10 Most Spoken Languages You've Never Heard Of (feat. Language Simp)

In language based discussions about language learning and linguistics occur, not all languages get time in the spotlight, here are the 10 most spoken languages you might not have heard of!
Special thanks to Language Simp for appearing in this video!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:32 Amharic
3:07 Kannada
5:10 Javanese
7:32 Hausa
9:50 Wu Chinese
12:36 Tamil
14:47 Telugu
16:31 Marathi
18:36 Punjabi
20:09 Nigerian Pidgin
22:22 Outro
Links to videos from others:
Japanese topic vs subject markers:
• The Ultimate Guide To:...
• は(WA) vs が(GA) Differe...
Korean topic vs subject markers:
• One-Stop Guide to Kore...
• Topic Marker, Subject ...
Ergativity explained in detail:
• Ergativity: Her Likes She
Sources:
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/16060...
llacan.cnrs.fr/publications/C...
www.ifra-nigeria.org/index.ph...
apics-online.info/surveys/17
www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculti...
escholarship.org/uc/item/1wv2...
(Native speakers, Wikipedia, Language Gulper)
Special thanks to Wren for helping research for the Tamil and Telugu sections, and all the volunteers who reached out to proofread the video before launch

[@LingoLizard]

Notes/Corrections: A big thank you to all volunteers who did error-checking for this video Special thanks to Wrenguistics for helping research parts of the video! You can find his channel here: youtube.com/@wrenisprobablyb0red

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Indonesia language is easy language in world

[@jakeleo4518]

12:37 bro it's not "tay-mol" or how ever you pronounced it it's idk how to write it down but "THHA mil or THA mil". 14:47 It's no "Ta-lu-gu" It's "Tha- lu gu"

[@omp199]

@@jakeleo4518 What? No. Why are you putting aitches in those names? There are no aitches in them. Everything you have just said is wrong.

[@StatelyEnterprises]

I hear it referred to as Pidgin not really 'Naija' on its own. Naija mainly refers to Nigeria (or v rarely Niger). If they call it 'Naija' it's followed by 'languej'.

[@piplupempoleon4225]

javanese get mention but sundanese not?

[@LanguageSimp]

Sick list. I’m a simp for Punjabi 💯💯

[@start9749]

I'm simping for you, language simp

[@SikhNationalist]

Learn Punjabi please

[@yanwato9050]

@@SikhNationalist of course, sikh nationalist

[@idkidc7560]

Hola amigo

[@MyPencilDied]

ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਲੈਂਗਵਜ ਸਿਮਪ!

[@SkylorKatiman]

I'm ethnically Javanese from the Surinamese diaspora. Most of us speak a creole version of the language, so sometimes Indonesian Javanese can catch me off-guard, but is largely understandable if not mixed with Indonesian. The speech registers have largely died out in Suriname simply due to the history of how the Javanese got here, but Krama Madya and Inggil exists in many traditional Javanese ceremonies, rituals, and prayers. One of my uncles is a Kejawen monk (a sort of syncretic belief system that mixes animism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism) and he has alluded a few times to an ancient Javanese speech register that was used to specifically to speak to deities and mythical creatures (specifically those of Hinduism). I'm not exactly sure how true this is since I have really only ever heard him talk about it, but he is a very culturally knowledgeable and wise man, but I thought I'd like to share. Because of him and my upbringing, I am glad to say that I was taught Javanese in its original script and I hope it lives on. I don't see people use it much anymore, but I hope any fellow Javans in Indonesia are preserving our script and using it so it doesn't die out.

[@lunascomments3024]

matursuwun mas tesih ngagem basa Jawi ing bebrayan.

[@sherlockholmes8289]

I hope so 💙 I love the Javanese script so much 💕

[@ahmadshogir6310]

Apa kabarnya mas ? sehat selau mas,semoga tidak kurang satu apapun 🤲🤲🤲. saya dari jawa suku Sunda 🙏

[@dvvna]

Ahh I'm part javanese and my mom is fluent in it. But I don't know javanese myself. I do know though that there are MANY native javanese speaker here and the old script is also taught in schools in central and east java. Since I live in west java, I was taught sundanese instead.

[@neitea2]

ꦥꦿꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦏꦧꦫ꧀ꦫꦶꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦩꦱ꧀?

[@jeongbun2386]

As a South Asian, this is shocking yet understandable you guys don’t know all these languages. But still wow.

