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Languages directory

From one completed translation to a global scholarly network.

The architecture is designed to support hundreds of languages without creating hundreds of disconnected static pages.

650+major world languages

A lasting direction, not a claim of current coverage.

Global language horizon

The first selected 25 records in a 650+ language ambition

Urdu is the agreed next translation. Population orders this future candidate group after Urdu, while Arabic and English retain their distinct source and completed states.

A world map showing approved language priorities and representative audience countries. Choosing a language focuses its representative countries. Choosing a country opens the mapped languages for that location.
Source Complete Urdu next Future priority Audience country
World view

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Urdu

اردو

246,000,000approximate total speakers
Principal reference country
Pakistan
Mapped audience
1 representative country
Translation team
Team formation
Funding
Seeking volume sponsors
Language spoken in

Pakistan

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Population priority

Selected 25 language view

Urdu remains first in the operational roadmap. Population orders this agreed candidate group.

650+ language ambition. Figures use rounded estimates of total first and second language speakers. One language can illuminate several representative countries without creating duplicate priorities. Ethnologue comparative language estimates.

Built for scale

Structured language records

Each language carries a stable identity, native name, regions, population estimate, project status, team status, funding status and measurable publication totals.

Comparable estimates

Compare like with like

The ranked map uses rounded estimates of first and second language speakers. Broader audience measures are recorded separately so different definitions are not mixed into one ranking.

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Publishing reach

Potential readership can be larger

Official audience studies report almost 636 million potential Spanish speakers and 396 million Francophones. Those broader measures inform publishing strategy but do not replace the comparable map figures.

Instituto Cervantes Francophone Observatory

Progressive release

Reveal carefully, not all at once

The wider research register remains private while language identities, population figures and delivery requirements are reviewed. Approved records can be released without rebuilding the map.

Phase 1 directory

Search the first language records

Current records establish the model. Additional languages can be added through data, not new page templates.

7 languages in this directory

EN

English

English

Published
1,493,000,000approximate total speakers

Global

Works
1
Translated
83
Published*
70

TeamTranslation complete; publication work continues

FundingNot applicable

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UR

Urdu

اردو

Seeking sponsor
246,000,000approximate total speakers

South Asia, Global diaspora

Works
1
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamTeam formation

FundingSeeking volume sponsors

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FR

French

Français

Seeking translator
334,000,000approximate total speakers

Europe, Africa, Global

Works
To select
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamExpressions of interest welcome

FundingNot started

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TR

Turkish

Türkçe

Not started
94,000,000approximate total speakers

Türkiye, Europe, West Asia

Works
To select
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamSeeking translator

FundingNot started

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ID

Indonesian

Bahasa Indonesia

Not started
255,000,000approximate total speakers

Southeast Asia

Works
To select
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamSeeking translator

FundingNot started

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BN

Bengali

বাংলা

Not started
274,000,000approximate total speakers

South Asia, Global diaspora

Works
To select
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamSeeking translator

FundingNot started

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ES

Spanish

Español

Not started
561,000,000approximate total speakers

Europe, Latin America, Global

Works
To select
Translated
Not yet
Published*
Not yet

TeamSeeking translator

FundingNot started

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* The English total records volumes published through Amazon.