Language names

The table below shows native names for languages in their own scripts, or autoglottonyms. You can click on the language names that are links to hear how they are pronounced, and on the English names of the languages to find out more about them.

Note: this list only includes languages featured on Omniglot.

English name	Native name
Abaza	абаза бызшва (abaza bəzš˚a)
Abenaki	Alnôba
Abkhaz	аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Abui	Abui tanga
Achang	Ngachang
Acehnese	Bahsa Acèh بهسا اچيه
Acheron	Acheron
Achi	Achi'
Acholi	Lwo
Achuar-Shiwiar	Achuár chícham Shiwiar
Achumawi	ís siwa wó disi
Adaizan	Tenánat Hadéyas
Adamaua Fulfulde	Fulfulde
Adyghe	адыгэбзэ (adəgăbză)
Adzera	Adzera
Afar	ʿAfár af
Afrikaans	Afrikaans
Aghul	агъул чӀал (Ağul ç'al)
Aguacateco	Qa'yol
Aguaruna	Awajún
Ahom	Ahom
Ainu	アイヌイタク / Aynu itak
Ajië	Waawilûû
Akan	akan
Akhvakh	Ашвaлъи мицIи (Ašval'i mic'i)
Akkadian	𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (Akkadû)
Aklan	Inakeanon / Binisaya
Akurio	Akuriyó
Alabama	Albaamo innaaɬiilka
Albanian	shqip gjuha shqipe
Aleut	Unangam tunuu
Algonquin	Anicinâbemowin
Alsatian	Ëlsässisch
Altay	Алтай тили (Altay tili)
Alur	Lur
Amahuaca	Amahuaca
Amarakaeri	Amarakaeri
Amarasi	Amarasi
Amele	Sona
Amharic	ኣማርኛ (amarəñña)
Amis	Pangcah
Andi	мицци (Micci)
Andoa	Andoa
Angami	Angami
Anuki	Anuki
Anutan	Te Taranga Pakaanuta
Apache	Ndéé
Apma	Apma
Arabela	Tapweyokwaka
Arabic (Algerian)	دزيري / جزائري (dziri / jza'iri)
Arabic (Cypriot)	Σάννα / Sánna
Arabic (Egyptian)	اللغة المصرية العامية [elˈloɣæ l.mɑsˤˈɾejjɑ l.ʕæmˈmejjæ] - Egyptian colloquial language اللهجة المصرية Egyptian dialect - [elˈlæhɡæ l.mɑsˤˈɾejjɑ] مصري‎ Egyptian - [ˈmɑsˤɾi] اللغة المصرية الحديثة [elˈloɣæ l.mɑsˤˈɾejjɑ l.ħæˈdiːsæ] - Modern Egyptian Language
Arabic (Lebanese)	اللبنانية (el libnénïet)
Arabic (Modern Standard)	اللغة العربية الفصحى (al-lughah al-ʻArabīyah al-fuṣḥá)
Arabic (Moroccan)	الدارجة (eddarija)
Arabic (Syrian)	اللهجة العربيّة السورىّة (el-lahjeẗ el-‛arabīyeẗ es-sūrīyé)
Arabic (Tunisian)	Tounsi / تونسي
Aragonese	Aragonés
Arakanese	ရခိုင်ဘာသာ
Araki	Araki
Aramaic (Ancient)	לשנא ארמיא (Ləšānā ’Aramāyā’)
Aramaic (Syriac)	ܠܫܢܐ ܤܘܪܝܝܐ (lešānā surjājā)
Aramaic (Neo-)	ܐܬܘܪܝܐ (ātûrāyâ) ܣܘܪܬ (sûret)
Aranese	Aranés
Arapaho	Hinono'eitiit
Arawak	Lokono
Arbëresh	Arbërisht
Archi	Аршаттен чӀат (apšatten č’at)
Argobba	ዓርጎባ (Äynū) አዓርጎባ ኣፍ
Are	Mukawa
Argobba	ዓርጎባ
Arikara	Sáhniš
Aringa	Mukawa
Armenian	Հայերէն (Hayeren) Հայերեն լեզու (Hayeren lezou)
Aromanian (Vlach)	Armâneaşti
