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1 CHINESE, MANDARIN China 885,000,000
2 SPANISH Spain 332,000,000
3 ENGLISH United Kingdom 322,000,000
4 BENGALI Bangladesh 189,000,000
5 HINDI India 182,000,000
6 PORTUGUESE Portugal 170,000,000
7 RUSSIAN Russia 170,000,000
8 JAPANESE Japan 125,000,000
9 GERMAN, STANDARD Germany 98,000,000
10 CHINESE, WU China 77,175,000
11 JAVANESE Indonesia, Java, Bali 75,500,800
12 KOREAN Korea, South 75,000,000
13 FRENCH France 72,000,000
14 VIETNAMESE Viet Nam 67,662,000
15 TELUGU India 66,350,000
16 CHINESE, YUE China 66,000,000
17 MARATHI India 64,783,000
18 TAMIL India 63,075,000
19 TURKISH Turkey 59,000,000
20 URDU Pakistan 58,000,000
21 CHINESE, MIN NAN China 49,000,000
22 CHINESE, JINYU China 45,000,000
23 GUJARATI India 44,000,000
24 POLISH Poland 44,000,000
25 ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN Egypt 42,500,000
26 UKRAINIAN Ukraine 41,000,000
27 ITALIAN Italy ?x'37,000,000'
28 CHINESE, XIANG China 36,015,000
29 MALAYALAM India 34,022,000
30 CHINESE, HAKKA China 34,000,000
31 KANNADA India 33,663,000
32 ORIYA India 31,000,000
33 PANJABI, WESTERN Pakistan 30,000,000
34 SUNDA Indonesia 27,000,000
35 PANJABI, EASTERN India 26,013,000
36 ROMANIAN Romania 26,000,000
37 BHOJPURI India 25,000,000
38 AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH Iran 24,364,000
39 FARSI, WESTERN Iran 24,280,000
40 MAITHILI India 24,260,000
41 HAUSA Nigeria 24,200,000
42 ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN Algeria 22,400,000
43 BURMESE Myanmar 22,000,000
44 SERBO-CROATIAN Yugoslavia 21,000,000
45 CHINESE, GAN China 20,580,000
46 AWADHI India 20,540,000
47 THAI Thailand 20,047,000
48 DUTCH Netherlands 20,000,000 49
YORUBA Nigeria 20,000,000
50 SINDHI Pakistan 19,720,000
51 ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN Morocco 19,542,000
52 ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN Egypt 18,900,000
53 UZBEK, NORTHERN Uzbekistan 18,466,000
54 MALAY Malaysia, Peninsular 17,600,000
55 AMHARIC Ethiopia 17,413,000
56 INDONESIAN Indonesia 17,050,000
57 IGBO Nigeria 17,000,000
58 TAGALOG Philippines 17,000,000
59 NEPALI Nepal 16,056,000
60 ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN Sudan 16,000,000
61 SARAIKI Pakistan 15,015,000
62 CEBUANO Philippines 15,000,000
63 ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN Syria 15,000,000
64 THAI, NORTHEASTERN Thailand 15,000,000
65 ASSAMESE India 14,634,000
66 HUNGARIAN Hungary 14,500,000
67 CHITTAGONIAN Bangladesh 14,000,000
68 ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN Iraq 13,900,000
69 MADURA Indonesia, Java, Bali 13,694,000
70 SINHALA Sri Lanka 13,220,000
71 HARYANVI India 13,000,000
72 MARWARI India 12,104,000
73 CZECH Czech Republic 12,000,000
74 GREEK Greece 12,000,000
75 MAGAHI India 12,000,000
76 CHHATTISGARHI India 10,985,000
77 DECCAN India 10,709,800
78 CHINESE, MIN BEI China 10,537,000
79 BELARUSAN Belarus 10,200,000
80 ZHUANG, NORTHERN China 10,000,000
81 ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN Saudi Arabia 9,800,000
82 PASHTO, NORTHERN Pakistan 9,685,000
83 SOMALI Somalia 9,472,000
84 MALAGASY Madagascar 9,398,700
85 ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN Tunisia 9,308,000
86 RWANDA Rwanda 9,306,800
87 ZULU South Africa 9,142,000
88 BULGARIAN Bulgaria 9,000,000
89 SWEDISH Sweden 9,000,000
90 LOMBARD Italy 8,974,000
91 OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL Ethiopia 8,920,000
92 PASHTO, SOUTHERN Afghanistan 8,206,000
93 KAZAKH Kazakhstan 8,000,000
94 ILOCANO Philippines 8,000,000
95 TATAR Russia 8,000,000
96 FULFULDE, NIGERIAN Nigeria 7,611,000
97 ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN Yemen 7,600,000
98 UYGHUR China 7,595,512
99 HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH Haiti 7,372,000
100 AZERBAIJANI, NORTH Azerbaijan 7,059,000
