World Languages Summary

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Main World Languages Listed by Number of Speakers

	Language	Native Speakers / Primary Country	# of TOTAL Speakers (millions)		Language	Primary Country	# of TOTAL Speakers (millions)
1	Mandarin	863	1,025	33	Hausa (Niger)	Africa	39
2	Hindi	357	476	34	Malayalam	India	36
3	Spanish	352	409	35	Persian	Iran	35
4	English	335	497	36	Hakka	China	34
5	Bengali	200	207	37	Burmese	Myanmar	32
6	Arabic	200	235	38	Oriya	India	31
7	Portuguese	173	187	39	Romanian	Romania	26
8	Russian	168	279	40	Sudanese	Africa	26
9	Japanese	125	126	41	Yoruba	Africa	22
10	German	99	126	42	Dutch-Flemish	Nether.-Belg.	21
11	French	75	127	43	Serbo-Croatian	Croatia- Serbia	21
12	Malay-Indonesian	57	170	44	Amharic	Africa	21
13	Urdu	Pakistan	104	45	Pashtu	Pakistan	19
14	Punjabi	India	94	46	Sindhi	Pakistan	19
15	Korean	Korea	77	47	Uzbek	Uzbekistan	18
16	Telugu	India	75	48	Igbo	Africa	18
17	Tamil	India	74	49	Nepali	Nepal	16
18	Cantonese	China	71	50	Hungarian	Hungary	14
19	Marathi	India	71	51	Fula	Africa	13
20	Wu	China	70	52	Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	13
21	Vietnamese	Vietnam	68	53	Czech	Czech	12
22	Javanese	Java	64	53	Greek	Greece	12
23	Italian	Italy	62	55	Kurdish	Iran, Iraq	11
24	Turkish	Turkey	61	56	Azeri	Azerbaijan	11
25	Tagalog	Phillipines	57	57	Oromo	Africa	10
26	Thai	Thailand	52	58	Byelorussian	Belarus	10
27	Min (China)	China	50	59	Madurese	Indonesia	10
28	Swahili	Africa	49	60	Assamese	India	10
29	Ukrainian	Ukrain	47	61	Malinke-Bambara	Africa	9
30	Kannada	India	46	62	Swedish	Sweden	9
31	Polish	Poland	44	63	Zulu	Africa	9
32	Gujarati	India	44	64	Afrikaans	Africa	9