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Languages by Native Speakers
World languages ranked by number of native speakers.
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Language↕ | Native speakers(millions)↕ | Language family↕ | Branch↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Chinese | 990 | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic |
| Spanish | 484 | Indo-European | Romance |
| English | 390 | Indo-European | Germanic |
| Hindi | 345 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Portuguese | 250 | Indo-European | Romance |
| Bengali | 242 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Russian | 145 | Indo-European | Balto-Slavic |
| Japanese | 124 | Japonic | —N/a |
| Western Punjabi | 90 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Vietnamese | 86 | Austroasiatic | Vietic |
| Yue Chinese | 85 | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic |
| Turkish | 85 | Turkic | Oghuz |
| Egyptian Arabic | 84 | Afroasiatic | Semitic |
| Wu Chinese | 83 | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic |
| Marathi | 83 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Telugu | 83 | Dravidian | South-Central |
| Korean | 81 | Koreanic | —N/a |
| Tamil | 79 | Dravidian | South |
| Urdu | 78 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Standard German | 76 | Indo-European | Germanic |
| Indonesian | 75 | Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian |
| French | 74 | Indo-European | Romance |
| Javanese | 69 | Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Iranian Persian | 65 | Indo-European | Iranian |
| Italian | 63 | Indo-European | Romance |
| Hausa | 58 | Afroasiatic | Chadic |
| Gujarati | 58 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
| Levantine Arabic | 58 | Afroasiatic | Semitic |
| Bhojpuri | 53 | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan |
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