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150 language s found in Canada

Language Name Dialect & Alternate Names Language Code  
Afrikaans Afrikaans afr comment
Algonquin Algonkin ; Algonquin alq comment
American Sign Language Ameslan ; ASL ; American Sign Language ase comment
* Abnaki, Western Abnaki, Western ; Abenaqui ; Abenaki ; St. Francis abe comment
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan aju comment
Arabic, Najdi Spoken Arabic, Najdi Spoken ars comment
Armenian Armenian hye comment
Assiniboine Assiniboin ; Assiniboine asb comment
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic aii comment
Atikamekw Atihkamekw ; Attimewk ; Tête de Boule ; Atikamek ; Attikamek ; Atikamekw atj comment
Babine Northern Carrier ; Witsuwit'en ; Babine ; Babine Carrier bcr comment
Beaver Beaver bea comment
Belarusan Belarusan bel comment
Bella Coola Nuxalk ; Bella Coola blc comment
Beothuk Bethuck ; Beothuk ; Bethuk ; Red Indians ; Beothuc ; Newfoundland bue comment
Blackfoot Peigan ; Piegan ; Blackfeet ; Blood ; Pikanii ; Blackfoot bla comment
Bulgarian Bulgarian bul comment
Carrier, Southern Nautley ; Carrier, Southern ; Stellaquo ; Stoney Creek ; Prince George ; Cheslatta caf comment
Carrier Grand Rapids ; Tachie ; Central Carrier ; Middle River ; Portage ; Carrier ; Pinchie ; Necoslie crx comment
Cayuga Cayuga cay comment
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Chaldean Neo-Aramaic cld comment
Chilcotin Tzilkotin ; Chilcotin clc comment
Chinese, Yue Vancouver Cantonese ; Chinese, Yue yue comment
* Chinook Wawa Chinook Pidgin ; Chinook Jargon ; Chinook Wawa chn comment
Chipewyan Chipewyan ; Dene ; Yellowknife chp comment
Comox Sliammon ; Island Comox ; Comox ; Comox-Sliammon coo comment
Corsican Corsican cos comment
Cree, Moose Cree, Moose ; York Cree ; West Shore Cree ; West Main Cree crm comment
Cree, Plains Western Cree ; Northern Alberta Cree ; Plains Cree ; Western York Cree ; Cree, Plains crk comment
Cree, Swampy West Main Cree ; Western Swampy Cree ; Eastern Swampy Cree ; Cree, Swampy ; West Shore Cree ; York Cree csw comment
Cree, Woods Cree, Woods cwd comment
Czech Czech ces comment
Dakota Dakota ; Santee ; Nakota ; Sioux ; Dakota ; Yankton dak comment
Danish Danish dan comment
Dogrib Dogrib ; Detah-Ndilo dgr comment
East Cree, Northern East Cree, Northern ; Northern Eastern James Bay Cree ; Northern James Bay Cree crl comment
East Cree, Southern Eastern James Bay Cree Southern Dialect ; East Cree, Southern ; James Bay Cree Southern Dialect crj comment
English Newfoundland English ; English eng comment
Estonian Estonian est comment
Farsi, Western Farsi, Western pes comment
Finnish Finnish fin comment
French Franco-Ontarien ; Français ; French ; Québécois ; Acadian ; Acadien fra comment
Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Irish gle comment
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish gla comment
German, Hutterite German, Hutterite ; Tirolean ; Tyrolese ; Hutterian German geh comment
German, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Dutch ; Amish Pennsylvania German ; Pennsylvanisch Deitsch ; German, Pennsylvania ; Non-Amish Pennsylvania German ; Pennsylvanisch pdc comment