[@elbretto6062]

are there any languages that you don't know

[@Dhi_Bee]

Some of us know of the language but don’t know how to speak it and/or have a desire to learn it. I think that’s the main difference. Plus, those who would like to learn it would find it extra difficult not just because of its unfamiliarity but because unfortunately there aren’t enough resources online or elsewhere to learn it

[@jeongbun2386]

@@Dhi_Bee I don’t speak any of the aforementioned languages either, I think you misunderstood my comment, or maybe I’m misunderstanding yours

[@jeongbun2386]

@@elbretto6062 ofc, I’m just saying it’s interesting to see the difference in the human experience

[@elbretto6062]

@@jeongbun2386 which languages can you speak

[@randomir8491]

Hey, native javanese here👋 I want say thank you for LingoLizard for covering up this language, because of how many people that speak this language in Java (around 100mil~) although it's not popular. Note : I love in the "Possessive Suffixes" part, you used "mata" (Eyes) as the object for the example. Cuz "matamu" and "matane" has a similar power like "your ass" for reaction to nonsense. So if someone says some nonsense or words that offending us, we will reacted with "MATAMU" or simply "YOUR ASS" 🤣

[@halagavi]

Or the Medan *pala kau* "your head" or the Sundanese *bengeut sia* "your face" 😂

[@koboi491]

Matane picek 😂

[@vitowidjojo7038]

Collection probably includes: Ndasmu Dengkulmu

[@nathanadhitya]

@@vitowidjojo7038 Probably also includes: Gundulmu Ngawurmu the possibilities are endless.

[@randomir8491]

@@nathanadhitya yeah, literally every part of body can be used

[@StealthySceptile]

Hello this is a comment from Stealthy, aka LingoLizard. I hope anyone reading this comment enjoys the video and has a nice day :)

[@MrZorx]

You should learn sceptile language (repeating the word sceptile over and over again). It seems like tone has a very high functional load in that language since there’s seemingly only one phonemic consonant and one phonemic vowel (?) in the language. There also is a lot of reduplication so it would be interesting to find out what the meaning of that is.

[@kuneritgu]

underrated comment ⬆

[@Giraffinator]

I refuse

[@orecula]

Thanks

[@Moses_VII]

Those two channels are so different. Lingo Lizard is fascinating. The other seems like it's for very small kids.

[@arfansthename]

Fun fact: The Java programming language is named after the Java coffee, which is from Java!

[@notwithouttext]

i program in javascript, the programming language, which is named after java, the programmamming language, which is named after java, the coffee, which is named after java, the place. javascript, the programming language, is unrelated to the javanese script, the script of java.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@notwithouttext the name Java the island was first mentioned around 2 milleniums ago in hindu text. its named after the plant "jawawit" (some kind of rice) which grows a lot on the island.

[@asepigun]

yeah it's true

[@refindoazhar1507]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 jewawut is not some kind of rice, it's foxtail millet, an entirely distinct type of grass from rices

[@diamondore4830]

@@notwithouttext damn, related but unrelated

[@weaseled4118]

One langauge that is definitely more known than the ones here, but is still really strongly underrepresented seems to be Bengali. It has 300 million speakers, and has some really cool history and literature, but is often ignored.

[@cousinparty7266]

Idk why but I think it’s mainly because there aren’t many ways to learn it. Despite Russian, Japanese, and German having fewer speaker than Bengali, there are an abundance of ways to learn the language, including online classes, available within a lot of schools, etc. however with Bengali you really got to do some digging and even might need to consult Bengali speakers. There isn’t even a Duolingo course on it, and they even have Klingon course on there

[@antares_m20]

@@cousinparty7266 in russia, japan, germany their language is valued the most, whether in bengali speaking countries like in Bangladesh, English is mostly used for official uses and in India [west bengal] hindi and english is used more too. so the necessity to learn bengali as higher importance isn't necessary

[@RadenWA]

Bengali is already the national language of Bangladesh, most of these “never heard” languages aren’t national except maybe Amharic but then most people don’t know it’s from Ethiopia.

[@jakeleo4518]

What shocked me the most when I first moved to America is how western folks call my language "bengali" and not Bangla. Feels odd to go from a place where they call it Bangla to somewhere they call it Bengali? I mean how even even happen? than I realized I lot of the native languages from different countries got their names western washed. Deutsch - German Español - Spanish Français - French Nederlands - Dutch Italiano - Italian Bangla - Bengali but then again most of these countries are also western countries why did this also happen to them? who's to blame for this?

[@cousinparty7266]

@@jakeleo4518 there are so many weird ways of saying countries too, based on countries. There are like 5 different ways to say Germany depending on the language. It mainly depend on what is easiest to say in their language and can also be based off of international relations

[@noistivmuestiliv3300]

As a native Punjabi speaker, I really like that Punjabi was mentioned in this list. I have seen so many lists talking of lesser known languages, or languages worth learning, and Punjabi was very rarely mentioned. Feels nice!

