Name↕ | Language↕ | Family↕ | Branch↕ | Numbers of speakers(millions)↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First-language(L1) | First-language(L1) | Second-language(L2) | Total(L1+L2) | — |
English(excl. creole languages) | English(excl. creole languages) | Indo-European | Germanic | 390 |
Mandarin Chinese(incl. Standard Chinese but excl. other varieties) | Mandarin Chinese(incl. Standard Chinese but excl. other varieties) | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic | 990 |
Hindi(excl. Urdu) | Hindi(excl. Urdu) | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 345 |
Spanish(excl. creole languages) | Spanish(excl. creole languages) | Indo-European | Romance | 484 |
Modern Standard Arabic(excl. dialects) | Modern Standard Arabic(excl. dialects) | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 0 |
French(excl. creole languages) | French(excl. creole languages) | Indo-European | Romance | 74 |
Bengali | Bengali | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 242 |
Portuguese(excl. creole languages) | Portuguese(excl. creole languages) | Indo-European | Romance | 250 |
Russian | Russian | Indo-European | Balto-Slavic | 145 |
Indonesian | Indonesian | Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | 75 |
Urdu(excl. Hindi) | Urdu(excl. Hindi) | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 78 |
Standard German | Standard German | Indo-European | Germanic | 76 |
Japanese | Japanese | Japonic | —N/a | 124 |
Nigerian Pidgin | Nigerian Pidgin | English Creole | Krio | 5 |
Egyptian Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Egyptian Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 84 |
Marathi | Marathi | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 83 |
Vietnamese | Vietnamese | Austroasiatic | Vietic | 86 |
Telugu | Telugu | Dravidian | South-Central | 83 |
Hausa | Hausa | Afro-Asiatic | Chadic | 58 |
Turkish | Turkish | Turkic | Oghuz | 85 |
Western Punjabi(excl. Eastern Punjabi) | Western Punjabi(excl. Eastern Punjabi) | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | —N/a |
Swahili | Swahili | Niger–Congo | Bantu | 4 |
Tagalog | Tagalog | Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | 33 |
Tamil | Tamil | Dravidian | South | 79 |
Yue Chinese(incl. Cantonese) | Yue Chinese(incl. Cantonese) | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic | 85 |
Wu Chinese(incl. Shanghainese) | Wu Chinese(incl. Shanghainese) | Sino-Tibetan | Sinitic | 83 |
Iranian Persian(excl. other Persian dialects) | Iranian Persian(excl. other Persian dialects) | Indo-European | Iranian | 65 |
Korean | Korean | Koreanic | —N/a | 81 |
Thai | Thai | Kra–Dai | Zhuang–Tai | 27 |
Javanese | Javanese | Austronesian | Malayo-Polynesian | —N/a |
Italian | Italian | Indo-European | Romance | 63 |
Gujarati | Gujarati | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 58 |
Levantine Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Levantine Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 58 |
Amharic | Amharic | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 35 |
Kannada | Kannada | Dravidian | South | 44 |
Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 53 |
Sudanese Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Sudanese Arabic(excl. other Arabic dialects) | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 41 |
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