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Languages that end with O

14 languages ending with the letter O — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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This page lists languages that end with O. 14 languages are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.

Table of contents 14 entries
CebuanoChamorroEsperantoIdo
IgboKrioLadinoLao
NavajoOromoPashtoSango
SothoTagalog (Filipino)

List of Languages That End With O

    1

    Cebuano

    An Austronesian language and the second-most-spoken language of the Philippines — dominant across the Visayas and northern Mindanao.

    2

    Chamorro

    The Austronesian language of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands — the indigenous tongue of Pacific island communities heavily influenced by three centuries of Spanish contact.

    3

    Esperanto

    The most successful constructed international auxiliary language — created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to serve as a politically neutral second language for all.

    4

    Ido

    A reformed version of Esperanto created in 1907 to address perceived flaws — the most significant Esperanto offshoot, with a small but persistent community.

    5

    Igbo

    A Niger-Congo language of southeastern Nigeria — spoken by about 30 million people and one of Nigeria's three official "majority" languages.

    6

    Krio

    An English-based creole that is the lingua franca of Sierra Leone — descended from the speech of freed Africans resettled in Freetown from the late 18th century.

    7

    Ladino

    The Judaeo-Spanish language preserved by Sephardic Jews after the 1492 expulsion from Spain — a 15th-century Iberian Romance variety with Hebrew, Turkish, and Greek admixture.

    8

    Lao

    A Tai-Kadai language and the official tongue of Laos — closely related to Thai and written in a similar Brahmic script, with about 30 million speakers including northeast Thailand.

    10

    Oromo

    A Cushitic language and the most widely spoken first language in Ethiopia — written in a Latin alphabet known as Qubee since the 1990s.

    11

    Pashto

    An Eastern Iranian language and one of two official languages of Afghanistan — also spoken across the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier by tens of millions of Pashtuns.

    12

    Sango

    A Ngbandi-based creole that serves as the national language of the Central African Republic.

    13

    Sotho

    A Bantu language spoken by about 6 million people across Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe — also called Sesotho or Southern Sotho.

    14

    Tagalog (Filipino)

    An Austronesian language and the basis for Filipino, the national language of the Philippines — spoken natively by about 28 million people and as a second language by most Filipinos.

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