List of languages in the North Vision Song Contest

The following is a list of languages used in the North Vision Song Contest since its inception in 2013, including songs as performed in the semi-finals and the finals and since the eighth edition, in the pre-qualification rounds.

There is no restriction regarding the language which a song is sung. Any language is allowed for any country. A lot of different languages have been heard throughout the history of the contest. However, most of the songs were performed in English. Also, the winning songs of the contest are mostly in English with eleven songs being performed in other language, including the four latest winning entries: "Vértigo", the winner of the 38th edition for Andorra, "Julian", the winner of the 39th edition for Greece, "Böse Geister", the winner of the 40th edition for Austria, and "Arraial Triste", the winner of 41st edition for Portugal.

List of languages

By first appearance

The table below lists all the languages that appeared in the contest in order of their first appearance. Twenty-two of the languages appeared during the first edition already.

Order	Language	First app.	Country	First performer	First song
1	Russian	#01	Belarus	Dmitry Koldun	"Nastroysa Na Menya"
2	English	#01	Norway	Tone Damli	"Smash"
3	Italian	#01	San Marino	Sonohra	"Seguimi O Uccidimi"
4	French	#01	France	Leslie & Ivyrise	"Je te donne"
5	Bosnian	#01	B&H	Anabella	"Igra Istine"
6	Croatian	#01	Croatia	Dino Dvornik	"Milina"
7	Greek	#01	Greece	Eleni Xatzidou	"Xeirotera"
8	Arabic	#01	Morocco	Hakim	"Alahabibi"
9	Polish	#01	Poland	Gosia Andrzejewicz	"Film"
10	Catalan	#01	Spain	Xiu Xiu Plàstic	"Supernova"
11	Dutch	#01	Netherlands	Beppie Kraft	"Laat de zon in dien hart"
12	Romanian	#01	Romania	Andreea Balan	"Ma Doare Fara Tine"
13	Serbian	#01	Serbia	Nemanja Nikolic	"Ko Čeka Taj Dočeka"
14	Estonian	#01	Estonia	Ott Lepland	"Süte peal sulanud jää"
15	Albanian	#01	Albania	Kejsi Tola	"Qiellin Do Ta Prek Me Ty"
16	Montenegrin	#01	Montenegro	Savo Perović	"Iznenađenje"
17	Turkish	#01	Türkiye	Demet Akalın	"Rota"
18	Finnish	#01	Finland	Haloo Helsinki!	"Vapaus käteen jää"
19	German	#01	Germany	Staubkind	"Kannst du mich seh'n"
20	Portuguese	#01	Portugal	Diego Faria	"Elas Ficam Loucas"
21	Spanish	#01	Andorra	El Sueño De Morfeo	"Depende De Ti"
22	Swedish	#01	Sweden	Timoteij	"Puls"
23	Hebrew	#02	Israel	Meital De Razon & Asi Tal	"Toda La Noche"
24	Macedonian	#02	North Macedonia	Elvir Mekic	"Armija"
25	Icelandic	#02	Iceland	Magni Asgeirsson	"Ekki Lita Undan"
26	Danish	#02	Denmark	Medina	"Kl. 10"
27	Hungarian	#02	Hungary	Lola	"Más lettél"
28	Slovak	#03	Slovakia	Kristina	"Viem Lebo Viem"
29	Lithuanian	#03	Lithuania	Eglė Jakštytė	"Skrendi"
30	Armenian	#03	Armenia	Hasmik & DerHova	"Anhnare"
31	Bulgarian	#04	Bulgaria	Vessy Boneva	"Svurzani"
32	Latvian	#04	Latvia	Rassell feat. Samanta Tīna	"Esi man klāt"
33	Slovenian	#04	Slovenia	Sanja Grohar	"Ko Sneži"
34	Azerbaijani	#04	Azerbaijan	Nikki Jamal	"Həyacanın Yaşı Yoxdur"
35	Czech	#04	Czechia	Ewa Farna	"Maska (I Need A Hero)"
36	Pashto	#05	Kazakhstan	Dilnaz	"Dil Mebarad Dil
37	Ukrainian	#05	Ukraine	Ener.G	"Mizh plyusami i minusami"
38	Norwegian	#06	Norway	Cir.Cuz feat. Julie Bergan	"Supernova"
39	Georgian	#07	Georgia	Sopho Khalvashi	"On Adjarian Motives"
40	Kazakh	#07	Kazakhstan	KeshYOU	"Kazak kyzdary"
41	Yoruba	#08	Algeria	Tiwa Savage	"Olorun mi"
42	Elvish	#08	Liechtenstein	Oonagh	"Orome"
43	Lingala	#11	Sweden	Getty Domein	"Dance With The Devil"
44	Persian	#12	Sweden	Mahan Moin	"Azizami"
45	Swiss German	#12	Switzerland	Bligg	"Manhattan"
46	Faroese	#14	Faroe Islands	Byrta	"Grát Ei Eftir Mánanum"
47	Belarusian	#15	Belarus	Milki	"Accent"
48	Shona	#17	Monaco	Luyanna feat. Mampi	"Walilowelela"
49	Old Irish	#17	Ireland	Celtic Woman feat. Oonagh	"Tír na nÓg"
50	Tatar	#20	Russia	Bolgar Kyzlary	"Gashyyk bulma"
51	Neapolitan	#20	San Marino	Gianluca Capozzi feat. Emiliana Cantone	"Luntano se more"
52	Mandarin	#20	Hong Kong	G.E.M.	"Away"
53	Cantonese	#21	Hong Kong	JW	"Runaway"
54	Kimbundu	#31	Portugal	Pongo	"Tambulanya"
55	Maltese	#31	Malta	Danjeli & Annabelle Galea	"Konkrit"
56	Basque	#33	Spain	IZARO	"Libre"
57	Luxembourgish	#38	Luxembourg	Nosi feat. Bandana	"Klengen Drenken"
58	Japanese	#40	Germany	Nina Utashiro	"Nocturne"
59	Thai	#40	Switzerland	Matcha	"Complicated"
60	Tamazight	#41	Morocco	TASUTA N-IMAL	"Fadma"
61	Welsh	#41	Switzerland	Faun & Eluveitie	"Gwydion"
62	Tamil	#42	Switzerland	Priya Ragu	"Adalam Va!"
63	Kurdish	#42	Netherlands	Naaz	"Barana"
64	Romansh	#43	Switzerland	ANIKK	"Tgi eis ti?"