[@DragonTheOne]

Why didn't you insult Americans by saying it's called PUNjabi and not POONjabi

[@noistivmuestiliv3300]

@@DragonTheOne i always think that Panjabi is a better way to spell the name of the language

[@nathankiss2486]

I wouldn't have though Punjabi would be seen as a lesser known language. I would say most people in the UK would've at least heard of it, can't speak for any country outside of the UK however

[@noistivmuestiliv3300]

@@nathankiss2486 That might be because of the significant Punjabi diaspora in the UK. Similarly, a common Canadian would most likely have heard about Punjabi too since there is a large diaspora in Canada as well.

[@SjeetBrar]

If You think Punjabi is less known Language than i think you are mistaken

[@kave1445]

The Wu languages are my favorite out of these. I always loved the way Shanghainese sounded in particular. Hopefully I can study it someday.

[@elbretto6062]

i agree it has a genius sound

[@Liliphant_]

So interesting!

[@mwahaha3750]

as someone who comes from indian descent (albeit north indian) it was kind of shocking to me that people don't know tamil, telegu, marathi, and kannada. just goes to show how different everyone's experiences are.

[@tentathesane8032]

Bro, forget foreigners, I've found that most Indians don't even know Kannada exists. I've spoken to a lot of North Indians, and when I mention that I'm from Karnataka they say "Ohh so do you speak Tamil there or Telugu" x_x

[@racool911]

Do you know how many people I've seen that think "Indian" is a language lmao

[@ZealousWins]

​@@racool911My fellow Americans would likely be those who say this.

[@pedroribeiro3262]

Even europeans like portuguese ir Spanish think that pakistani and Indian are spoken in Pakistan and India

[@yh0o]

i kinda get how most ppl wouldnt know telegu, marathi, or kannada. but theres no way no one knows tamil

[@Dhi_Bee]

I’m surprised I knew all of the languages referenced in the video. I think it’s because I’ve been a language, history, & geography nerd since I was a child. I’m not even saying this as an “American shocks people by knowing even the most basic things about other countries” sort of way. I’m just proud of myself & thought I’d share it because like I said…I surprised myself😂

[@noistivmuestiliv3300]

Great!

[@vonPeterhof]

Also knew of them all, but I guess Marathi is the one I knew about the least before watching, was surprised to learn that it still had the neuter gender or the diphthong pronunciations of /ai/ and /au/.

[@SuryaManohar]

Wow, this video just made my day! As someone who speaks Telugu, I've never come across a video in the polyglot community analyzing my language before. I really enjoy watching language videos like the ones from Langfocus, where I get to learn about noun cases, verb inflections, and abugida, but I've never been able to compare it to my own language until now. I really hope more videos like this come out in the future. Thank you so much for creating this amazing video! Oh, and here's a fun fact: Telugu only has two genders - one for "he" and another for both "she" and "it". And it's called the "Italian of the East" because most of the words end in vowels. PS: We do say bye in Telugu but it more like " lets meet again" - "మళ్ళీ కలుద్దాం" - "またね", " ok then" - " సరే అయితే "-"じゃね" , " I'll take my leave/ that's all from me" - "ఉంటా" - "それでは" although they're more correct ways say but they all sound more formal. For some reason I feel like Telugu - Japanese have some similarities. This gets more exaggerated in Tamil - Korean

[@sheevpalps3846]

The last thing is pretty cool, do you think it's because of the formality or the sentence structure?

[@akale2620]

What are ur people called? People who speak telgu? Like Tamils are generally called madrasis, kanadi are kanadi, malyali are malyali or mallu, ur called telgis? Doesn't sound right? What is it?

[@SuryaManohar]

@@akale2620 we're called Telugu (తెలుగువాళ్ళు : Telugu folks). I think you are right about Malayalis but kannada people are called Kannadiga. I don't know what Tamil people are called but I am sure that it's certainly not madrasis. It might come across offensive

[@sheevpalps3846]

@@akale2620 Just Telugus

[@SuryaManohar]

@@sheevpalps3846 are you talking about Korean? If it's about Korean and Tamil, what I have observed is that they share a good amount of similar vocabulary and the way they construct phrases. Grammatical they're not that similar apart from SOV order.

[@deacudaniel1635]

When talking about Wu dialect group, I think Suzhounese also deserves to be mentioned, as it is considered the most pleasant sounding dialect in China.

[@dominicdoherty7208]

Wenzhounese is my fav

[@equilibrum999]

zhuang: wy am use luoman simbolz shenme de huoyuan.

[@Inescapeium]

Bengali is worth mentioning in this list, especially due to the fact that in 1952, many people in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) have sacrificed their lives for the language, as they protested against the imposition of Urdu by the central government of Pakistan. This happened on February 21 of that year, and every year we Bangladeshis celebrate International Mother Language Day, while at the same time we mourn the ones who died for our native tongue.

[@psyche1182]

Everybody knows Bengali tho

[@omp199]

It's sad that people were killed for protesting against the suppression of their language. It's also sad that people don't know that the phrase is "mother tongue", not "mother language".

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@omp199 why mother? why not father?

