Very interesting; lists missing wikipedias in Indic languages too.<br><br>Best<br>Bishakha<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Milos Rancic</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:millosh@gmail.com" target="_blank">millosh@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:22 AM<br>Subject: [Foundation-l] Languages and numbers<br>To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <<a href="mailto:foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>
<br><br>While preparing Missing Wikipedias [1], I've got numbers of speakers and<br>
languages by area and country with chapter not covered by Wikipedias.<br>
<br>
Numbers are preliminary, some of them should be corrected. I didn't<br>
exclude Han languages, which mostly shouldn't be counted, and similar.<br>
Note, also, that every language should be analyzed separately. Many<br>
languages are spoken not just inside of one country.<br>
<br>
Please, fix errors and comment.<br>
<br>
* * *<br>
<br>
Areas. They approximate the usual definitions of areas, but they are<br>
different because of linguistic corrections.<br>
<br>
* Afro-Asiatic Area: Area where Afro-Asiatic languages are dominant.<br>
North Africa + Middle East + Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia - Iran.<br>
* Europe: Europe (including Caucasus) includes Turkey.<br>
* South Asia: South Asia + Iran. Dominantly Indo-European and Dravidian<br>
languages.<br>
* Sub-Saharan Africa: The rest of Africa.<br>
* Polynesia, Australia and Oceania: Includes Malaysia and Taiwan<br>
(Taiwanese languages not covered in Wikipedias are dominantly Austronesian.)<br>
* East Asia: Han China "China (Central)", Korea and Japan.<br>
* South-East Asia: Includes non-Han south China "China (South)".<br>
* Latin America: Parts of America where Spanish and Portuguese are<br>
official languages.<br>
* Anglo-French America: Parts of America where English, French and Dutch<br>
are official languages.<br>
* North Asia: Asian part of former USSR, Mongolia and non-Han northern<br>
and western China "China (North)".<br>
<br>
The first column is number of speakers, the second number of languages,<br>
the third is area.<br>
<br>
399259294 592 South Asia<br>
353676706 1805 Sub-Saharan Africa<br>
221855457 253 Afro-Asiatic Area<br>
138979263 2198 Polynesia, Australia and Oceania<br>
107363760 37 East Asia<br>
99260271 447 South-East Asia<br>
47901185 143 Europe<br>
30361602 724 Latin America<br>
8481452 227 Anglo-French America<br>
3724384 45 North Asia<br>
<br>
* * *<br>
<br>
Countries with chapters. (Numbers are not fully correct, as they include<br>
some languages removed in the list below this one.)<br>
<br>
If any chapter (or interested group) is interested in full list of<br>
missing languages, I'll provide it by request before completing the<br>
work. I suppose that some chapters are interested in languages with less<br>
than 100K of speakers, as well.<br>
<br>
296,097,274 349 India<br>
71,356,176 681 Indonesia<br>
46,676,395 157 Philippines<br>
7,819,010 9 Germany<br>
7,994,871 76 Russian Federation<br>
5,386,580 5 Serbia<br>
4,785,299 6 South Africa<br>
2,841,300 17 Israel<br>
1,139,750 4 Ukraine<br>
1,085,931 125 United States<br>
832,000 3 Netherlands<br>
705,967 70 Canada<br>
472,470 1 Czech Republic<br>
375,704 17 Taiwan<br>
313,642 6 Chile<br>
246,900 3 United Kingdom<br>
200,500 4 Spain<br>
191,430 5 Poland<br>
151,240 7 Sweden<br>
132,809 12 Argentina<br>
86,390 155 Australia<br>
50,000 1 France<br>
30,000 1 Hungary<br>
29,980 4 Switzerland<br>
17,460 5 Finland<br>
15,000 1 Portugal<br>
10,500 2 Norway<br>
5,000 1 Denmark<br>
4,500 1 Estonia<br>
<br>
Languages with more than million or more than 100,000 of speakers<br>