By total of appearances

The table below lists all the forty-seven languages that have appeared at least once in the contest. The English language is the language that appears the most with a total of 421 appearances, with a large margin ahead the second most used language, Russian which has a total of 50 appearances.

Apps.	Language
421	English
50	Russian
49	French
30	Arabic
25	Italian
	Turkish
24	Greek
23	Serbian
19	Spanish
18	German
	Romanian
17	Croatian
14	Bosnian
13	Finnish
	Polish
11	Albanian
	Lithuanian
	Macedonian
10	Armenian
	Bulgarian
	Estonian
9	Azeri
	Portuguese
8	Montenegrin
	Slovak
7	Hungarian
6	Czech
	Kazakh
	Slovenian
5	Danish
	Georgian
4	Dutch
	Hebrew
	Icelandic
3	Latvian
	Neapolitan
2	Catalan
	Norwegian
	Swedish
	Swiss German
1	Belarusian
	Elvish
	Faroese
	Lingala
	Old Irish
	Persian
	Shona
	Tajik
	Ukrainian
	Yoruba

By country

The table below lists the languages used by each country. Italic indicates that the entry of the edition consisted of more than one language.

Country	Language(s)	Apps.	Edition(s)
Albania	Albanian	15	#01, #02, #03, #06, #07, #09, #11, #12, #13, #14, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22
	English	8	#03, #05, #08, #16, #18, #23, #24, #25
Algeria	Arabic	7	#09, #11, #14, #16, #17, #22
	English	5	#08, #09, #13, #18, #20
	French	6	#09, #10, #15, #19, #21, #23
	Yoruba	1	#08
Andorra	Catalan	1	#17
	English	14	#02, #03, #07, #09, #10, #12, #13, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25
	French	1	#02
	Spanish	11	#01, #04, #05, #06, #08, #11, #14, #15, #16, #23, #24
Armenia	Armenian	13	#03, #05, #08, #10, #12, #13, #15, #16, #17, #18, #20, #23, #24
	English	7	#02, #07, #11, #14, #19, #22, #23
	No lyrics	1	#21
Austria	English	18	#01, #02, #05, #06, #07, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #17, #18, #19, #20, #23, #24, #25, #26
	German	6	#03, #04, #08, #14, #22, #24
	French	2	#16, #21
Azerbaijan	Azeri	12	#04, #06, #07, #08, #10, #11, #16, #17, #18, #20, #22, #23
	English	5	#03, #05, #12, #13, #19
	Russian	1	#14
Belarus	Belarusian	2	#15, #24
	English	8	#02, #03, #06, #07, #10, #12, #15, #16
	Russian	16	#01, #04, #05, #08, #09, #11, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18, #20, #21, #22, #23, #25
Belgium	English	20	#02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #10, #12, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #25
	French	2	#01, #12
	Lingala	1	#25
B&H	Bosnian	16	#01, #02, #03, #04, #06, #08, #09, #10, #12, #13, #15, #16, #17, #19, #23, #24
	English	7	#07, #11, #14, #18, #20, #21, #25
	Serbian	1	#22
Bulgaria	Bulgarian	14	#04, #05, #06, #09, #10, #11, #12, #15, #16, #17, #19, #21, #22, #25
	English	5	#02, #07, #08, #13, #20
Croatia	Croatian	20	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18, #20, #22, #24, #25
	English	2	#12, #16
	French	1	#12
	Russian	1	#12
	Serbian	1	#21
	Spanish	1	#24
Cyprus	English	9	#01, #03, #05, #10, #16, #20, #21, #22, #24
	French	1	#14
	Greek	11	#02, #04, #06, #07, #09, #11, #12, #13, #14, #17, #18, #19
	No lyrics	1	#23
Czechia	Czech	9	#04, #07, #11, #13, #14, #18, #21, #22, #23
	English	12	#01, #02, #03, #05, #08, #09, #10, #16, #19, #20, #24, #25
	Slovak	1	#15
Denmark	Danish	6	#02, #05, #09, #13, #21, #24
	English	19	#01, #03, #04, #06, #07, #08, #10, #11, #12, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #22, #23, #25
Estonia	English	9	#02, #06, #10, #11, #15, #18, #20, #23, #25
