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Languages that end with A

22 languages ending with the letter A — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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This page lists languages that end with A. 22 languages are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.

Table of contents 22 entries
AymaraBislamaDzongkhaFula
HakkaHausaInterlinguaKannada
KinyarwandaLakotaLingalaMandinka
OdiaQuechuaQuenyaShona
SinhalaTigrinyaToki PonaXhosa
YorubaYucatec Maya

List of Languages That End With A

    1

    Aymara

    An Aymaran language spoken in the Andean Altiplano of Bolivia, Peru, and Chile — about 1.7 million speakers, official in Bolivia alongside Spanish and 35 others.

    2

    Bislama

    An English-based creole that serves as the national language of Vanuatu — one of three official languages alongside English and French.

    3

    Dzongkha

    The national language of Bhutan — a Sino-Tibetan language of the southern Himalayas closely related to classical Tibetan.

    4

    Fula

    A Niger-Congo language spoken across the Sahel from Senegal to Sudan — the language of the historically pastoralist Fulani people, with about 65 million speakers.

    5

    Hakka

    A Sinitic language of the dispersed Hakka people — historically labelled "guest families" — spoken across southern China, Taiwan, and a wide diaspora.

    6

    Hausa

    A Chadic language and one of Africa's largest lingua francas — spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, and as a trade language throughout West Africa.

    7

    Interlingua

    A naturalistic auxiliary language compiled in 1951 from the shared Romance and Latinate vocabulary of major European languages — readable on first sight by their speakers.

    8

    Kannada

    A Dravidian language and the official tongue of Karnataka — spoken by about 44 million people and one of India's six classical languages, with a literary history stretching back 1,500 years.

    9

    Kinyarwanda

    A Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda — spoken by virtually all 13 million Rwandans and shared with related dialects in Uganda and DR Congo.

    10

    Lakota

    A Western Siouan language of the Great Plains — spoken by the Lakota people across the Dakotas, Nebraska, and southern Saskatchewan.

    11

    Lingala

    A Bantu language and a lingua franca along the Congo River — spoken by tens of millions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo.

    12

    Mandinka

    A Mande language spoken across the western Sahel — the most widely spoken language in The Gambia and a major language in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

    13

    Odia

    An Indo-Aryan language and the official tongue of the Indian state of Odisha — one of India's six classical languages, with a literary tradition dating to the 13th century.

    14

    Quechua

    A family of indigenous Andean languages — the language of the Inca Empire, today spoken by about 8 to 10 million people across Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and beyond.

    15

    Quenya

    A fictional Elvish language created by J.R.R. Tolkien — the "Elven-Latin" of Middle-earth, designed to evoke Finnish and Latin aesthetics.

    16

    Shona

    A Bantu language and the most-spoken first language in Zimbabwe — also widely used in Mozambique, with a vibrant oral and musical tradition (especially mbira music).

    17

    Sinhala

    An Indo-Aryan language brought to Sri Lanka over two millennia ago — official in the island nation alongside Tamil, with about 16 million native speakers.

    18

    Tigrinya

    A Semitic language of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia — written in Geʽez script and closely related to Amharic and the ancient Geʽez liturgical language.

    19

    Toki Pona

    A minimalist constructed language created by Sonja Lang in 2001 — with only about 120 root words, designed to encourage simple, mindful expression.

    20

    Xhosa

    A Nguni Bantu language famous for its three click consonants — South Africa's second-most-spoken language and the mother tongue of Nelson Mandela.

    21

    Yoruba

    A Niger-Congo language spoken by about 47 million people in southwestern Nigeria and Benin — known for its rich oral tradition and tonal phonology.

    22

    Yucatec Maya

    A Mayan language spoken across Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and Belize — the largest of the Mayan languages, with about 770,000 speakers.

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