German, Standard German, Standard deu comment
Gitxsan Gitksan ; Giklsan ; Gitsken ; Western Gitsken ; Eastern Gitxsan ; Gitxsan ; Gitxsan ; Gityskyan git comment
Greek Greek ell comment
Gwich'in Fort Yukon Gwich'in ; Arctic Red River ; Tukudh ; Tukudh ; Gwich'in ; Western Canada Gwich'in ; Kutchin ; Loucheux ; Loucheux ; Arctic Village Gwich'in ; Takudh gwi comment
* Haida, Northern Haida, Northern ; Masset hdn comment
* Haida, Southern Haida, Southern ; Skidegate hax comment
Haisla Kitimat ; Kitamat ; Haisla has comment
Haitian Creole French Haitian Creole French hat comment
Halkomelem Holkomelem ; Musqueam ; Nanaimo ; Halkomelem ; Cowichan ; Chiliwack hur comment
* Han Han ; Dawson ; Moosehide ; Han-Kutchin haa comment
Heiltsuk Southern Heiltsuk ; Heiltsuk ; Bella Bella ; Northern Heiltsuk ; Ooweekeeno hei comment
Hebrew Hebrew heb comment
Hungarian Hungarian hun comment
Icelandic Icelandic isl comment
Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit ; Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian ; Eastern Arctic Eskimo ; Eastern Canadian Eskimo ; Quebec Eskimo ; Baffinland Eskimo ; Labrador Eskimo ike comment
Inuktitut, Western Canadian Copper Eskimo ; Keewatin ; Inuktitut, Western Canadian ; Netsilik ; Copper Inuktitut ; Caribou Eskimo ; Copper Inuit ; Inuvialuktun ; Siglit ikt comment
Inupiatun, North Alaskan North Slope Inupiatun ; Mackenzie Delta Inupiatun ; Inupiatun, North Alaskan ; Eskimo ; Inupiat ; North Alaskan Inupiat ; Mackenzie Inupiatun ; West Arctic Inupiatun ; Inupiaq esi comment
Italian Italian ita comment
Iu Mien Iu Mien ium comment
Jamaican Creole English Southwestern Caribbean Creole English jam comment
Japanese Japanese jpn comment
Kashubian Kashubian csb comment
Kaska Nahane ; Caska ; Kaska ; Nahani ; Eastern Nahane kkz comment
Khmer, Central Khmer, Central khm comment
Korean Korean kor comment
Kurdish, Northern Kurdish, Northern kmr comment
Kutenai Kootenai ; Ktunaxa ; Kootenay ; Kutenai kut comment
Kwakiutl Kwagiutl ; Kwakiutl ; Kwak'wala kwk comment
Lakota Lakhota ; Teton ; Lakota lkt comment
Lao Lao lao comment
Latvian Latvian lav comment
Laurentian Laurentian ; St. Lawrence Iroquoian lre comment
Lillooet St'at'imcets ; Lillooet lil comment
Lithuanian Lithuanian lit comment
Macedonian Macedonian mkd comment
Malecite-Passamaquoddy Passamaquoddy ; Malecite ; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy ; Maliseet ; Malecite-Passamaquoddy pqm comment
Maltese Maltese mlt comment
Maritime Sign Language Nova Scotian Sign Language ; Maritime Sign Language nsr comment
Michif French Cree ; Michif ; Metis crg comment
Micmac Micmac ; Mi'kmaq ; Northern Micmac ; Miigmao ; Southern Micmac ; Restigouche ; Mi'gmaq mic comment
Mohawk Mohawk moh comment
Montagnais Montagnais ; Western Montagnais ; Innu Aimun ; Innu ; Eastern Montagnais moe comment
* Munsee Delaware ; Ontario Delaware ; Munsee umu comment
Naskapi Iyuw Imuun ; Mushuau Innu ; Western Naskapi ; Innu Aimuun ; Naskapi ; Eastern Naskapi nsk comment
Nisga'a Nishga ; Nisk'a ; Nisga'a ; Niska ; Nishka ; Nass ncg comment
Nootka Didinaht ; Ditinat ; Nutka ; Nuuchahnulth ; Nitinat ; Nootka ; Nitinaht noo comment
Nung Nung nut comment