[@omp199]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Are you asking me for the history behind the phrase? I am afraid that I do not know that. I just know what the phrase is, because English is my mother tongue. :)

[@Swastikanothookcross]

But it's a well known language.

[@ms.doctor1634]

Happy that you mentioned Tamil in your list, It is the major Dravidian language along with Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada,But a bit sad that you didn't mention Malayalam in your video🙁. Dravidian languages🔥: தமிழ் (Tamizh)❤ മലയാളം (Malayalam) ❤ తెలుగు (Telugu) ❤ ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) ❤

[@FebruaryHas30Days]

Tamil is spelt with an l, not a z.

[@acharachteryoureattachedto]

@@FebruaryHas30Days Sometimes you can spell it with a z because Tamil has it’s own ✌exclusive✌ letter , “za” which is pronounced as a kind of mix between l and r so people write “Tamil” when it’s rlly pronounced “Tamihr”. Kinda like “sa” and “se” in Telugu but in other languages it changes to “sha” yk?

[@FebruaryHas30Days]

@@acharachteryoureattachedto The letters l and z are always pronounced very differently in every language that uses the Latin alphabet, therefore they aren't interchangeable. This means that Tamil could be spelt "Tamill" or "Tamyll" in the Welsh language, since "ll" in their language is the closest thing you can get to the sound the Tamil language makes. The Japanese name for this language (Romaji: Tamiru-go) transliterates it almost perfectly. All without the need to incorporate zeta, or the letter z.

[@aaqp5218]

I love it when someone even knows or acknowledges Tamil

[@Iamthebest2]

Malayalam isn’t spoken by that many people. Telugu,Tamil, and Kannada have more history and are significantly bigger languages.

[@halagavi]

Sometime in the past I felt like language enthusiast were only interested in IE, Semitic, and East Asian languages... Now that I've grown a tad bit older, that's not entirely wrong but merely one side of the coin-some people around me are ashamed of being heard speaking their language in public 🤷‍♂️ How would other people want to learn and appreciate our languages if it doesn't start from us?

[@elbretto6062]

also a lot of people want to be able to use a language and practice it but it can be difficult when the languages on the internet for example are mostly English plus European and East Asian languages. And usually people don't have a community nearby of a particular (relatively uncommon) language, how tragic

[@shahanshahpolonium]

I'm a native Kannada speaker, thanks for including our beautiful language :) (note to language simp : i am also a gigachad polyglot, like you)

[@nachiketmalpathak9039]

I'm a native Marathi speaker who's learning German. There are a few things that I've noticed are common to both: - Retention of 3 genders (m/f/n) wherein inanimate objects can also be m/f - Adding "in" to make a word feminine (mainly occupation). In Marathi, "kamgar" is worker, "kamgarin" is female worker, and so forth - Use of "s" when conjugating verbs to 2nd person (informal). Ich mache = Me karto; Du machSt = Tu kartoS/karteS

[@xiaq]

吴音 originates from the Middle Chinese period, well before Wu Chinese became a thing. The 吴 is used as a vague designation of "southern" pronunciation.

[@kirchunetwork1986]

I am a Kannadiga and I am not surprised to find Kannada in this list. We Kannadigas integrate into which ever area we move into and learn that particular language and try to become part of it and don't impose language on others and that is one of the reason why our language is not known outside of our state of Karnataka. This has both positive and negative effects. On the positive side , our ability to learn new languages makes us easier to settle down in new places we move in and on negative side , our large heartedness is misused by people who move into our state and even after living there for decades refuses to learn the local language.

[@msachin4885]

I agree. As a Kannada speaker if I had a nickel for every time someone said "oh you're Canadian" i could buy a car

[@shahanshahpolonium]

true true. even the people living for dozens of years are part of the kannad gottilla gang

[@omp199]

As somebody who went on holiday to Bangalore, spent about two weeks there, and didn't learn any Kannada, I apologise. I hope to go back one day, so I should learn some Kannada before I do. Do you know of any good resources that a native speaker of English could use to get started on learning Kannada?

[@ShankarSivarajan]

No, the problem is the Northerners spreading Hindi to our fair land like rats bringing the plague. It has become more common to hear Hindi than Kannada in the streets of Bangalore.