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∙ 11y ago1 CHINESE, MANDARIN China 885,000,000 2 SPANISH Spain 332,000,000 3 ENGLISH United Kingdom 322,000,000 4 BENGALI Bangladesh 189,000,000 5 HINDI India 182,000,000 6 PORTUGUESE Portugal 170,000,000 7 RUSSIAN Russia 170,000,000 8 JAPANESE Japan 125,000,000 9 GERMAN, STANDARD Germany 98,000,000 10 CHINESE, WU China 77,175,000 11 JAVANESE Indonesia, Java, Bali 75,500,800 12 KOREAN Korea, South 75,000,000 13 FRENCH France 72,000,000 14 VIETNAMESE Viet Nam 67,662,000 15 TELUGU India 66,350,000 16 CHINESE, YUE China 66,000,000 17 MARATHI India 64,783,000 18 TAMIL India 63,075,000 19 TURKISH Turkey 59,000,000 20 URDU Pakistan 58,000,000 21 CHINESE, MIN NAN China 49,000,000 22 CHINESE, JINYU China 45,000,000 23 GUJARATI India 44,000,000 24 POLISH Poland 44,000,000 25 ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN Egypt 42,500,000 26 UKRAINIAN Ukraine 41,000,000 27 ITALIAN Italy ?x'37,000,000' 28 CHINESE, XIANG China 36,015,000 29 MALAYALAM India 34,022,000 30 CHINESE, HAKKA China 34,000,000 31 KANNADA India 33,663,000 32 ORIYA India 31,000,000 33 PANJABI, WESTERN Pakistan 30,000,000 34 SUNDA Indonesia 27,000,000 35 PANJABI, EASTERN India 26,013,000 36 ROMANIAN Romania 26,000,000 37 BHOJPURI India 25,000,000 38 AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH Iran 24,364,000 39 FARSI, WESTERN Iran 24,280,000 40 MAITHILI India 24,260,000 41 HAUSA Nigeria 24,200,000 42 ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN Algeria 22,400,000 43 BURMESE Myanmar 22,000,000 44 SERBO-CROATIAN Yugoslavia 21,000,000 45 CHINESE, GAN China 20,580,000 46 AWADHI India 20,540,000 47 THAI Thailand 20,047,000 48 DUTCH Netherlands 20,000,000 49 YORUBA Nigeria 20,000,000 50 SINDHI Pakistan 19,720,000 51 ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN Morocco 19,542,000 52 ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN Egypt 18,900,000 53 UZBEK, NORTHERN Uzbekistan 18,466,000 54 MALAY Malaysia, Peninsular 17,600,000 55 AMHARIC Ethiopia 17,413,000 56 INDONESIAN Indonesia 17,050,000 57 IGBO Nigeria 17,000,000 58 TAGALOG Philippines 17,000,000 59 NEPALI Nepal 16,056,000 60 ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN Sudan 16,000,000 61 SARAIKI Pakistan 15,015,000 62 CEBUANO Philippines 15,000,000 63 ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN Syria 15,000,000 64 THAI, NORTHEASTERN Thailand 15,000,000 65 ASSAMESE India 14,634,000 66 HUNGARIAN Hungary 14,500,000 67 CHITTAGONIAN Bangladesh 14,000,000 68 ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN Iraq 13,900,000 69 MADURA Indonesia, Java, Bali 13,694,000 70 SINHALA Sri Lanka 13,220,000 71 HARYANVI India 13,000,000 72 MARWARI India 12,104,000 73 CZECH Czech Republic 12,000,000 74 GREEK Greece 12,000,000 75 MAGAHI India 12,000,000 76 CHHATTISGARHI India 10,985,000 77 DECCAN India 10,709,800 78 CHINESE, MIN BEI China 10,537,000 79 BELARUSAN Belarus 10,200,000 80 ZHUANG, NORTHERN China 10,000,000 81 ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN Saudi Arabia 9,800,000 82 PASHTO, NORTHERN Pakistan 9,685,000 83 SOMALI Somalia 9,472,000 84 MALAGASY Madagascar 9,398,700 85 ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN Tunisia 9,308,000 86 RWANDA Rwanda 9,306,800 87 ZULU South Africa 9,142,000 88 BULGARIAN Bulgaria 9,000,000 89 SWEDISH Sweden 9,000,000 90 LOMBARD Italy 8,974,000 91 OROMO, WEST-CENTRAL Ethiopia 8,920,000 92 PASHTO, SOUTHERN Afghanistan 8,206,000 93 KAZAKH Kazakhstan 8,000,000 94 ILOCANO Philippines 8,000,000 95 TATAR Russia 8,000,000 96 FULFULDE, NIGERIAN Nigeria 7,611,000 97 ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN Yemen 7,600,000 98 UYGHUR China 7,595,512 99 HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH Haiti 7,372,000 100 AZERBAIJANI, NORTH Azerbaijan 7,059,000
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1. Icelandic
2. Chinese (Traditional)
3. Arabic
4. Hungarian
5. Japanese
6. Basque
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