Which are the top 150 languages spoken in the world?

Answer 1

By total speakers, the top 20 languages spoken in the world are:

1. Chinese

2. Spanish

3. English

4. Hindi

5. Arabic

6. Portuguese

7. Bengali (Bangla)

8. Russian

9. French

10. Japanese

11. Standard German

12. Punjabi

13. Javanese

14. Telugu

15. Marathi

16. Vietnamese

17. Korean

18. Tamil

19. Italian

20. Urdu

Answer 2

The largest list I could find is a list of the top 107 languages:

1. CHINESE, MANDARIN
   
2. SPANISH
   
3. ENGLISH
   
4. BENGALI
   
5. HINDI
   
6. PORTUGUESE
   
7. RUSSIAN
   
8. JAPANESE
   
9. GERMAN, STANDARD
   
10. CHINESE, WU
    
11. JAVANESE
    
12. KOREAN
    
13. FRENCH
    
14. VIETNAMESE
    
15. TELUGU
    
16. CHINESE, YUE
    
17. MARATHI
    
18. TAMIL
    
19. TURKISH
    
20. URDU
    
21. CHINESE, MIN NAN
    
22. CHINESE, JINYU
    
23. GUJARATI
    
24. POLISH
    
25. ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN
    
26. UKRAINIAN
    
27. ITALIAN
    
28. CHINESE, XIANG
    
29. MALAYALAM
    
30. CHINESE, HAKKA
    
31. KANNADA
    
32. ORIYA
    
33. PANJABI, WESTERN
    
34. SUNDA
    
35. PANJABI, EASTERN
    
36. ROMANIAN
    
37. BHOJPURI
    
38. AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH
    
39. FARSI, WESTERN
    
40. MAITHILI
    
41. HAUSA
    
42. ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN
    
43. BURMESE
    
44. SERBO-CROATIAN
    
45. CHINESE, GAN
    
46. AWADHI
    
47. THAI
    
48. DUTCH
    
49. YORUBA
    
50. SINDHI
    
51. ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN
    
52. ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN
    
53. UZBEK, NORTHERN
    
54. MALAY
    
55. AMHARIC
    
56. INDONESIAN
    
57. IGBO
    
58. TAGALOG
    
59. NEPALI
    
60. ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN
    
61. SARAIKI
    
62. CEBUANO
    
63. ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN
    
64. THAI, NORTHEASTERN
    
65. ASSAMESE
    
66. HUNGARIAN
    
67. CHITTAGONIAN
    
68. ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN
    
69. MADURA
    
70. SINHALA
    
71. HARYANVI
    
72. MARWARI
    
73. CZECH
    
74. GREEK
    
75. MAGAHI
    
76. CHHATTISGARHI
    
77. DECCAN
    
78. CHINESE, MIN BEI
    
79. BELARUSAN
    
80. ZHUANG, NORTHERN
    
81. ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN
    
82. PASHTO, NORTHERN
    
83. SOMALI
    
84. MALAGASY
    
85. ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN
    
86. Rwanda
    
87. ZULU
    
88. BULGARIAN
    
89. SWEDISH
    
90. LOMBARD
    
91. OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL
    
92. PASHTO, SOUTHERN
    
93. KAZAKH
    
94. ILOCANO
    
95. TATAR
    
96. FULFULDE, NIGERIAN
    
97. ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN
    
98. UYGHUR
    
99. HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH
    
100. AZERBAIJANI, NORTH
     
101. NAPOLETANO-CALABRESE
     
102. KHMER, CENTRAL
     
103. FARSI, EASTERN
     
104. AKAN
     
105. HILIGAYNON
     
106. KURMANJI
     
107. SHONA