[@jakeleo4518]

12:37 bro it's not "tay-mol" or how ever you pronounced it it's idk how to write it down but "THHA mil or THA mil". 14:47 It's no "Ta-lu-gu" It's "Tha- lu gu"

[@HoneyBadgerLikesYou]

I like that this was sort of like a marathon LangFocus video. Nice job

[@wiseSYW]

LangUnfocused

[@darkalligraph]

You said at 5:56 'a' becomes an 'o' sound such as in Jawa. But at 6:52 you say Krama, I believe it's pronounced closer 'Kromo' 😅 This doesn't detract anything from the video (which is really well made I must add!), but I thought I would point it out nonetheless. I happen to know a bit of Javanese (I have family from Central Java). So, I think it's pronounced 'Kromo', but don't take my word for it, I am Australian after all 😅

[@ibnuhafizh121]

Another important thing to add is in Banyumasan Javanese (Javanese dialect spoken in westernmost part of Central Java Province, it is also called 'Jawa Ngapak') 'a' isn't pronounced 'o' , it stays 'a' in many cases. For example, when you're asking 'what's going on?' in common Javanese, you would say 'ono opo?'. But in Banyumasan Javanese, you would say 'ana apa?'. Not only the difference in pronunciation, Banyumasan dialect also has distinct intonation and slightly different vocabulary.

[@darkalligraph]

@@ibnuhafizh121 That's very interesting.

[@RadenWA]

But you are correct. In regular Javanese you pronounce it Kromo.

[@LingoLizard]

I didn’t notice until just now, my bad

[@darkalligraph]

@@LingoLizard No worries! It's very minor 😅

[@miles_quartz]

hello! I'm a little fresh when it comes to linguistics and a lot of the terminology you used completely flew over my head but I really appreciate and enjoyed listening to all the research that went into this video. you really know your stuff!

[@susanne5803]

As expected I knew next to nothing of all this. But I knew about Amharic and I remembered how much I liked their beautiful script. And I have at least heard about Javanese, Hausa, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi before. Thank you very much!

[@nobody9292s]

As a Punjabi speaker I’m grateful that you covered it in this video. Thank you!! (And by the way, goodbye and hi are the same in Punjabi with both translating to ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ pronounced “Sat Srii Akaal.” Hope that helps!!)

[@yukinosarkhel3001]

Love to see a fellow Punjab speaker! Just to add on, the actual greeting you use in Punjabi is largely influenced by your religious background. Sikhs do tend to use Sat Sri Akaal, Hindus more or less Namaste and Muslims largely use a Salaam alaikum. There are more nuances but that's the gist of it.

[@nobody9292s]

@@yukinosarkhel3001 You’re absolutely right!! I had forgotten about this. It’s really interesting how one’s religious background can change the greeting like this but it makes sense given the history of the Punjab region. Thank you for correcting me!! Nice to see another Punjabi speaker as well :)

[@Liggliluff]

@@nobody9292s There are some European languages that also do use the same for hello and good bye, and it's interesting. It's obvious what it means from context, but if you're not used to it, it can be a bit of a shock.

[@Pain53924]

Idk much punjabi. I only know assi tussi etc.

[@chaitanyanage4933]

As a native Marathi speaker, happy to see Marathi included in the list. Love it how it is closest to Sanskrit than other Indo Aryan languages.

[@krutoypika7442]

Now that I watched your video, I understand that this world has so many languages that most people don't speak about, and they are sometimes wonderful. Thanks for such educational content and efforts you put into finding all this info.

[@deacudaniel1635]

Awesome video! I've heard of most of these languages but didn't know the details about them.

[@julian.16]

POV: You knew at least the existance of those languages 😎

[@elbretto6062]

good. step 2: learn them all

[@julian.16]

@@elbretto6062 lol that be insanely hard

[@vijaykumarjha7822]

​@@elbretto6062 the hardest part will be finding resources

[@mvalthegamer2450]

As a native speaker of 2 of these, I get that certified Chad status

[@Swastikanothookcross]

@@vijaykumarjha7822 the hardest part will be putting in the work.

[@prim16]

Definitely an underrated linguistics channel. Thank you for this!!

[@anmise]

My parents are nigerian and now so many random things ive heard like Pikin which ive always known what they meant, make even more sense to me now

[@skeleteg]

at 00:17 russian word пиздец (pisdietz) is a pejorative word and means "fucked up"

[@mateus750]

Thanks for the great video and the effort put into them! It would be awesome in future videos to perhaps include clips of the more intriguing rarer sounds, so we could get an idea of how they are pronounced!:D

[@charlesji3995]

Native Wu speaker (Changshu dialect of Taihu area) and linguistics major here, what you said about Wu having the fewest distinct syllables is actually not true. Wu has as many phonemes as other significant languages if not more. My dialect has 34 onset consonants and 48 possible nuclei, including 8 tones (of course there are a lot of phonological constraints like the others), compared just 23 onset consonants and 39 possible nuclei, including 4 tones in Mandarin. Plus most sinitic languages have only nasal codas, and rarely [p,t,k] that you can find in southern regions. Anyways, this is just an minor issue and I’m really glad that you covered my native tongue!

[@rustymontanez]

I know all of these languages, and could even tell you a decent amount about most of them, but this is such an interesting overview! Learned a lot about Hausa and Javanese specifically!!

[@based4560]

Oh really? What can you tell me about Telugu?

