10 Languages You Have Probably Never Heard Of

1.  Acholi - Spoken by the Acholi people in the areas of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader in northern Uganda.  It is also spoken in South Sudan 

2.  Bajuni - The Bajuni people live in the Bajuni Islands in the Indian Ocean.  Smaller pockets of Bajuni speakers can be found in Kenya and Somalia.

3.  Bambara - Spoken by six million people primarily in Mali but also in Burkina Faso and Senegal.

4.  Basque - Nearly 800,000 people living in northeastern Spain and southwestern France speak this language.  There are five distinct dialects of Basque: Bizkaian, Gipuzkoan, Upper Navarrese, Navarrese-Lapurdian and Zuberoan.

5.  Bravanese - Bravanese is also called Chimbalazi or Chimwiini.  It is a variety of Swahili of the Bravanese people in Somalia.

6.  Chamorro - This language is spoken by almost 100,000 people in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.  

7.  Chavacano - Chavacano is spoken in the Philippines by anywhere from 360,000 to 1.2 million people based on census data.  Six dialects have stemmed from the original language.

8.  Chuukese - According to the 2000 census, 48,200 people in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia speak this language.  There are also scattered speakers on the islands of Guam and Pohnpei.

9.  Dakota (Dakhota) - The Sioux tribes of North and South Dakota, northern Nebraska and southern Minnesota speak this language which is closely related to the Lakota language.  As of 1990, there were 15,000 native speakers of the language.

10.  Dinka - The major ethnic group in South Sudan speak this language.  Of the five dialects, Rek is the standard and prestige dialect.  Two to three million people claim this as their native language.

This list is to be continued!  This list was compiled from World Services' extensive language database.  World Services provides language and interpretation services all over the United States.