Large Language Models (LLMs), trained predominantly on extensive English data, often exhibit limitations when applied to other languages. Current research is primarily focused on enhancing the multilingual capabilities of these models by employing various tuning strategies. Despite their effectiveness in certain languages, the understanding of the multilingual abilities of LLMs remains incomplete. This study endeavors to evaluate the multilingual capacity of LLMs by conducting an exhaustive analysis across 101 languages, and classifies languages with similar characteristics into four distinct quadrants. By delving into each quadrant, we shed light on the rationale behind their categorization and offer actionable guidelines for tuning these languages. Extensive experiments reveal that existing LLMs possess multilingual capabilities that surpass our expectations, and we can significantly improve the multilingual performance of LLMs by focusing on these distinct attributes present in each quadrant.

通过对101种语言进行全面分析，评估了大型语言模型（LLMs）的多语言能力，并将具有相似特征的语言分类为四个不同的象限，为调整这些语言提供可操作的指导。通过深入研究每个象限，阐明了其分类背后的理由，并提出了改进LLMs的多语言性能的具体属性。实验结果表明，现有的LLMs具有超出预期的多语言能力，并且通过关注每个象限中存在的不同属性，我们可以显著提高LLMs的多语言表现。

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