Arrernte	Arrernte angkentye
Arvanitic	αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ (arbërisht)
Asháninka	Asháninka
Ashéninka	Ashéninka
Assamese	অসমীয়া (Ôxômiya)
Assiniboine	Nakoda
(Neo-)Assyrian	ܐܵܬ݂ܘܼܪܵܝܲܐ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (Lišānā Āshûrāya)
Asturian	Asturianu
Atayal	Atayal
Atikamekw	Atikamekw
Auhelawa	Kurada
Avar	магIарул мацI (ma'arul mats) авар мацӀ (avar maċ)
Avestan	(din dabireh) 𐬛𐬍𐬥 𐬛𐬀𐬠𐬌𐬫𐬭𐬵
Avokaya	Avokaya
Awadhi	अवधी
Awara	Awara
Awing	Mbwe'wi
Awngi	አውጚ
Aymara	aymar aru
Äynu	(äynu) ئهﻳنوُ
Azerbaijani	Azərbaycan dili Азәрбајҹан дили آذربايجانجا ديلي
Babine-Witsuwit'en	Babine-Witsuwit'en
Badaga	படகா / ಬಡಗ (badaga)
Bagatha	Bagatha
Bagvalal	къIaваннаб мицци (q'avannab micci)
Bai	Baip‧ngvp‧zix
Baka	Baip‧ngvp‧zix
Balinese	Basa Bali
Balkar (Karachay-Balkar)	малкъар/балкъар (malqar/balqar) къарачай-малкъар тил (karačay-malqar til)
Balti	སྦལ་འཐུས་ / بلتی
Baluchi	(baluchi) بلوچی
Bambara	Bamanankan
Bamum	Shüpamom
Baniwa	Tapuya
Bantawa	Bantawa
Barai	Barai
Bari	Karo, Kutuk
Bartangi	Bartangi ziv
Bashkir	башҡорт теле (bašḵort tele)
Basque	euskara
Bassa	ɓasaá
Batak Dairi	Pakpak
Batak Karo	Cakap Karo
Batak Mandailing	Saro Mandailing
Batak Simalungun	Sahap Simalungun
Batak Toba	Batak Toba
Batsbi	ბაცბურ მოტტ (bacbur moṭṭ)
Bavarian	Bairisch
Bavarian (Central)	Donaubairisch
Bavarian (Northern)	Oberpfälzisch
Bavarian (Southern)	Alpenbairisch
Beaver	ᑕᓀᖚ / Dane-zaa Záágéʔ
Beja	Badāwīyä بداوية
Belarusian	Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Beli	’Bëlï
Bemba	iciBemba ciBemba ichiBemba chiBemba
Bench	bèntʂ nòn
Bengali	বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Bezhta	бежкьалас миц
Bhojpuri	भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Biete	Biete
Bikol	Bikol/Bicol
Biloxi	Tanêksąyaa ade
Bima	Nggahi Mbojo
Bislama	Bislama
Bisu	Bisu
Blackfoot	ᑯᖾᖹ (Pikuni) ᖿᐟᖻᐟ (Kainai) ᓱᖽᐧᖿ (Siksika)
Blagar	Blagar
Blin	ብሊን (bi.li.nə)
Bodo	बड़ो (boṛo)
Bokar	Bokar
Bolinao	Binu-Bolinao
Bongo	Bongo
Bora	Bora
Bosnian	bosanski / босански
Botlikh	Буйхалъи мицӏцӏи (Bujxal'i mic'c'i)
Bouyei	Haasqyaix
Breton	ar brezhoneg brezhoneg
Budukh	Будад мез (budad mez)
Buginese	ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ (basa ugi)
Buhid	ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ (buhid)
Buhutu	Buhutu
Bulgarian	български (bãlgarski) български език (bãlgarski ezik)
Bundjalung	Yugambeh-Bundjalung
Burmese	ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Burushaski	(burū́šaskī) بروشسکی‎
Buryat	буряад хэлэн (burǎad hêlên)
