ChatGPT has experienced rapid growth since its release on November 30 and has caused a sensation worldwide.
One of the reasons for this is that it's available in most countries around the world and understands many different languages.
In this article, you'll find a list of all languages ChatGPT can handle. Including all programming languages and a ranking of which languages ChatGPT speaks best.
TL;DRKey Takeaways
- ChatGPT masters many languages and delivers particularly good results in major world languages
- Numerous programming languages are also supported – from Python and JavaScript to C++ and HTML
- ChatGPT is available in almost all countries, with few regional exceptions
1. How Many Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
Overall, ChatGPT covers almost all major languages. However, output quality and comprehension can vary.
Language | Spoken in: |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Albania |
| Amharic | Ethiopia |
| Arabic | Egypt |
| Armenian | Armenia |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan |
| Awadhi | India |
| Bashkir | Russia |
| Basque | Spain |
| Belarusian | Belarus |
| Bengali | India |
| Bhojpuri | India |
| Bosnian | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Brazil |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria |
| Chhattisgarhi | India |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | China |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | China |
| Chinese (Min) | China |
| Chinese (Wu) | China |
| Danish | Denmark |
| German | Germany |
| Dogri | India |
| English | United States |
| Esperanto | Worldwide (no single country) |
| Estonian | Estonia |
| Faroese | Faroe Islands |
| Finnish | Finland |
| French | France |
| Galician | Spain |
| Georgian | Georgia |
| Greek | Greece |
| Gujarati | India |
| Haryanvi | India |
| Hausa | Nigeria |
| Hindi | India |
| Indonesian | Indonesia |
| Irish | Ireland |
| Italian | Italy |
| Japanese | Japan |
| Javanese | Indonesia |
| Kannada | India |
| Kazakh | Kazakhstan |
| Kashmiri | India |
| Catalan | Spain |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyzstan |
| Konkani | India |
| Korean | South Korea |
| Croatian | Croatia |
| Latin | Worldwide (no single country) |
| Latvian | Latvia |
| Lithuanian | Lithuania |
| Maithili | India |
| Malay | Malaysia |
| Maltese | Malta |
| Marathi | India |
| Marwari | India |
| Macedonian | North Macedonia |
| Moldovan | Moldova |
| Mongolian | Mongolia |
| Montenegrin | Montenegro |
| Nepali | Nepal |
| Dutch | Netherlands |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Nigeria |
| Norwegian | Norway |
| Oriya | India |
| Punjabi | India |
| Pashto | Afghanistan |
| Persian (Farsi) | Iran |
| Low German | Germany |
| Polish | Poland |
| Portuguese | Portugal |
| Rajasthani | India |
| Romanian | Romania |
| Russian | Russia |
| Sanskrit | India |
| Santali | India |
| Swedish | Sweden |
| Swiss German | Switzerland |
| Serbian | Serbia |
| Sindhi | Pakistan |
| Sinhala | Sri Lanka |
| Slovenian | Slovenia |
| Slovak | Slovakia |
| Spanish | Spain |
| Swahili | Tanzania |
| Tajik | Tajikistan |
| Tamil | India |
| Tatar | Russia |
| Telugu | India |
| Thai | Thailand |
| Czech | Czech Republic |
| Turkish | Turkey |
| Turkmen | Turkmenistan |
| Ukrainian | Ukraine |
| Hungarian | Hungary |
| Urdu | Pakistan |
| Uzbek | Uzbekistan |
| Vietnamese | Vietnam |
| Welsh | Wales |
2. How Well Does ChatGPT Handle Each Language?
ChatGPT understands and writes English best. It also handles frequently spoken languages like German, French, Spanish, Italian, or Chinese well.
Here's an overview of how well GPT-4 can handle each language (according to the GPT-4 Technical Report):
Language | Accuracy |
|---|---|
| English | 85.5% |
| Italian | 84.1% |
| Afrikaans | 84.1% |
| Spanish | 84.0% |
| German | 83.7% |
| French | 83.6% |
| Indonesian | 83.1% |
| Russian | 82.7% |
| Polish | 82.1% |
| Ukrainian | 81.9% |
| Greek | 81.4% |
| Latvian | 80.9% |
| Mandarin (Chinese) | 80.1% |
| Arabic | 80.0% |
| Turkish | 80.0% |
| Japanese | 79.9% |
| Swahili | 78.5% |
| Welsh | 77.5% |
| Korean | 77.0% |
| Icelandic | 76.5% |
| Bengali | 73.2% |
| Urdu | 72.6% |
| Nepali | 72.2% |
| Thai | 71.8% |
| Punjabi | 71.4% |
| Marathi | 66.7% |
| Telugu | 62.0% |
3. In Which Countries Is ChatGPT Available and Which Not?
Available | Not Available |
|---|---|
| Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Vatican City, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia | China, Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, Belarus, Venezuela, North Korea, Egypt |
4. What Programming Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
ChatGPT includes OpenAI's latest Codex models and can handle over a dozen programming languages:
- C
- C#
- C++
- Go
- Kotlin
- Matlab
- JavaScript
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- R
- Ruby
- Swift
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Shell
4.1 What Markup Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
ChatGPT can handle the following markup languages:
- HTML
- Markdown
- XML
4.2 Which Programming Language Does ChatGPT Handle Best?
According to OpenAI, ChatGPT handles Python best. Python is also the language in which ChatGPT was written.
