List of languages in The Origin Song Contest

The following is a list of languages used in The Origin Song Contest since its inception in 2017, including songs as performed in the semi-finals and the finals.

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 already in the contest. However, most of the songs have been performed in English.

The first song to be performed in multiple languages was "Zagadka", the Polish entry in the second edition, performed in Polish and English. Two entries have been performed in three languages: the Italian song in the fourth edition, "Bambola", which was performed in French, Italian and English, and "Jake Jake", which represented Albania in the fifth edition and was performed in Albanian, German and English.

List of languages

By first appearance

The table below lists all the languages that appeared in the contest in order of their first appearance. Eighteen languages appeared in the first edition.

Order	Language	First app.	Country	First performer	First song
1	Albanian	#01	Albania	Tuna	"Duam"
2	English	#01	Norway	Anna of the North	"The Dreamer"
3	Latvian	#01	Latvia	Marta Grigale	"Bez 5 Minūtēm"
4	Russian	#01	Russia	SAHA	"Vsego lish' tri slova"
5	Italian	#01	Italy	Giorgia	"Oronero"
6	French	#01	Monaco	Tal	"Des fleurs et des flammes"
7	Lithuanian	#01	Lithuania	Monika Linkytė	"Krentu žemyn"
8	Croatian	#01	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Pamela Ramljak	"Ispod kože"
9	Bulgarian	#01	Bulgaria	VANESA	"Poslushnata"
10	Dutch	#01	Belgium	Bazart	"Goud"
11	Portuguese	#01	Portugal	Raquel Tavares	"Meu Amor de Longe"
12	Spanish	#01	Spain	Pablo López	"Hijos del Verbo Amar"
13	Hungarian	#01	Hungary	Rúzsa Magdolna	"Érj Hozzám"
14	Slovak	#01	Slovakia	Kristína	"Navždy"
15	Romanian	#01	Moldova	Nicoleta Nuca	"Când Pleci"
16	Finnish	#01	Finland	Ellinoora	"Elefantin Paino"
17	Serbian	#01	Serbia	Jelena Tomašević	"Da mi je da mi se vrati"
18	Polish	#01	Poland	Kasia Popowska	"Dryfy"
19	Greek	#02	Greece	Josephine	"Cocktail"
20	Faroese	#02	Faroe Islands	Bára Silvansdóttir	"Hvør ert tú"
21	Tatar	#02	Russia	Gulnaz Battalova	"Miras"
22	Swedish	#02	Sweden	Niello feat. Janice	"Vinden"
23	Danish	#03	Denmark	Amanda	Tror vi er nem'"
24	Bosnian	#03	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Naida Bešlagić	"Toksična"
24	Macedonian	#03	FYR Macedonia	Elena Milenkovska	"Dojdi So Mene"
25	Czech	#03	Czech Republic	Annet Charitonová feat. Ben Cristovao	"Taktomabyt"
26	Icelandic	#05	Iceland	Ásgeir	"Heimförin"
27	Belarusian	#05	Belarus	Angelina Pipper	"Dziva"
28	Slovenian	#05	Slovenia	Gaja Prestor	"To je kar imam"
29	Estonian	#05	Estonia	Mariliis Jõgeva	"Kõike Tegema Pean"
30	German	#05	Germany	Enyadres	"Fliegen Lernen"
31	Ukrainian	#05	Ukraine	Alyosha	"Tekila"

By country

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

Country	Language(s)	Apps.	Edition(s)
Albania	Albanian	3	#01, #03, #04, #05
	English	1	#02, #05
	German	1	#05
Andorra	English	2	#02, #04
	Spanish	1	#05
Austria	English	2	#03, #05
Azerbaijan	English	1	#05
Belarus	Belarusian	1	#05
	English	2	#03, #04
	Russian	1	#02
Belgium	Dutch	1	#01
	English	3	#02, #03, #04
	French	1	#05
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Bosnian	1	#03
	Croatian	1	#01
	English	1	#04
	Serbian	1	#02
Bulgaria	Bulgarian	4	#01, #02, #03, #05
Croatia	Croatian	1	#02
Cyprus	English	2	#03, #04
	Greek	1	#05
Czech Republic	Czech	1	#03
	English	3	#01, #02, #05
Denmark	Danish	1	#03
	English	4	#01, #02, #04, #05
Estonia	English	4	#01, #02, #03, #04
	Estonian	1	#05
Faroe Islands	English	3	#03, #04, #05
	Faroese	1	#02
Finland	English	1	#04
	Finnish	4	#01, #02, #03, #05
France	English	1	#05
	French	4	#01, #02, #03, #04
FYR Macedonia	Macedonian	3	#03, #04, #05
Germany	English	2	#03, #04
	German	1	#05
Greece	English	2	#03, #04
	Greek	4	#01, #02, #05
Hungary	Hungarian	5	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05
Iceland	English	3	#01, #02, #03
	Icelandic	1	#05
Ireland	English	4	#01, #03, #04, #05
Italy	English	3	#02, #03, #04,
	French	1	#04
	Italian	2	#01, #04
Latvia	English	3	#02, #03, #04
	Latvian	2	#01, #05
Liechtenstein	English	2	#03, #04
Lithuania	English	2	#03, #04
	Lithuanian	2	#01, #05
Luxembourg	English	3	#01, #04, #05
Malta	English	2	#04, #05
Moldova	English	3	#02, #03, #04
	Romanian	1	#01
Monaco	English	1	#05
	French	5	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05
Netherlands	English	5	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05
Norway	English	4	#01, #02, #04, #05
Poland	English	3	#02, #03, #05
	Polish	3	#01, #02, #04
Portugal	English	2	#03, #05
	Portuguese	2	#01, #02
Romania	English	2	#01, #05
	Romanian	2	#02, #03
Russia	English	2	#03, #04
	Russian	1	#01
	Tatar	1	#02
San Marino	English	2	#01, #04
	Italian	3	#02, #03, #05
Serbia	Serbian	4	#01, #02, #03, #05
Slovakia	English	1	#02
	Slovak	3	#01, #03, #05
Slovenia	English	1	#03
	Slovene	1	#05
	Serbian	2	#02, #04
Spain	English	3	#02, #04, #05
	Spanish	1	#01
Sweden	English	4	#01, #03, #04, #05
	Swedish	1	#02
Switzerland	English	5	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05
Turkey	English	1	#05
Ukraine	Russian	3	#01, #02, #04
	Ukrainian	1	#05
United Kingdom	English	5	#01, #02, #03, #04, #05