Busa	Bisã
Bushi	Shibushi Kibushi
Bhutanese	རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Carrier	ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ (Dulkw’ahke)
Catalan	català
Cayuga	Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’
Cebuano	Sinugboanon Sugboanon
Central Dusun	Boros Dusun
Chagatai	(Jağatāy) جغتای
Chaha	ቸሃ
Chamorro	chamoru
Chechen	Нохчийн мотт (Noxchiin mott)
Cherokee	ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi)
Cheyenne	Tsėhesenėstsestotse Tsisinstsistots
Chichewa	Chicheŵa
Chickasaw	Chikasha
Chinese	中文 (zhōngwén)
Chinese (Cantonese)	廣東話 [广东话] (gwóngdōngwá) 粵語 [粤语] (yuetyuh)
Chinese (Dungan)	хуэйзў йүян 东干语 (dōnggānyǔ)
Chinese (Gan)	赣语 (gànyŭ) 江西话 (jiāngxī huà)
Chinese (Hakka)	客家話 [客家话] (hak⁷ga¹fa⁵ / hak⁷ga¹wa³) 客話 [客话] (hak⁷fa⁵ / hak⁷wa³) 土廣東話 [土广东话] (tu³gong³dung¹wa³) 𠊎話 [𠊎话] (ngai²wa³)
Chinese (Mandarin)	普通話 [普通话] (pŭtōnghùa) 國語 [国语] (gúoyŭ) 華語 [华语] (húayŭ)
Chinese (Shanghainese)	上海闲话 (Zanhe-ëwo)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	台語 (dai⁵-ngi²) 台灣話 (dai⁵-uan⁵-ue⁷)
Chinese (Teochew)	潮州話 (Diojiu Ue)
Chinese (Xiang)	湘语 (xiāngyŭ) 湖南话 (húnánhuà)
Chipewyan	Dëne Sųłiné ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ
Choctaw	Chahta Anumpa
Coastal Kadazan	Boos Kadazan
Comanche	numu tekwapu
Cornish	Kernewek Kernowek Kernuak Curnoack
Corsican	corsu
Cree	ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Nēhiyawēwin) ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ (Nēhiyaw)
Creek	Maskoki Mvskokē empunakv
Croatian	Hrvatski
Czech	čeština český jazyk
Dakota	Dakȟótiyapi - Yankton Dakota Dakhótiyapi - Santee Dakota
Dangme	adangbɛ
Danish	dansk
Dargwa	дарган мез (dargan mez)
Dari	(dari) درى
Dinka	Thuɔŋjäŋ
Ditidaht	diid̓iitidq
Dungan	хуэйзў йүян (xuejzu jyjan) лохуэй (lohuêĭ)
Dutch	Nederlands
Dzongkha (Bhutanese)	རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
English (Old) / Anglo-Saxon	Ænglisc
Erzya	эрзянь кель (erzjaņ keļ)
Estonian	eesti keel
Esperanto	Esperanto
Ewe	Eʋegbe
Eyak	I·ya·q
Faroese	Føroyskt
Fijian	Vakaviti
Finnish	suomi suomen kieli
Flemish	Vlaams
Fon	fɔngbè
French	français
Frisian (North)	Noordfreesk (Wiedingharde) Nordfrasch (Mooring/Böökingharde) Nordfriisk (Sylt) Nuurdfresk (Föhr) Nuurdfriisk (Helgoland)
Frisian (West)	Frysk
Friulan	furlan marilenghe
Fula	fulfulde
Ga	Gã
Galician	Galego
Ganda	LùGáànda
Ge'ez	ግዕዝ (gəʿəz)
Genoese	zeneize zeneisei
Georgian	ქართული (kʻartʻuli) ქართული ენა (kʻartʻuli ena)
German	Deutsch
Godoberi	ГъибдилӀи мицци
Gooniyandi	Guniandi