Ojibwa, Central Central Ojibwe ; Ojibway ; Ojibwa, Central ; Ojibwe ojc comment
Ojibwa, Eastern Ojibway ; Ojibwe ; Ojibwa, Eastern ojg comment
Ojibwa, Northwestern Saulteaux ; Berens River Ojibwa ; Northern Ojibwa ; Lac Seul Ojibwa ; Albany River Ojibwa ; Ojibwe ; Ojibwa, Northwestern ; Ojibway ; Rainy River Ojibwa ; Lake of the Woods Ojibwa ojb comment
Ojibwa, Severn Ojibway ; Severn River Ojibwa ; Northern Ojibwa ; Ojibwa, Severn ; Oji-Cree ; Ojicree ; Winisk River Ojibwa ; Cree ; Ojibwe ojs comment
Ojibwa, Western Ojibwe ; Plains Ojibway ; Ojibwa, Western ; Ojibway ; Saulteaux ojw comment
Okanagan Okanagan-Colville ; Okanogan ; Okanagan ; Okanagon ; Sanpoil ; Southern Okanogan oka comment
Oneida Oneida one comment
Onondaga Onandaga ; Onondaga ono comment
Ottawa Odawa ; Ojibwe ; Ottawa ; Ojibway otw comment
Panjabi, Eastern Panjabi, Eastern pan comment
Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Western pnb comment
Pentlatch Pentlatch ; Puntlatch ptw comment
Plains Indian Sign Language Plains Indian Sign Language psd comment
Plautdietsch Mennonite German ; Mennoniten Platt ; Low German ; Plautdietsch pdt comment
Polish Polish pol comment
Pontic Pontic pnt comment
Portuguese Portuguese por comment
Potawatomi Pottawottomi ; Potawatomi pot comment
Quebec Sign Language LSQ ; Langue des Signes Québécoise ; Langue Signe Quebecars ; Langue des Signes du Québec ; Quebec Sign Language fcs comment
Romani, Vlax Romani, Vlax rmy comment
Romanian Romanian ron comment
Russian Russian ; Doukhobour Russian rus comment
Salish, Straits Semiahmoo ; Straits ; Songish ; Lummi ; Ts'ooke ; Saanich ; Samish ; Salish, Straits str comment
Sarsi Sarsi ; Tsuu T'ina ; Sarcee srs comment
* Sechelt Sechelt sec comment
Sekani Sekani sek comment
Seneca Seneca see comment
Serbian Serbian srp comment
Shuswap Western Shuswap ; Secwepemc ; Eastern Shuswap ; Shuswap shs comment
Sinhala Sinhala sin comment
Slavey, North Bearlake ; Hare ; Dené ; Mackenzian ; Slave ; Slavey, North ; Slavi ; Mountain scs comment
Slavey, South Slavi ; Slave ; Mackenzian ; Dené ; Slavey, South xsl comment
Slovak Slovak slk comment
Slovenian Slovenian slv comment
Spanish Spanish spa comment
* Squamish Squamish squ comment
Stoney Stoney ; Northern Stoney ; Southern Stoney ; Nakoda ; Stony sto comment
Swedish Swedish swe comment
Sylheti Sylheti syl comment
Tagalog Tagalog tgl comment
* Tagish Tagish tgx comment
* Tahltan Tahltan tht comment
Tanana, Upper Nabesna ; Tanana, Upper tau comment
Thompson Thompson ; Nklapmx ; Ntlakapmuk thp comment
Tlingit Thlinget ; Tlingit ; Tlinkit tli comment
Tongan Tongan ton comment
Tsetsaut Tsetsaut txc comment
Tsimshian Chimmezyan ; Coast Tsimshian ; Sm'algyax ; Sguxs ; Old Klemtu ; Tsimpshean ; Zimshian ; Southern Tsimshian ; Tsimshian tsi comment
Turkish Turkish tur comment
Turoyo Turoyo tru comment
* Tuscarora Tuscarora tus comment
Tutchone, Northern Tutchone, Northern ; Selkirk ttm comment
Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Southern tce comment
Ukrainian Ukrainian ukr comment
Vietnamese Vietnamese vie comment
Welsh Welsh cym comment
Yiddish, Eastern Yiddish, Eastern ydd comment
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