One question I get asked surprisingly often: "Does ChatGPT actually work in my language?"
Short answer: probably yes. ChatGPT handles dozens of natural languages and over a dozen programming languages. But the quality varies wildly depending on the language.
In this article, I've compiled a complete list of all languages ChatGPT supports, including a ranking of how well it performs in each one. Plus all programming languages and a country availability overview.
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.
LanguageAlbanian
Spoken in:Albania
LanguageAmharic
Spoken in:Ethiopia
LanguageArabic
Spoken in:Egypt
LanguageArmenian
Spoken in:Armenia
LanguageAzerbaijani
Spoken in:Azerbaijan
LanguageAwadhi
Spoken in:India
LanguageBashkir
Spoken in:Russia
LanguageBasque
Spoken in:Spain
LanguageBelarusian
Spoken in:Belarus
LanguageBengali
Spoken in:India
LanguageBhojpuri
Spoken in:India
LanguageBosnian
Spoken in:Bosnia and Herzegovina
LanguageBrazilian Portuguese
Spoken in:Brazil
LanguageBulgarian
Spoken in:Bulgaria
LanguageChhattisgarhi
Spoken in:India
LanguageChinese (Cantonese)
Spoken in:China
LanguageChinese (Mandarin)
Spoken in:China
LanguageChinese (Min)
Spoken in:China
LanguageChinese (Wu)
Spoken in:China
LanguageDanish
Spoken in:Denmark
LanguageGerman
Spoken in:Germany
LanguageDogri
Spoken in:India
LanguageEnglish
Spoken in:United States
LanguageEsperanto
Spoken in:Worldwide (no single country)
LanguageEstonian
Spoken in:Estonia
LanguageFaroese
Spoken in:Faroe Islands
LanguageFinnish
Spoken in:Finland
LanguageFrench
Spoken in:France
LanguageGalician
Spoken in:Spain
LanguageGeorgian
Spoken in:Georgia
LanguageGreek
Spoken in:Greece
LanguageGujarati
Spoken in:India
LanguageHaryanvi
Spoken in:India
LanguageHausa
Spoken in:Nigeria
LanguageHindi
Spoken in:India
LanguageIndonesian
Spoken in:Indonesia
LanguageIrish
Spoken in:Ireland
LanguageItalian
Spoken in:Italy
LanguageJapanese
Spoken in:Japan
LanguageJavanese
Spoken in:Indonesia
LanguageKannada
Spoken in:India
LanguageKazakh
Spoken in:Kazakhstan
LanguageKashmiri
Spoken in:India
LanguageCatalan
Spoken in:Spain
LanguageKyrgyz
Spoken in:Kyrgyzstan
LanguageKonkani
Spoken in:India
LanguageKorean
Spoken in:South Korea
LanguageCroatian
Spoken in:Croatia
LanguageLatin
Spoken in:Worldwide (no single country)
LanguageLatvian
Spoken in:Latvia
LanguageLithuanian
Spoken in:Lithuania
LanguageMaithili
Spoken in:India
LanguageMalay
Spoken in:Malaysia
LanguageMaltese
Spoken in:Malta
LanguageMarathi
Spoken in:India
LanguageMarwari
Spoken in:India
LanguageMacedonian
Spoken in:North Macedonia
LanguageMoldovan
Spoken in:Moldova
LanguageMongolian
Spoken in:Mongolia
LanguageMontenegrin
Spoken in:Montenegro
LanguageNepali
Spoken in:Nepal
LanguageDutch
Spoken in:Netherlands
LanguageNigerian Pidgin
Spoken in:Nigeria
LanguageNorwegian
Spoken in:Norway
LanguageOriya
Spoken in:India
LanguagePunjabi
Spoken in:India
LanguagePashto
Spoken in:Afghanistan
LanguagePersian (Farsi)
Spoken in:Iran
LanguageLow German
Spoken in:Germany
LanguagePolish
Spoken in:Poland
LanguagePortuguese
Spoken in:Portugal
LanguageRajasthani
Spoken in:India
LanguageRomanian
Spoken in:Romania
LanguageRussian
Spoken in:Russia
LanguageSanskrit
Spoken in:India
LanguageSantali
Spoken in:India
LanguageSwedish
Spoken in:Sweden
LanguageSwiss German
Spoken in:Switzerland
LanguageSerbian
Spoken in:Serbia
LanguageSindhi
Spoken in:Pakistan
LanguageSinhala
Spoken in:Sri Lanka
LanguageSlovenian
Spoken in:Slovenia
LanguageSlovak
Spoken in:Slovakia
LanguageSpanish
Spoken in:Spain
LanguageSwahili
Spoken in:Tanzania
LanguageTajik
Spoken in:Tajikistan
LanguageTamil
Spoken in:India
LanguageTatar
Spoken in:Russia
LanguageTelugu
Spoken in:India
LanguageThai
Spoken in:Thailand
LanguageCzech
Spoken in:Czech Republic
LanguageTurkish
Spoken in:Turkey
LanguageTurkmen
Spoken in:Turkmenistan
LanguageUkrainian
Spoken in:Ukraine
LanguageHungarian
Spoken in:Hungary
LanguageUrdu
Spoken in:Pakistan
LanguageUzbek
Spoken in:Uzbekistan
LanguageVietnamese
Spoken in:Vietnam
LanguageWelsh
Spoken in: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). Newer models like GPT-5 and GPT-5.5 have further improved language capability in many areas. Since July 9, 2026, the GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, Luna) is additionally generally available across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API.
LanguageEnglish
Accuracy85.5%
LanguageItalian
Accuracy84.1%
LanguageAfrikaans
Accuracy84.1%
LanguageSpanish
Accuracy84.0%
LanguageGerman
Accuracy83.7%
LanguageFrench
Accuracy83.6%
LanguageIndonesian
Accuracy83.1%
LanguageRussian
Accuracy82.7%
LanguagePolish
Accuracy82.1%
LanguageUkrainian
Accuracy81.9%
LanguageGreek
Accuracy81.4%
LanguageLatvian
Accuracy80.9%
LanguageMandarin (Chinese)
Accuracy80.1%
LanguageArabic
Accuracy80.0%
LanguageTurkish
Accuracy80.0%
LanguageJapanese
Accuracy79.9%
LanguageSwahili
Accuracy78.5%
LanguageWelsh
Accuracy77.5%
LanguageKorean
Accuracy77.0%
LanguageIcelandic
Accuracy76.5%
LanguageBengali
Accuracy73.2%
LanguageUrdu
Accuracy72.6%
LanguageNepali
Accuracy72.2%
LanguageThai
Accuracy71.8%
LanguagePunjabi
Accuracy71.4%
LanguageMarathi
Accuracy66.7%
LanguageTelugu
Accuracy62.0%
3. In Which Countries Is ChatGPT Available and Which Not?
AvailableAlbania, 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
Not AvailableChina, 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.