[@thenextworstone9050]

In Nigerian Pidgin, it's not referred to as Naija, that just means Nigeria

[@rambabuvinjamuri3949]

NAATU, NAATU song which won an Oscar this year is in Telugu language

[@MXY...]

Great video K Klein, thank you

[@revanmkt5471]

The go-on in Japanese is actually the first layer of Chinese loanwords in Japanese, which were borrowed from the Wu region. This borrowing happened about 7 to 8th century BC, meaning that it has little to do with the Wu language today.

[@slomo4672]

BC or AD?

[@refindoazhar1507]

@@slomo4672 from what i know the sinicization happened somewhere in the middle of the first millenium AD

[@revanmkt5471]

@@slomo4672 AD

[@AchyutChaudhary]

You forgot Malayalam - the 4th of the 4 Major Dravidian languages, spoken in the 🇮🇳 Indian state of Kerala with not much less speakers than Kannada (35 million natives of Malayalam) - and is also one of the Classical Languages of India, & it's script having the most letters for any Indian Abuguida & looks beautiful like this - മലയാളം! Lovely video though!

[@srirampatnaik9164]

He didn't forget. It simply didn't make the list.

[@jakeferrison2487]

Malayalam not to be confused with Malay language

[@Pain53924]

"aysheri" This word is 1/10th of the malayalam i know

[@srirampatnaik9164]

@@Salmanul_ '10 most spoken languages' is quite objective. Odia has more speakers than malayalam, yet didn't make the list

[@kuneritgu]

Oh, Lingo, you will never disappoint me with your videos! 🦎

[@Jenkowelten]

5:36 bring back the original script

[@FranzJoseph1914]

These languages are fascinating and would be fun to learn!

[@wrenisprobablyb0red]

Did language simp not know what an abugida is? That's not very gigachad! Fantastic video! Definitely your coolest yet! And not just because I helped a little with it. :P

[@Liggliluff]

I think I might heard the last one, I do think so. But I'm a huge language nerd. But it was nice hearing information about the languages, since I only have heard about the names, not really how they work.

[@neitea2]

Oh my God, im so happy that someone finally made some description of Javanese script internationally!

[@FriedMercy]

commenting to boost the video 🙂

[@mvalthegamer2450]

As a native Marathi speaker, it is nice seeing the language get some attention

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

What is it like being used to everyone IRL having dark skin but then watching anime where everyone has light skin?

[@Pain53924]

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Feels like I am watching an anime😐

[@yh0o]

⁠​⁠@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 what is it like being used to only seeing ppl with light skin irl but then watching a show where everyone has dark skin?

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

@@yh0o I dont know, Ive never watched any such show.

[@pierreabbat6157]

I've heard of all of these, and I've met some Gujaratis, a Telugu, and probably some Amharic speakers (at Ethiopian restaurants, but I didn't get to know them).

[@balikris]

Wu and telegu I didn't know ... the rest: yes! Maybe because I'm a Dane and speaking Danish (approx. 5,5 mio inhabitant) it's necessary to be open to languages. Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Saved, as I have to go deeper into it again.

[@travis8895]

Wow thank you for bringing the language called German to my attention. I had never even heard of it before!

[@based4560]

Nice to see a video on Telugu, i think this is the only video that has a linguistic analysis of Telugu. Unfortunately, there aren't too many resources in Telugu.

[@multatuli1]

As an Indonesian we got teached German language in high school beside English 😂 but I've forgot it all since I've never using it

[@stegotyranno4206]

Bro thanks for including Punjabi, we are never mentioned in any of these linguistic videos. Jai Punjab

[@Dhi_Bee]

If anyone is curious, Nigerian Pidgin even has there own language pages on BBC World News & Wikipedia

[@kilanspeaks]

Greetings from Indonesia, a hotbed of languages (around 700 on a good day) you’ve never heard of but have tens of millions of speakers, some of them which you can find on my channel 😁

[@jadetuin9086]

One of my school website's main languages is Amharic even though I live in America because of the sizable Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora in my district

[@samuelr007ruiz9]

the fact that the regional border is so similar to the language extension makes me so happy, it is just perfect.

[@vermillion2023]

The collab we didn't know we needed.

[@ruinenlust_]

You made such a big point of speaker count in the beginning of the video, really weird that you then chose to not include them for the actual list.

[@RadenWA]

Amharic : 57M Kannada : 58.6M Javanese : 82M Hausa : 77M Wu : 80M Tamil : 86M Telugu : 96M Marathi : 95M Punjabi : 113M Nigerian Pidgin : 120.7M Just off quick Wikipedia search because I am genuinely curious myself

[@haha-le4gd]

5:42 yeah, as a javanese itself, i can confirm, i only use javanese scripts and krama javanese in javanese school subject, and sometimes when i wanna write a fancy text 🗿😭

[@ethandouro4334]

This was such an amazing video but you guys didn't talk about Ancient Albanian Sign Language that used to be the language of Literature during the Macedonian times

[@junirenjana]

btw the Indonesian Wikipedia page for Javanese is a Good Article with decent citations, if you want to discuss the lang in the future hehe

[@msruag]

i know literally all these languages both because i'm a language nerd and also because most of the people in my town speak them despite living in the us 😭

[@omp199]

Do you speak them all?