Greek	ελληνικά (ellēniká)
Greenlandic	Kalaallisut Kalaallit oqaasii
Guernsey Norman	Dgèrnésiais
Guarani	Avañe'ẽ
Gujarati	ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Gwich'in	Gwich'in
Haida	Xaat Kíl
Haitian Creole	Kreyòl ayisyen
Hän	Häł gołan
Harari	ሃራሪ
Hausa	(ḥawsa) حَوْسَ
Hawaiian	ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
Hebrew	(ivrit) עברית עִבְרִית
Herero	Otjiherero
Hindi	हिन्दी (hindī)
Huambisa	Wampís
Hungarian	magyar magyar nyelv
Icelandic	Íslenska
Igbo	igbo
Ilocano	ilokano
Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia
Ingush	гӀалгӀай мотт ġalġay mott
Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inuktitut)
Iñupiaq	Inupiatun
Irish (Gaelic)	Gaeilge (na hÉireann) An Ghaeilge
Italian	italiano
Japanese	日本語 (nihongo)
Javanese	baṣa Jawa
Jersey Norman	Jèrriais
Kabardian	къэбэрдеибзэ (ḳêbêrdeibzê)
Kabyle	Taqbaylit ثاقبايليث
Kadazandusun	Boros Kadazandusun Boos Kadazandusun
Kaingang	kanhgág
Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kanuri	kanuri
Kapampangan	Kapampangan
Karakalpak	қарақалпақ тили (ḳaraḳalpaḳ tili)
Karelian	Karjalan kieli
Kashmiri	कॉशुर كٲشُر
Kashubian	kaszëbsczi jãzëk
Kawaiisu	Nüwü'abigidü
Kazakh	Қазақ тілі Qazaq tili قازاق ٴتىلى
Khakas	Хакас тілі Khakas tîlî
Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Khoekhoe	Khoekhoegowab Nama
Kikuyu	Gĩkũyũ
Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda
Kiribati	taetae ni Kiribati
Kirundi	íkiRǔndi
Komi	коми кыв (komi kyv)
Kongo	Kikongo
Konkani	कोंकणी (kōṅkaṇī) ಕೊಂಕಣಿ (koṅkaṇi)
Korean	한국어 [韓國語] (han-guk-eo)
Kumyk	Къумукъ тил (Qumuq til)
Kurdish	Kurdí کوردی к’öрди
Kven	Kainun kieli
Kwanyama	kuanyama
Kyrgyz	(kyrgyz) قىرعىز (kyrgyz tili) قىرعىز تىلى
Ladin	Ladin
Ladino	(djudeo-espanyol) ג'ודיאו‮–‬איספאניי
Lahnda	ਲਹਿੰਦੀ (lhĩdī)
Lakota	Lakȟótiyapi
Lao	ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Latin	Lingua Latina
Latvian	latviešu valoda
Laz	ლაზური ნენა Lazuri nena
Lezgian	лезги чӀал (lezgi čʼal)
Limburgish	Lèmburgs
Lingala	lingála
Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba
Livonian	Līvõ kēļ
Lombard	Lombard Lumbaart
Low German/Low Saxon	Plattdüütsch Nedderdüütsch Neddersassisch
Luo	Dholuo
Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch
Maasai/Maa	ɔl Maa
Macedonian	македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Maldivian	ދިވެހި (dhivehi)
Maithili	मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Makah	qʷi·qʷi·diččaq
Malagasy	Fiteny Malagasy
Malay	Bahasa melayu
Malayalam	മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Maltese	Malti
