Table: Languages to Subtitle for Vanimedia
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Introduction
This table Languages to Subtitle for Vanimedia shows the 67 languages that we hope to translate Srila Prabhupada's audio clips in. It also give the family the language belongs to, the number of speakers in the millions and in which geographical area the languages are spoken. In Dotsub, the online translating program that we use for subtitling, 508 languages are supported. There is no lack of languages to translate and Srila Prabhupada instructed his GBC that printing and translation must continue, stating "this is my request."
You can find out about the Multi-language subtitle project of Vanimedia here.
Languages
| Pos | Language | Family | Script | Speakers (Millions) | Where Spoken (Major) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mandarin | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 1151 | Asia - China, Malaysia, Taiwan |
| 02 | English | Indo-European | Latin | 1000 | USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
| 03 | Spanish | Indo-European | Latin | 500 | Europe - Mexico, Central and South America, Spain |
| 04 | Hindi | Indo-European | Devanagari | 490 | India - North and Central |
| 05 | Russian | Indo-European | Cyrillic | 277 | Europe - Russia, Central Asia |
| 06 | Arabic | Afro-Asiatic | Arabic | 255 | Asia - Middle East, Arabia, North Africa |
| 07 | Portuguese | Indo-European | Latin | 240 | Europe - Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa |
| 08 | Bengali | Indo-European | Bengali | 215 | India - Eastern, Bangladesh |
| 09 | French | Indo-European | Latin | 200 | Europe - France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa |
| 10 | Malay, Indonesian | Malayo-Polynesian | Latin | 175 | SE Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
| 11 | German | Indo-European | Latin | 166 | Europe - Germany, Austria, Central Europe |
| 12 | Swahili | Niger-Congo | Latin, Arabic | 140 | Africa - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda |
| 13 | Japanese | Altaic | Chinese and 2 Japanese Alphabets | 132 | SE Asia - Japan |
| 14 | Farsi (Persian) | Indo-European | Nastaliq | 110 | Asia - Iran, Afghanistan |
| 15 | Urdu | Indo-European | Nastaliq | 104 | India - Pakistan |
| 16 | Punjabi | Indo-European | Gurumukhi | 103 | India - Pakistan |
| 17 | Wu | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 90 | Asia - China |
| 18 | Vietnamese | Austroasiatic | Based on Latin | 86 | SE Asia - Vietnam, China |
| 19 | Javanese | Malayo-Polynesian | Javanese | 85 | SE Asia - Indonesia |
| 20 | Tamil | Dravidian | Tamil | 78 | India - South, Sri Lanka, Malyasia |
| 21 | Korean | Altaic | Hangul | 78 | SE Asia - Korean Peninsula |
| 22 | Turkish | Altaic | Latin | 75 | Asia - Turkey |
| 23 | Telugu | Dravidian | Telugu | 74 | India - South |
| 24 | Marathi | Indo-European | Devanagari | 72 | India - West |
| 25 | Italian | Indo-European | Latin | 62 | Europe - Italy, Central Europe |
| 26 | Thai | Sino-Tibetan | Thai | 60 | SE Asia - Thailand, Laos |
| 27 | Cantonese | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 55 | Asia - Southern China |
| 28 | Kannada | Dravidian | Kannada | 47 | India - South |
| 29 | Gujarati | Indo-European | Gujarati | 46 | India - West, Kenya |
| 30 | Polish | Indo-European | Latin | 46 | Europe - Poland, Central Europe |
| 31 | Hausa | Afro-Asiatic | Latin, Arabic | 43 | Africa - Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan |
| 32 | Burmese | Sino-Tibetan | Burmese | 42 | SE Asia - Burma, Thailand, Malaysia |
| 33 | Pashto | Indo-European | Arabic | 40 | Asia - Pakistan, Aghanistan |
| 34 | Sundanese | Austronesian | Latin | 39 | SE Asia - Indonesia |
| 35 | Malayalam | Dravidian | Malayalam | 38 | India - Kerala |
| 36 | Ukrainian | Indo-European | Cyrillic | 37 | Europe - Ukraine |
| 37 | Oriya | Indo-European | Oriya | 33 | India - Odisha |
| 38 | Marwari | Indo-European | Devanagari | 31 | India - Rajasthan, Pakistan |
| 39 | Dutch | Indo-European | Latin | 28 | Europe - Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname |
| 40 | Haryanvi | Indo-European | Devanagari | 28 | India - Haryana, Delhi |
| 41 | Romanian | Indo-European | Latin | 28 | Europe - Romania, Moldova |
| 42 | Tagalog | Austronesian | Latin | 28 | SE Asia - Phillipines |
| 43 | Yoruba | Niger-Congo | Latin | 28 | Africa - Benin, Nigeria |
| 44 | Sindhi | Indo-European | Arabic, Khudabadi, Laṇḍā | 26 | India - Pakistan India, Singapore |
| 45 | Nepali | Indo-European | Devanagari | 17 | India - Nepal, Bhutan |
| 46 | Sinhalese | Indo-European | Sinhala | 16 | Asia - Sri Lanka |
| 47 | Assamese | Indo-European | Assamese | 15 | India - Assam |
| 48 | Hungarian | Uralic | Latin | 15 | Europe - Hungary |
| 49 | Greek | Indo-European | Greek | 13.1 | Europe - Greece, Cyprus |
| 50 | Chittagonian | Indo-European | Bengali? | 13 | Asia - Bangladesh |
| 51 | Azerbaijani, South | Turkic | Arabic | 12 | Asia - Iran |
| 52 | Czech | Indo-European | Latin | 10 | Europe - Czech Republic |
| 53 | Bulgarian | Indo-European | Cyrillic | 9.1 | Europe - Balkans |
| 54 | Swedish | Indo-European | Latin | 8.7 | Europe - Sweden, Finland |
| 55 | Albanian | Indo-European | Latin | 7.6 | Europe - Albania |
| 56 | Armenian | Indo-European | Armenian | 7 | Europe - Armenia |
| 57 | Slovak | Indo-European | Latin | 7 | Europe - Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| 58 | Danish | Indo-European | Latin | 5.6 | Europe - Denmark, Greenland |
| 59 | Croatian | Indo-European | Latin | 5.5 | Europe - Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia |
| 60 | Hebrew | Afro-Asiatic | Hebrew | 5.3 | Asia - Israel |
| 61 | Finnish | Uralic | Latin | 5 | Europe - Finland |
| 62 | Norwegian | Indo-European | Latin | 5 | Europe - Norway |
| 63 | Lithuanian | Indo-European | Latin | 3.2 | Europe - Lithuania |
| 64 | Macedonian | Indo-European | Cyrillic | 2.5 | Europe - Macedonia |
| 65 | Slovenian | Indo-European | Latin | 2.5 | Europe - Slovenia |
| 66 | Latvian | Indo-European | Latin | 1.5 | Europe - Latvia |
| 67 | Estonian | Uralic | Latin | 1 | Europe - Estonia |