without Wikipedia and with chapter in the country:<br>
<br>
India (more than million)<br>
38261000 Awadhi<br>
34700000 Maithili<br>
17500000 Chhattisgarhi<br>
13000000 Magahi<br>
13000000 Haryanvi<br>
12800000 Deccan<br>
10400000 Malvi<br>
9500000 Kanauji<br>
9000000 Dhundari<br>
7760000 Bagheli<br>
6970000 Varhadi-Nagpuri<br>
6170900 Santali<br>
6000000 Lambadi<br>
5622600 Marwari<br>
5000000 Mewati<br>
4730000 Hadothi<br>
4004490 Konkani<br>
3900000 Merwari<br>
3800000 Mina<br>
3633900 Konkani, Goan<br>
3000000 Shekhawati<br>
3000000 Godwari<br>
2920000 Garhwali<br>
2680000 Indian Sign Language<br>
2360000 Kumaoni<br>
2110000 Dogri<br>
2100000 Bagri<br>
2094200 Kurux<br>
2000000 Mewari<br>
1970000 Sadri<br>
1950000 Tulu<br>
1950000 Gondi, Northern<br>
1930000 Waddar<br>
1710000 Wagdi<br>
1700000 Kangri<br>
1580000 Khandesi<br>
1560280 Mundari<br>
1543300 Bodo<br>
1500000 Ho<br>
1430000 Nimadi<br>
1391000 Meitei<br>
1300000 Bhili<br>
1200000 Vasavi<br>
1150000 Bhilali<br>
1045000 Panjabi, Mirpur<br>
1000000 Pahari, Mahasu<br>
<br>
Indonesia (more than million)<br>
13600900 Madura<br>
5530000 Minangkabau<br>
3930000 Musi<br>
3502300 Banjar<br>
3330000 Bali<br>
2700000 Betawi<br>
2350000 Malay, Central<br>
2100000 Sasak<br>
2000000 Batak Toba<br>
1880000 Malay, Makassar<br>
1600000 Makasar<br>
1200000 Batak Simalungun<br>
1200000 Batak Dairi<br>
1100000 Batak Mandailing<br>
1000000 Malay, Jambi<br>
<br>
Philippines (more than 100k)<br>
5770000 Hiligaynon<br>
2500000 Bicolano, Central<br>
1900000 Bicolano, Albay<br>
1062000 Tausug<br>
1000000 Maguindanao<br>
776000 Maranao<br>
639000 Capiznon<br>
540000 Bontoc, Central<br>
500000 Ibanag<br>
395000 Inakeanon<br>
378000 Kinaray-a<br>
350000 Masbatenyo<br>
345000 Surigaonon<br>
319000 Sama, Southern<br>
293000 Chavacano<br>
234000 Bicolano, Iriga<br>
200000 Romblomanon<br>
200000 Bantoanon<br>
185000 Sorsogon, Waray<br>
150000 Kankanaey<br>
150000 Blaan, Koronadal<br>
147000 Davawenyo<br>
140000 Subanen, Central<br>
134000 Itawit<br>
123000 Cuyonon<br>
122000 Bicolano, Northern Catanduanes<br>
111000 Ibaloi<br>
107000 Yakan<br>
100000 Philippine Sign Language<br>
100000 Binukid<br>
<br>
Germany<br>
4910000 Mainfränkisch<br>
2000000 Saxon, Upper<br>
819000 Swabian<br>
<br>
Russian Federation<br>
783720 Lezgi<br>
696630 Erzya<br>
614000 Moksha<br>
516490 Dargwa<br>
499300 Adyghe<br>
460090 Mari, Meadow<br>
422550 Kumyk<br>
413000 Ingush<br>
363000 Yakut<br>
264400 Tuva<br>
217000 Komi-Zyrian<br>
164420 Lak<br>
128900 Tabassaran<br>
113710 Balkar<br>
<br>
Serbia and Kosovo<br>
4156090 Albanian, Gheg<br>
709570 Romani, Balkan<br>
318920 Romani, Sinte<br>
172000 Romano-Serbian<br>
<br>
South Africa<br>
4101000 Sotho, Northern<br>
640000 Ndebele<br>
<br>
Israel<br>
1762320 Yiddish, Eastern<br>
352500 Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian<br>
258930 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan<br>
110000 Bukharic<br>
100130 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi<br>
<br>
United States<br>
600000 Hawai’i Creole English<br>
250000 Sea Island Creole English<br>
<br>
Netherlands<br>
592000 Gronings<br>
220000 Zeeuws<br>
<br>
Canada<br>
402900 Plautdietsch<br>
<br>
Czech Republic<br>
472470 Romani, Carpathian<br>
<br>
Taiwan<br>
138000 Amis<br>
<br>
Chile<br>
300039 Mapudungun<br>
<br>
United Kingdom<br>
202900 Angloromani<br>
<br>
Spain<br>
102000 Spanish Sign Language<br>
<br>
Sweden<br>
109600 Finnish, Tornedalen<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
foundation-l mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>
Unsubscribe: <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l" target="_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l</a><br>
</div><br>