Mandinka	Mandingo لغة مندنكا
Manipuri	মৈইতৈইলোন
Mansi	Маньси (Man'si)
Manx	Gaelg/Gailck (Vanninagh) Yn Ghaelg Y Ghailck
Māori	te Reo Māori
Marathi	मराठी (marāṭhī)
Mari/Cheremis	марий йылме (marij jəlme)
Marshallese	Kajin M̧ajeļ Kajin Majōl
Menominee	Mamaceqtaw
Mirandese	lhéngua mirandesa
Mohawk	Kanien'keha
Moksha	мокшень кяль (mokšeņ kjaļ)
Moldovan	лимба молдовеняскэ (limba moldovenească)
Mongolian	Монгол (Mongol) Монгол хэл (Mongol khel) ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (Mongɣol kele)
Montagnais	Innu-Aimun
Nahuatl	nāhuatl nawatlahtolli
Naskapi	ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (naskapi) Innu Aimun
Nauruan	Ekakairũ Naoero
Navajo	Diné Bizaad Dinék'ehjí
Occitan	Occitan
Oshiwambo	OshiWambo
Nepali	नेपाली (nēpālī)
Newari	नेपाल भाषा (nepāl bʰāṣā)
Niuean	ko e vagahau Niuē faka-Niue
Nogai	ногай тили (nogay tili)
Noongar	Nyungaa-wangka
Northern Sotho	Sesotho sa Leboa
Norwegian	norsk
Nyamwezi	kinyamwezi
Nyoro	runyoro
Odia	ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Ojibwe	ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐏᐣ (Anishinaabemowin) ᐅᒋᐺᒧᐎᓐ (Ojibwemowin)
Old English	Ænglisc
Old Norse	Dǫnsk tunga (ᛏᚢᚾᛋᚴ ᛏᚢᚾᚴᛆ)
O'odham	O'odham ñiok
Oromo	ኦሮሞ፞ (Oromoo)
Ossetian	ирон ӕвзаг (iron ævzag)
Palauan	tekoi ra Belau
Pali	पालि (pāli)
Papiamento	Papiamentu
Pashto	(paṧto) پښتو
Persian	(fārsī) فارسى
Piedmontese	Piemonteis
Polish	polski język polski polszczyzna
Portuguese	português
Punjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ / ﺏﺎﺠﻨﭘ (panjābi)
Quechua	Qhichwa
Raga	Raga
Rapanui	rapanui pepito ote henua
Rarotongan	Māori Kūki 'Āirani reo ipukarea
Romanian	limba română român
Romansh	rumantsch
Romani	रोमानो (romānī)
Rotuman	Faeag Rotuma
Russian	Русский язык (Russkij jazyk)
Ruthenian	Rusyn / Русин
Saami (Inari)	anarâškielâ
Sámi (Kildin)	Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл
Sámi (Lule)	julevsámegiella
Sámi (North)	davvisámegiella sámegiellaa
Sámi (Pite)	bidumsámegiella
Sámi (Skolt)	Sääˊmǩiõll Nuõrttsää’m
Sámi (South)	Åarjelsaemien gïele
Sámi (Ter)	Са̄мь кӣлл saa'mekiill
Sámi (Ume)	Ubmejensámien giella
Santali	संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Samoan	Gagana Samoa
Sango	Yângâ tî Sängö
Sanskrit	संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam) संस्कृता भाषा (saṃskṛtā bhāṣā)
Sardinian	Limba Sarda sardu
Sark Norman	Sèrtchais Serquiaise
Scots	Scots leid Lallans Doric
Scottish Gaelic	Gàidhlig (na h-Alba) a' Ghàidhlig
Selkup	шӧльӄумыт әты (šöļǩumyt ǝty)
