List of World Languages

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     Data

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      List of Languages by number of Native Speakers



     Rank

     Language

     Million people

     1

     Mandarin ( Chinese )

      880

     2

     English

      550

     3

     Hindi ( India )

      510

     4

     Spanish

      450

     5

     Arabic

      260

     6

     Bengali ( India / Bangladesh )

      240

     7

     Portuguese

      220

     8

     Russian

      180

     9

     Japanese

      134

     10

     German

      135

     11

     French

      130

     12

     Punjabi ( Pakistan )

      90

     13

     Wu Chinese ( Shanghai Dialect )

      80

     14

     Bahasa Jawa ( Indonesia )

      75

     15

     Korean

      75

     16

     Tamil ( India )

      74

     17

     Vietnamese

      70

     18

     Telugu ( India )

      70

     19

     Marathi ( India )

      68

     20

     Urdu ( India )

      61

     21

     Italian

      61

     22

     Turkish

      60

     23

     Cantonese

      60

     24

     Min Nan ( Fujian Dialect )

      50

     25

     Polish

      50

     26

     Jin Chinese
     ( Shanxi / Shaanxi Dialect )

      48

     27

     Gujarat ( India )

      46




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      Top 25 of the Most Influential Languages in the World



     Rank

     Language

     Million people

     1

     English

      3,000

     2

     French

      900

     3

     Spanish

      600

     4

     Arabic

      700

     5

     Mandarin ( Chinese )

      1,500

     6

     Russian

      210

     7

     Portuguese

      250

     8

     German

      125

     9

     Japanese

      130

     10

     Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu)

      600

     11

     Malay

      350

     12

     Farsi (Persian)

      125

     13

     Ki Swahili

      100

     14

     Tamil ( India )

      80

     15

     Italian

      90

     16

     Dutch ( incl. Afrikaans )

      50

     17

     Bengali ( India / Bangladesh )

      250

     18

     Turkish

      85

     19

     Vietnamese

      90

     20

     Polish

      50

     21

     Bahasa Jawa ( Indonesia )

      90

     22

     Punjabi ( Pakistan )

      90

     23

     Thai Language

      60

     24

     Cantonese

      75

     25

     Korean

      80