	Estonian	13	#01, #03, #04, #05, #07, #09, #13, #14, #16, #17, #19, #21, #22
	Finnish	1	#08
Faroe Islands	Danish	1	#11
	English	10	#10, #13, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #23, #24, #25
	Faroese	4	#14, #20, #21, #22
Finland	English	9	#02, #03, #06, #10, #12, #15, #20, #22, #25
	Finnish	15	#01, #04, #05, #07, #08, #09, #11, #13, #14, #16, #17, #18, #19, #23, #24
	Mandarin	1	#22
France	English	5	#08, #15, #19, #22, #23
	French	21	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #16, #17, #20, #21, #23, #24, #25
North Macedonia	Albanian	2	#22, #23
	Arabic	1	#22
	English	3	#06, #12, #18
	Macedonian	14	#02, #03, #04, #05, #07, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #20, #21, #24
	Serbian	1	#01
Georgia	English	12	#03, #04, #05, #06, #15, #17, #19, #20, #21, #23, #24, #25
	Georgian	5	#07, #10, #12, #14, #16
	Russian	5	#01, #08, #11, #13, #18
Germany	English	11	#04, #06, #09, #10, #12, #15, #17, #18, #19, #20, #24
	German	14	#01, #02, #03, #05, #07, #08, #11, #13, #14, #16, #21, #22, #23, #25
Greece	English	10	#05, #06, #09, #10, #12, #14, #15, #19, #21, #24
	Greek	15	#01, #02, #03, #04, #06, #07, #08, #11, #12, #13, #17, #18, #20, #22, #23
Hong Kong	Cantonese	2	#20, #21
	English	2	#20, #21
Hungary	English	13	#01, #06, #07, #08, #09, #11, #15, #17, #18, #20, #23, #24, #25
	Hungarian	10	#02, #03, #04, #10, #12, #13, #14, #19, #21, #22
Iceland	English	16	#01, #03, #04, #06, #09, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #18, #19, #20, #23, #24, #25
	Icelandic	4	#02, #07, #08, #17
Ireland	English	21	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #20, #22, #25
	Old Irish	1	#17
Israel	Arabic	1	#18
	English	17	#02, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #15, #16, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25
	French	1	#03
	Hebrew	6	#02, 11, #13, #14, #19, #23
	Spanish	2	#02, #05
Italy	English	8	#03, #04, #05, #06, #12, #18, #20, #24
	French	1	#24
	Italian	17	#01, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #19, #21, #22, #24, #25
Kazakhstan	English	7	#09, #10, #12, #13, #14, #19, #23
	Kazakh	10	#07, #11, #15, #16, #17, #18, #20, #22, #24, #25
	Russian	2	#08, #19
	Tajik	1	#05
Latvia	English	19	#01, #02, #03, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #18 #19, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25,
	Latvian	3	#04, #05, #17
	Russian	1	#15
Lebanon	Arabic	13	#05, #06, #09, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #19, #20, #21, #24
	English	5	#08, #11, #12, #17, #20, #25
	French	3	#07, #11, #18
	Spanish	1	#22
Liechtenstein	Elvish	1	#08
	English	18	#03, #04, #06, #07, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #24
	German	2	#05, #08
Lithuania	English	9	#01, #02, #07, #14, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22
	French	1	#25
	Lithuanian	13	#03, #04, #05, #06, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #16, #17, #23, #24
Luxembourg	Dutch	1	#03
	English	19	#02, #04, #05, #06, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16, #18, #19, #20, #21, #23, #24, #25
	French	1	#01, #14
	German	1	#14
Malta	English	22	#02, #03, #04, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #23, #24, #25
Moldova	English	11	#02, #04, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #22, #23, #25
	Italian	1	#13
	Romanian	10	#03, #06, #11, #15, #16, #17, #19, #20, #21, #24
	Russian	3	#05, #17, #18
Monaco	English	4	#07, #10, #12, #24