[@msruag]

@@omp199 no lol, i know of their existence but i don't know some of the languages. though, i do speak urdu, hindi, and english, 30% of bengali and i know a few words in javanese, sundanese and telugu also i know how to read arabic/urdu script, devanagari, bengali script, hiragana and katakana (for no reason at all), gujarati, sindhi, and like half of gurmukhi script

[@omp199]

@@msruag That's pretty cool. I have been slacking off in comparison. I sort of know Esperanto, school-level French, and a tiny amount of German. I have been learning Japanese but am still at a beginner level. I should learn some of the Indian languages, as they are the languages of my ancestors!

[@msruag]

@@omp199 oh nice!

[@Jeda5479]

At 6:05 , I think it should be "kirim" instead of kiren. It's pronounced "kirem" though, where "ki" is pronounced like "key" in English and "rim/rem" is pronounced like "rem in remedy" in English. Also Java coding language as far as I know, named after Java coffee which the coffee bean originally is from Java island.

[@ion_muresanu]

I love amharic. The script just look amazing 😍

[@rakshachethan2643]

Sheesh thank you bro for adding my language kannada .

[@Deckbark]

The phonology and script are what make these languages unique 👌

[@anjuk6255]

3:07 thanks for the video. I am a native kannada speaker. For ones who are wondering how do people even learn all these complexities, this is the beautiful thing about any language, it is often well structured that you don't even realise it in day to day conversation (unless you study literature). Thanks for making me realize this about my own language and also how beautiful languages can be.

[@prioe93]

I am of Javanese ethnicity and also a native Javanese speaker really appreciate this content

[@JLo83]

This was a great video but a lot of people don't know all the language terms you ran through so quickly. Maybe saying more examples of the actual words or tenses you're referring to would sustain engagement better.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

It was actually an interesting discovery that I learned wait some indo europians languages have tones - pundžabi, slovenian, lietuviešu LATVIEŠU - my language has tones! Ou it does! zāle (grass) is differentiated from zāle (hall) by tones, I had to checks by saying one or other word to people and asking them to tell me in english what I said and everyone always heard exactly what I said. Nice.

[@dloui5214]

according to my indonesian friend , bahasa is spoken by more than 250 mio individuals . their population alone are 278 mio not including malaysia and brunei , singapore & southern part of phillipines , and part of east timor

[@hydro63]

This whole video seemed like fanservice (kind of like a gift to be honest) for language nerds with bunch of things we i love to see. I mean with the grammer tables, Language Simp, cool languages and and the talking speed, what else would i need. Thank you for enteraining 1/2 an hour of my life

[@benmugase]

I'm irritated about how it's excruciatingly difficult to find learning resources for many of these "common" languages. Some examples would be Lahnda and Marathi.

[@omp199]

Become a millionaire and then employ a bunch of native speakers of those languages to teach them to you and then compile what you have learnt into learning resources for the rest of us to use. :)

[@RadenWA]

Unfortunately the only way to learn these languages is to live where it’s spoken and learn directly from someone who speaks it. Afterall, there are barely any use of learning them unless you actually live in and interact with people from the area.

[@chaitanyanage4933]

I'm happy to know you want to know Marathi. Do learn it. It's is a good language with rich literature. Uou can find some courses online.

[@benmugase]

@@omp199 I'm actually a millionaire but unfortunately in the wrong currency (1 million in my currency is worth < $40)

[@MydogIsfluffy-io6fo]

While there are some sounds in Tamil that rely on other letters, it’s quite easy to tell the difference, for example for when பா is used like ‘ba’ or ‘pa’ if you study the language; get a feel for it.

[@strpth414]

Hausa being covered by a language channel? Let's gooo!

[@wiederkahlgeburtvongeiertr1004]

Very instresting! nice

[@florianwuz6833]

As a native Wu Chinese speaker who lives in Zhejiang Province, I would like to express my gratitude for your efforts on making this great video! But I want to point out that Japanese Go-on isn't a direct descendant of the Wu Chinese. Though the examples given in this video (12:09) look quite similar. It's mainly due to the same changes have happened in both Japanese Go-on and Wu Chinese, but not in Mandarin or other Chinese languages. Linguists believe that Go-on and Wu Chinese are both descendants of Middle Chinese (~5CE, Northern and Southern Dynasty), the name Go-on is named after the Southern part of China, Go(Wu 吴) ,which is thought to be the origin (in ~5CE ) of Go-on System.

