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Languages with 9 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 15 languages have exactly 9 letters, from “Afrikaans” to “Ukrainian”.
Languages that are 9 letters long
- Afrikaans
- Bulgarian
- Cantonese
- Dalmatian
- Esperanto
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Inuktitut
- Kashubian
- Malayalam
- Mongolian
- Norwegian
- Sardinian
- Slovenian
- Ukrainian
About this list
- 15 of the 128 languages have exactly 9 letters (12%).
- Most start with I (2), M (2) and S (2).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some nine-letter languages?
- 15 of the 128 languages in Icillion have exactly 9 letters, for example Norwegian, Hungarian and Bulgarian.
- Which nine-letter languages start with I?
- I is the most common first letter here, with 2 names, such as Icelandic and Inuktitut.
Languages by first letter
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