Pos
|
Language
|
Family
|
Script(s) Used
|
Speakers
(Millions) |
Where Spoken (Major)
|
1
|
Mandarin
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
Chinese
Characters
|
1151
|
China,
Malaysia, Taiwan
|
2
|
English
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
1000
|
USA,
UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
|
3
|
Spanish
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
500
|
Mexico,
Central and South America, Spain
|
4
|
Hindi
|
Indo-European
|
Devanagari
|
490
|
North
and Central India
|
5
|
Russian
|
Indo-European
|
Cyrillic
|
277
|
Russia,
Central Asia
|
6
|
Arabic
|
Afro-Asiatic
|
Arabic
|
255
|
Middle
East, Arabia, North Africa
|
7
|
Portuguese
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
240
|
Brazil,
Portugal, Southern Africa
|
8
|
Bengali
|
Indo-European
|
Bengali
|
215
|
Bangladesh,
Eastern India
|
9
|
French
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
200
|
France,
Canada, West Africa, Central Africa
|
10
|
Malay,
Indonesian
|
Malayo-Polynesian
|
Latin
|
175
|
Indonesia,
Malaysia, Singapore
|
11
|
German
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
166
|
Germany,
Austria, Central Europe
|
12
|
Japanese
|
Altaic
|
Chinese
Characters and 2 Japanese Alphabets
|
132
|
Japan
|
13
|
Farsi
(Persian)
|
Indo-European
|
Nastaliq
|
110
|
Iran,
Afghanistan, Central Asia
|
14
|
Urdu
|
Indo-European
|
Nastaliq
|
104
|
Pakistan,
India
|
15
|
Punjabi
|
Indo-European
|
Gurumukhi
|
103
|
Pakistan,
India
|
16
|
Wu
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
Chinese
Characters
|
90
|
China
|
17
|
Vietnamese
|
Austroasiatic
|
Based
on Latin
|
86
|
Vietnam,
China
|
18
|
Javanese
|
Malayo-Polynesian
|
Javanese
|
85
|
Indonesia
|
19
|
Tamil
|
Dravidian
|
Tamil
|
78
|
Southern
India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia
|
20
|
Korean
|
Altaic
|
Hangul
|
78
|
Korean
Peninsula
|
21
|
Turkish
|
Altaic
|
Latin
|
75
|
Turkey,
Central Asia
|
22
|
Telugu
|
Dravidian
|
Telugu
|
74
|
Southern
India
|
23
|
Marathi
|
Indo-European
|
Devanagari
|
72
|
Western
India
|
24
|
Italian
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
62
|
Italy,
Central Europe
|
25
|
Thai
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
Thai
|
60
|
Thailand,
Laos
|
26
|
Burmese
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
Burmese
|
56
|
Myanmar
|
27
|
Cantonese
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
Chinese
Characters
|
55
|
Southern
China
|
28
|
Kannada
|
Dravidian
|
Kannada
|
47
|
Southern
India
|
29
|
Gujarati
|
Indo-European
|
Gujarati
|
46
|
Western
India, Kenya
|
30
|
Polish
|
Indo-European
|
Latin
|
46
|
Poland,
Central Europe
|
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