudan, Chad
Suppire-Mianka	Mali
Sura	Nigeria
Svan	NW Georgia (Former USSR)
Swahili	EC Africa
Swaka	EC Africa
Swazi (Swati)	S Africa, Swaziland
Swedish	Sweden, Finland, USA

Taabwa	EC Africa
Tabasaran	Eastern Daghestan (Former USSR)
Tadzhik (Tajik)	Tadzhikistan (Former USSR), Afghanistan
Tagakaolo	Philippine Is.
Tagalog (Pilipino)	Philippine Is.
Tagbana-Dyimini	Ivory Coast
Tahitian	Tahiti Is., Society Is.
Tajik	see Tadzhik
Talaing	see Mon
Talensi	Ghana
Talysh	Iran, Azerbaijan (Former USSR)
Tama	Sudan, Chad
Tamashek (Tuareg)	Algeria, Libya, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
Tamil	SE India, N Sri Lanka, S Africa, Malaysia,Singapore, and throughout SE Asia
Tamprusi	Ghana
Tangole	Nigeria
Tangsa	NE India (Assam)
Tara	C Sulawesi (Celebes)
Tarahumar(a)	Mexico
Tarasco(Tarasca(n))	Mexico
Tashon	Burma
Tat	Azerbaijan and Daghestan
Tatar	Tatarstan (Former USSR), China, Bulgaria,Turkey, Romania
Tatog(a)	Tanzania
Taungthu	Burma, Thailand
Teda	Chad, Libya
Teke	NWC Africa
Telugu	India (Andhra Pradesh, Malaysia)
Tem	Ghana, Benin, Togo
Temen (Temne)	Sierra Leone
Tera	Nigeria
Teso	Uganda
Tetela	NWC Africa
Thai	Thailand, China, Laos, Vietnam
Tho	Vietnam
Tibetan	China (Tibet), Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, NE India (Kashmir)
Tigre	Ethiopia
Tigrinya	Ethiopia
Tiini	NWC Africa
Tikar	Cameroon
T'in	Laos, Thailand
Tinggian	Philippine Is.
Tinombo	N Sulawesi (Celebes)
Tiruray	Philippine Is.
Tiv	Nigeria
TIapanec	Mexico
Tlingit	USA (Alaska), NW Canada
Toaripi	Papua New Guinea
Toba (Batak)	Sumatra
Tobote	Ghana, Togo
Toda	S India (Ootacamund)
Tojolabal	Mexico
Tok Pisin	see Neo-Melanesian
Tonga	EC Africa
Tongan	Tonga Is.
Toposo	Sudan
Toro	NEC Africa
Totela	SWC Africa
Totonac	Mexico
Tripuri	India (Tripura)
Trukese	Truk Is., Mortlock Is.
Tsaiwa	SW China
Tsonga	SE Africa
Tswa	SE Africa
Tswana	S Africa, Botswana
Tuareg	see Tamashek
Tuburi	Chad, Cameroon
Tucuna	NW Brazil
Tula	Nigeria
TuIu	SW India (Mysore)
Tupí (Guaraní)	Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia
Tupuri	Chad, Cameroon
Turkana	Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia
Turkish	Turkey, Bulgaria, and some surrounding areas
Turkmen	Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Former USSR), Iran, Afghanistan
Turuka	Burkina Faso
Tuvinian (Tuva)	Former USSR (Tuva region) Mongolian PR
Twi	see Akan
Tzeltal	Mexico
Tzotzil	Mexico
Tzutuhil	Guatemala

Udmurt (Votyak)	Udmurtia (Former USSR)
Uighur (Ulgur)	China (Xinjiang-Uigur), Uzbekistan (Former USSR)
Ukrainian	Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia
Urdu	Pakistan, N and C India, Bangladesh
Urhobo (Isoko)	Nigeria
Uzbek	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan

Vai	Liberia, Sierra Leone
Venda	S Africa, Zimbabwe
Veps (Vepsian)	Former USSR (South of L Ladoga)
Vere	Cameroon, Nigeria
Vidunda	EC Africa
Vietnamese	N and S Vietnam, Kampuchea, Laos, and many parts of the world
Vogul	see Mansi
Votyak	see Udmurt

Waica	Venezuela, Brazil
Walamo	Ethiopia
Wanji	EC Africa
Warjawa	Chad
WarIpiri	Australia (N Territory)
Welsh	Wales
Wendish	see Sorbian
Western Desert	Australia (W, and N Territory)
Wolof	Gambia, Senegal

Xhosa

SE Africa

Yakurr	Nigeria
Yakut	Former USSR (Yakut region)
Yambasa	NWC Africa
Yao (Man)	S China, N Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
Yao	SE Africa
Yaqui	Mexico
Yasing	Cameroon
Yela	NWC Africa
Yergham	Nigeria
Yiddish (Judaeo- German)	C and E Europe, USA, Israel
Yoruba	Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Yucatec	see Maya
Yukaghir	NE Siberia
Yunger	Nigeria
Yupik	USA Alaska
Yurak	see Nenets

Zaghawa	Chad, Sudan
Zan (San)	Georgia, Abkhazia, Turkey
Zanaki	NEC Africa
Zande (Azande)	WC Africa
Zapotec	Mexico
Zaramo	EC Africa
Zayse	Ethiopia
Ziba	NEC Africa
Zigula	EC Africa
Zimba	NEC Africa
Zoque	Mexico
Zulu	SE Africa
Zumper	Nigeria
Zuni	New Mexico
Zyryan	see Komi