# Languages The languages in espeak-ng are grouped by their [ISO 639-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-5_codes) language family code. They are identified by their [BCP 47](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCP47) identifier. For several accents and dialects, [private-use extensions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espeak-ng/bcp47-data/master/bcp47-extensions) have been used. The supported languages are: | Family Code | Identifier | Language Family | Language | Accent/Dialect | |-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------| | `gmw` | `af` | West Germanic | Afrikaans | | | `ine` | `sq` | Indo-European | Albanian | | | `sem` | `am` | Semitic | Amharic | | | `sem` | `ar` | Semitic | Arabic | | | `roa` | `an` | Romance | Aragonese | | | `ine` | `hy` | Indo-European | Armenian | East Armenian | | `ine` | `hy-arevmda` | Indo-European | Armenian | West Armenian | | `inc` | `as` | Indic | Assamese | | | `trk` | `az` | Turkic | Azerbaijani | | | | `eu` | | Basque | | | `inc` | `bn` | Indic | Bengali | | | `zls` | `bs` | South Slavic | Bosnian | | | `zls` | `bg` | South Slavic | Bulgarian | | | `sit` | `my` | Sino-Tibetan | Burmese | | | `roa` | `ca` | Romance | Catalan | | | `sit` | `yue` | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | Cantonese | | `sit` | `cmn` | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | Mandarin | | `zls` | `hr` | South Slavic | Croatian | | | `zls` | `cs` | South Slavic | Czech | | | `gmq` | `da` | North Germanic | Danish | | | `gmw` | `nl` | West Germanic | Dutch | | | `gmw` | `en-US` | West Germanic | English | American | | `gmw` | `en` | West Germanic | English | British | | `gmw` | `en-029` | West Germanic | English | Caribbean | | `gmw` | `en-GB-x-gbclan` | West Germanic | English | Lancastrian | | `gmw` | `en-GB-x-rp` | West Germanic | English | Received Pronunciation | | `gmw` | `en-GB-scotland` | West Germanic | English | Scottish | | `gmw` | `en-GB-x-gbcwmd` | West Germanic | English | West Midlands | | `art` | `eo` | Constructed | Esperanto | | | `urj` | `et` | Uralic | Estonian | | | `ira` | `fa` | Iranian | Persian | | | `ira` | `fa-Latn` | Iranian | Persian<sup>[1]</sup> | | | `urj` | `fi` | Uralic | Finnish | | | `roa` | `fr-BE` | Romance | French | Belgium | | `roa` | `fr` | Romance | French | France | | `cel` | `ga` | Celtic | Gaelic | Irish | | `cel` | `gd` | Celtic | Gaelic | Scottish | | `ccs` | `ka` | South Caucasian | Georgian | | | `gmw` | `de` | West Germanic | German | | | `grk` | `grc` | Greek | Greek | Ancient | | `grk` | `el` | Greek | Greek | Modern | | `esx` | `kl` | Eskimo-Aleut | Greenlandic | | | `sai` | `gn` | South American Indian | Guarani | | | `inc` | `gu` | Indic | Gujarati | | | `inc` | `hi` | Indic | Hindi | | | `urj` | `hu` | Uralic | Hungarian | | | `gmq` | `is` | North Germanic | Icelandic | | | `poz` | `id` | Malayo-Polynesian | Indonesian | | | `art` | `ia` | Constructed | Interlingua | | | `roa` | `it` | Romance | Italian | | | `jpx` | `jp` | Japanese | Japanese<sup>[2]</sup> | | | `dra` | `kn` | Dravidian | Kannada | | | `inc` | `kok` | Indic | Konkani | | | | `ko` | | Korean | | | `ira` | `ku` | Iranian | Kurdish | | | `trk` | `ky` | Turkic | Kyrgyz | | | `itc` | `la` | Italic | Latin | | | `bat` | `lv` | Baltic | Latvian | | | `art` | `lfn` | Constructed | Lingua Franca Nova | | | `bat` | `lt` | Baltic | Lithuanian | | | `art` | `jbo` | Constructed | Lojban | | | `zls` | `mk` | South Slavic | Macedonian | | | `poz` | `ms` | Malayo-Polynesian | Malay | | | `dra` | `ml` | Dravidian | Malayalam | | | `sem` | `mt` | Semitic | Maltese | | | `sit` | `mni` | Sino-Tibetan | Manipuri | | | `inc` | `mr` | Indic | Marathi | | | `azc` | `nci` | Uto-Aztecan | Nahuatl | Classical | | `inc` | `ne` | Indic | Nepali | | | `gmq` | `nb` | North Germanic | Norwegian Bokmål | | | `inc` | `or` | Indic | Oriya | | | `cus` | `om` | Cushitic | Oromo | | | `roa` | `pap` | Romance | Papiamento | | | `und` | `und-fonipa` | | Phonemes<sup>[3]</sup> | IPA | | `zls` | `pl` | South Slavic | Polish | | | `roa` | `pt-BR` | Romance | Portuguese | Brazillian | | `roa` | `pt` | Romance | Portuguese | Portugal | | `inc` | `pa` | Indic | Punjabi | | | `roa` | `ro` | Romance | Romanian | | | `zls` | `ru` | South Slavic | Russian | | | `zls` | `sr` | South Slavic | Serbian | | | `bnt` | `tn` | Bantu | Setswana | | | `inc` | `sd` | Indic | Sindhi | | | `inc` | `si` | Indic | Sinhala | | | `zls` | `sk` | South Slavic | Slovak | | | `zls` | `sl` | South Slavic | Slovenian | | | `roa` | `es` | Romance | Spanish | Spain | | `roa` | `es-419` | Romance | Spanish | Latin American | | `bnt` | `sw` | Bantu | Swahili | | | `gmq` | `sv` | North Germanic | Swedish | | | `dra` | `ta` | Dravidian | Tamil | | | `trk` | `tt` | Turkic | Tatar | | | `dra` | `te` | Dravidian | Telugu | | | `trk` | `tr` | Turkic | Turkish | | | `inc` | `ur` | Indic | Urdu | | | `aav` | `vi-VN-x-central` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Central Vietnam | | `aav` | `vi` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Northern Vietnam | | `aav` | `vi-VN-x-south` | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese | Southern Vietnam | | `cel` | `cy` | Celtic | Welsh | | [1] Farsi/Persian written using English (Latin) characters. [2] Currently, only Hiragana and Katakana are supported. [3] Currently only supported using the `[[...]]` phoneme blocks.