Serbian	српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Shavante	aʼuwẽ mreme
Shawnee	Sawanwa
Shona	chiShona
Shor	Шор тили (Šor tili)
Sicilian	sicilianu
Sidamo	Sidámo 'Afó
Silesian	ślůnsko godka ślůnski
Sindhi	(sindhī) سنڌي
Sinhala	සිංහල (sĩhala)
Silt'e	ስልጥኘ
Slovak	slovenčina
Slovenian	slovenščina
Somali	af Soomaali
Soninke	soninkanxaane
Sorbian (Lower)	dolnoserbski
Sorbian (Upper)	hornjoserbsce
Southern Sotho	seSotho
South Slavey	ᑌᓀ ᒐ Dene-thah Dené Dháh Dene Zhatıé
Spanish	español castellano
Sundanese	Basa Sunda
Svan	ლუშნუ ნინ (lušnu nin)
Swabish	Schwäbisch
Swahili	Kiswahili
Swati	siSwati
Swedish	svenska
Swiss German	Schwyzerdütsch
Sylheti	ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ / • ছিলটী
Syriac	(Lishana Suryaya) ܠܫܵܢܵܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
Tabassaran	табасаран чIал (tabasaran čʼal)
Tagalog	Tagalog
Tahitian	te reo tahiti te reo Māʼohi
Tai Nüa	ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ
Tajik	тоҷики toçikī تاجيكي
Tamahaq	Tamahaq
Tamasheq	Tafaghist
Tamazight	Tamaziɣt
Tamil	தமிழ் (tamiḻ)
Tatar	татарча tatar tele تاتارچا (tatarça)
Telugu	తెలుగు (telugu)
Tetum	Tetun, Lia-Tetun
Thai	ภาษาไทย (paasaa-tai)
Tibetan	བོད་སྐད་ (pö-gay)
Tigre	ትግረ (tigre) ትግሬ (tigrē) ኻሳ (Xasa)
Tigrinya	ትግርኛ (təgərəña)
Tlingit	Lingít
Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin
Tonga	chiTonga
Tongan	Faka-Tonga lea fakatonga
Torwali	توروالى
Tsez	цез мец (cez mec)
Tsonga	xiTsonga
Tswana	Setswana
Tumbuka	chiTumbuka
Turkish	Türkçe
Turkmen	түркmенче (türkmençe) түркмен дили (türkmen dili)
Tuscarora	Sgarooreh’ Skarù∙rę’
Tuvaluan	Te 'gana Tūvalu
Tuvan	Тыва дыл Tyva dyl
Twi	twi
Udmurt	удмурт кыл (udmurt kyl)
Ukrainian	Українська (Ukrajins'ka) українська мова (ukrayins'ka mova)
Urdu	(urdū) اردو
Uyghur	ئۇيغۇرچە / Уйғурчә / Uyghurche ئۇيغۇر تىلى / Уйғур тили / Uyghur tili
Uzbek	أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Venda	tshiVenḓa
Venetian	vèneto
Veps	vepsän kel’
Vietnamese	tiếng việt (㗂越)
Võro	võro kiilʼ
Votic	Vadjaa tšeeli
Walloon	walon
Waray-Waray	Wáray-Wáray Winaray Lineyte-Samarnon
Welsh	Cymraeg Y Gymraeg
Wiradjuri	Wirraayjuurray Wirraaydhuurray
Wolof	Wollof
Xamtanga	ኃምታጛ
Xhosa	isiXhosa
Yagua	Nijyamïï Nikyejaada
Yi	ꆇꉙ
Yiddish	(Yidish) ײִדיש
Yindjibarndi	Indjibandi
Yolngu	Yolŋu matha
Yoruba	Yorùbá
Yupik	Yup'ik/Юпик Ungazighmiistun (Central Siberian Yupik) Yup'igtun (Central Alaskan Yupik)
Zhuang	Vaƅcueŋƅ Vahcuengh
Zulu	isiZulu
Zuñi	Shiwi'ma

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