	French	12	#01, #04, #05, #06, #08, #09, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #23, #25
	Shona	1	#17
Montenegro	Bosnian	1	#14
	Croatian	1	#13
	English	2	#06, #23
	Montenegrin	10	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #08, #10, #16, #18, #20
	Serbian	6	#07, #11, #15, #19, #22, #24, #25
Morocco	Arabic	13	#01, #03, #04, #06, #08, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #17, #22, #25
	English	9	#02, #05, #07, #16, #18, #22, #23, #24, #25
	French	2	#20, #21
Netherlands	Dutch	3	#01, #03, #17
	Finnish	1	#23
	English	14	#02, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #19, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25
Norway	English	22	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25
	Norwegian	3	#06, #13, #19
Poland	English	8	#02, #03, #07, #08, #11, #19, #22, #25
	Polish	17	#01, #04, #05, #06, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #16, #17, #18, #20, #21, #23, #24
Portugal	English	11	#02, #03, #06, #07, #08, #11, #17, #18, #21, #24, #25
	French	1	#08
	Portuguese	11	#01, #04, #05, #07, #09, #10, #14, #15, #16, #20, #23
	Spanish	1	#12
Romania	English	8	#03, #04, #06, #09, #10, #20, #22, #24
	Romanian	15	#01, #02, #05, #07, #08, #11, #12, #13, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #23, #25
Russia	English	6	#03, #04, #06, #07, #18, #22
	French	1	#18
	German	1	#18
	Russian	19	#01, #02, #05, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #21, #23, #24, #25
	Tatar	2	#20, #22
San Marino	Italian	23	#01, #05, #06, #07, #11, #13, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #23, #26, #29, #33, #34, #35, #36, #38, #39, #40, #41
	English	11	#02, #03, #04, #08, #10, #22, #24, #25, #27, #30, #37
	Neapolitan	2	#20, #32
	French	1	#28
	Spanish	1	#31
Serbia	English	2	#19, #25
	Serbian	22	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #21, #22, #23, #24
Slovakia	English	11	#02, #06, #08, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #21
	Slovak	11	#03, #04, #05, #07, #09, #12, #18, #19, #20, #22, #23
Slovenia	English	11	#02, #03, #09, #10, #12, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #25
	Slovenian	8	#04, #05, #06, #07, #13, #15, #23, #24
Spain	Catalan	1	#01
	English	10	#02, #05, #07, #09, #13, #16, #20, #21, #22, #24
	Spanish	12	#03, #04, #06, #08, #12, #17, #18, #19, #20, #23, #24, #25
Sweden	English	22	#02, #03, #05, #06, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25
	French	1	#07
	Greek	1	#09
	Lingala	1	#11
	Persian	1	#12
	Swedish	2	#01, #04
Switzerland	English	17	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #13, #14, #16, #18, #19, #20, #21
	German	1	#23
	French	3	#11, #17, #25
	Italian	2	#15, #17
	Swiss German	3	#12, #17, #22
Türkiye	English	3	#04, #07, #08
	Turkish	30	#01, #02, #03, #05, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35
Tunisia	Arabic	4	#10, #12, #13, #15
	English	3	#11, #14, #16
	French	1	#09
	Italian	1	#08
Ukraine	English	6	#01, #03, #07, #12, #21, #22, #23
	Russian	15	#02, #04, #06, #08, #09, #10, #11, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #20
	Ukrainian	4	#05, #19, #24, #25
United Kingdom	English	24	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05, #06, #07, #08, #09, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24

See also

• List of countries in the North Vision Song Contest
• List of North Vision Song Contest winners
• List of host cities of the North Vision Song Contest
• List of North Vision Song Contest presenters