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