[languages and writing systems by specific type]Afro-AsiaticAlacalufanAlgicAltaicAndamaneseAustralian AboriginalAymaranBarbacoanBasqueCaddoanCahuapananChibchanChimakuanChocoChumashCoahuiltecanDravidianHmong-MienHokanHuaveanIndo-EuropeanIroquoianJivaroanKatukinanKhoisanMakuMascoianMayanMisumalpanMuraMuskogeanNa-DeneNambiquaranNiger-CongoNilo-SaharanOto-MangueanPaezanPenutianQuechuanSalishanSalivanSiouanTacananTupianUralicUto-AztecanWakashanYukaghirZamucoanQuébécois[temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems]Amto-MusanArauanAraucanianArawakanArutani-SapeAustro-AsiaticAustronesianBayono-AwbonoEnglish-Tahitian CantCaribanChonChukotko-Kamchatkan[specific types of deaf sign languages]Eskimo-AleutEast Geelvink-BayGuahibanGulfHarakmbetKiowa-TanoanKwomtari-BaibaiLeft May[specific types of language isolates]Lower MamberamoLule-VilelaMacro-GeMataco-GuaicuruMixe-Zoque[specific types of mixed languages]MosetenanNorth CaucasianPanoan[specific types of pidgin languages]Sepik-Ramu[specific types of sign languages]Sino-TibetanSkoKartvelianSubtiaba-TlapanecTai-KadaiTarascanTorricelliTotonacanTrans-New GuineaTucanoan[specific types of unclassified languages]Uru-ChipayaWest PapuanWitotoanYanomamYeniseianZaparoan[specific types of artificial languages][specific types of creole languages]JaponicYukianBalineseBalinese (transliterated)languages and writing systems