|
Language
|
Native speakers
(in millions)[1]
|
|
Mainly spoken in
|
|
| Mandarin |
935 (955) |
|
China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore |
| Spanish |
387 (407) |
|
Hispanic America, Spain, United States, Equatorial Guinea |
| English |
365 (359) |
|
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa |
| Hindi |
295 (311) |
|
India |
| Arabic |
280 (293) |
|
North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East) |
| Portuguese |
204 (216) |
|
Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal |
| Bengali |
202 (206) |
|
Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India),Assam (India) |
| Russian |
160 (154) |
|
Russia, former Republics of the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Israel |
| Japanese |
127 (126) |
|
Japan |
| Punjabi |
96 (102) |
|
Punjab region (Pakistan, India) |
| German |
92 (89) |
|
Austria, Belgium (Eupen–Malmedy), Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol (in Italy) |
| Javanese |
82 |
|
Java (Indonesia) |
| Wu |
80 |
|
Shanghai (China) |
| Malay/Indonesian |
77 |
|
Indonesia, Malaysia |
| Telugu |
76 |
|
Andhra Pradesh (India) |
| Vietnamese |
76 |
|
Vietnam |
| Korean |
76 |
|
North Korea, South Korea |
| French |
74 |
|
Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels), Canada (particularly Quebec, New Brunswick and Eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, Francophone Africa |
| Marathi |
73 |
|
Maharashtra (India) |
| Tamil |
70 |
|
Sri Lanka, Singapore, Tamil Nadu (India), Malaysia, Mauritius |
| Urdu |
66 |
|
Pakistan, India |
| Turkish |
63 |
|
Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria |
| Italian |
59 |
|
Italy, Switzerland, San Marino |
| Cantonese |
59 |
|
Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong |
| Thai |
56 |
|
Thailand |
| Gujarati |
49 |
|
Gujarat (India) |
| Jin |
48 |
|
Central China |
| Min Nan |
47 |
|
Southeastern China |
| Persian |
45 |
|
Iran, Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan |
| Polish |
40 |
|
Poland |
| Pashto |
39 |
|
Afghanistan, Pakistan |
| Kannada |
38 |
|
Karnataka (India) |
| Xiang |
38 |
|
Hunan (China) |
| Malayalam |
38 |
|
Kerala (India) |
| Sundanese |
38 |
|
Java (Indonesia) |
| Hausa |
34 |
|
Nigeria |
| Oriya |
33 |
|
Orissa (India) |
| Burmese |
33 |
|
Burma |
| Hakka |
31 |
|
Southern China |
| Ukrainian |
30 |
|
Ukraine |
| Bhojpuri |
29 |
|
Bihar (India) |
| Tagalog |
28 |
|
Manila and Northern Philippines |
| Yoruba |
28 |
|
Nigeria, Benin and Togo |
| Maithili |
27 |
|
Bihar (India) |
| Uzbek |
26 |
|
Uzbekistan |
| Sindhi |
26 |
|
Sindh (Pakistan and neighboring areas in India) |
| Amharic |
25 |
|
Ethiopia |
| Fula |
24 |
|
West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Sudan |
| Romanian |
24 |
|
Romania, Moldova |
| Oromo |
24 |
|
Ethiopia and Kenya |
| Igbo |
24 |
|
Nigeria |
| Azerbaijani |
23 |
|
Azerbaijan and Northern Iran |
| Awadhi |
22 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (India) |
| Gan Chinese |
22 |
|
Jiangxi in China |
| Cebuano |
21 |
|
Central and Southern Philippines |
| Dutch |
21 |
|
Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Netherlands and Suriname |
| Kurdish |
21 |
|
“Kurdistan”, northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria |
| Serbo-Croatian |
19 |
|
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro |
| Malagasy |
18 |
|
Madagascar |
| Saraiki |
17 |
|
Sindh (Pakistan) |
| Nepali |
17 |
|
Nepal and neighbouring areas |
| Sinhalese |
16 |
|
Sri Lanka |
| Chittagonian |
16 |
|
Chittagong in Bangladesh |
| Zhuang |
16 |
|
Guangxi (Southern China) |
| Khmer |
16 |
|
Cambodia |
| Assamese |
15 |
|
Assam (India) |
| Madurese |
15 |
|
Madura, and Java (Indonesia) |
| Somali |
15 |
|
Somalia |
| Marwari |
14 |
|
Rajastan (India and Pakistan) |
| Magahi |
14 |
|
Bihar (India) |
| Haryanvi |
14 |
|
Haryana (India) |
| Hungarian |
13 |
|
Hungary and areas in neighbouring countries |
| Chhattisgarhi |
12 |
|
Chhattisgarh (India) |
| Greek |
12 |
|
Greece, Cyprus |
| Chewa |
12 |
|
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Deccan |
11 |
|
Deccan (India) |
| Akan |
11 |
|
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
| Kazakh |
11 |
|
Kazakhstan |
| Min Bei |
10.9 |
|
Fujian (China) |
| Sylheti |
10.7 |
|
Northern Bangladesh and neighbouring parts of India |
| Zulu |
10.4 |
|
South Africa |
| Czech |
10.0 |
|
Czech Republic |
| Kinyarwanda |
9.8 |
|
Rwanda |
| Dhundhari |
9.6 |
|
Rajastan (India) |
| Haitian Creole |
9.6 |
|
Haiti |
| Min Dong |
9.5 |
|
Fujian (China) |
| Ilokano |
9.1 |
|
Northern Luzon in the Philippines |
| Quechua |
8.9 |
|
Peru and Bolivia |
| Kirundi |
8.8 |
|
Burundi and Uganda |
| Swedish |
8.7 |
|
Sweden and Finland |
| Hmong |
8.4 |
|
Laos and neighbouring areas |
| Shona |
8.3 |
|
Zimbabwe |
| Uyghur |
8.2 |
|
Xinjiang (Western China) |
| Hiligaynon |
8.2 |
|
Western Visayas in the Philippines |
| Mossi |
7.6 |
|
Burkina Faso |
| Xhosa |
7.6 |
|
South Africa |
| Belarusian |
7.6 |
|
Belarus |
| Balochi |
7.6 |
|
Balochistan (province in Pakistan and Iran) |
| Konkani |
7.4 |
|
Goa (State in India) |
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