[@paduka23]

I'm Javanese, thank you for adding my language, many foreigners doesn't know this language yet :') Ngoko Aku wong Jåwå, suwun wis nambahké båsåku, akéh wong jåbå sing durung ngerti båså iki :") Kråmå Kulå tiyang Jawi, matur nuwun sampun mindhakaken båsåku, kathah tiyang njawi ingkang déréng ngertos båså niki Kråmå inggil Kawulå tiyang Jawi, matur sembah nuwun sampun mindhakaken båsåku, kathah tiyang njawi ingkang déréng ngertos båså menikå

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

bapak turu kulo siram.

[@jonasarnesen6825]

5:30 Javanese written by simps. 5:36 Javanese written by gigachads

[@Jenkowelten]

Exactly my man

[@realquaz]

5:36 is called Aksara Jawa, students usually learn them in elementary school i think.

[@rickydimas4427]

Hi thanks for covering our language, i'm Javanese Indonesia. Maturnuwun means Thank You

[@navin_kumar_ftw]

I am a native Tamil speaker happy to see western people covering our language

[@stegotyranno4206]

19:11 Not all punjabi dialects are tonal and lost voiced aspirates. Even the standard is pitch accent not tonal. Many varieties such as Hindko, if you can call it a variety, have high similarity to Sanskrit sounds. And early punjabi did not have tone but had Voiced aspirates. many people get this extremely wrong. Edit: Nvrmind i saw the message a bit later ahah

[@babycantdance61]

Thank God I studied African Languages once. And I have heard about Amharic, Haussa, Ki-Swahili and Ewe.

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

*Pardon*, but I'm Indonesian here 😒🙄 (I'm from Bandung city, which we mainly speak Sundanese & Javanese). I also knew few Batak language. I'm Batak btw. There's more than 1 language (Indonesian) that we usually speak of (our main/official language). There are over 700 languages and over 1,300 ethnic groups. That's include Sundanese, Javanese, Batak, Bali, Bekasi, and lot more. Even I didn't know all of them.

[@ketanvirbhadre1634]

One small correction, marathi was also written in modi lipi before the independence.

[@Pain53924]

barobar bollas

[@smelly1060]

Was not expecting pidgin

[@nurkholis6975]

native javanese here, thanks for covering up!

[@insektisida968]

Good lesson

[@Daviddaze]

Punjabi and Tamil are both listed in the top 20 languages with most speakers from the book ' Babel'.

[@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures]

I speak a dialect of Punjabi, considered by a lot of speakers to be an independent language, the Pothwari language spoken in Pothwar region of Northern Punjab most notably Rawalpindi the differences with punjabi are mostly vocabulary words and some prepositions and verbs, like the prepositions in Pothwari are nā (genitive"of") kī (dative/accusative marker) ań (ergative marker) sũ (ablative"from") icc (inessive"in") nal (comitative"with") other examples are "I will see" in Punjabi "Maiñ vekh leyāñga" in Pothwari "Maiñ takki kińsāñ" "Will you go with me?" Punjabi "tu mere nāl jāveñga?" Pothwari "tu māŕe nal julsēñ?" "Give him water" Punjabi "ennũ pāńi deyo" Pothwari "`issã\`iski pāńi des " etc.

[@jimwu4579]

Heyyyy shout out to Amharic speakers! My buddy speaks Oromo at home, but he speaks Amharic with his wife when they need to talk smack about their kids in front of them :D

[@cactusnarwhal8628]

i really would love to see some linguistics nerd master all languages and become the avatar or some shit

[@imoutodaisuki]

6:42 this… this is the true nightmare of learning Javanese, and I'm native Javanese! Nowadays my daily language is Indonesian and English. Although my family still use Javanese, it's often mixed with Indonesian. So if I listen to someone speaking high Javanese I just could understand.

[@kori228]

11:13 fun fact, Suzhou Wu also has fricative forms of /i/ and /y/ 😄

[@thedompatrinhoofficial]

Cap, I've heard of Amharic, Javanese, Hausa, Punjabi and Pidgin English.

[@Yadobler]

22:30 tamil don't say goodbye, but something like "I'll be back" or "imma put down (the phone)" or "(thank you and) Greetings" In funerals you'd say "I'll go". Because to say "I'll be back" implies you'll be coming to another funeral. Also, when the main character of a movie says "im leaving!" without saying "I'll be back", you SURE AS HELL know it's foreshadowing the character dying.

[@RubyPiec]

oh hey, I knew about all of these, but I knew nothing aobut them, thank you!

[@katakana1]

about-aobut distinction

[@shahanshahpolonium]

@@katakana1 Lol

[@RubyPiec]

@@katakana1 i keep forgetting the rules on when I should use about or aobut :(

[@almond3963]

​@@RubyPiec wtf is aobut?