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Rank |
Language |
Speakers(millions) |
1 |
Chinese |
1,197 |
2 |
Spanish |
406 |
3 |
English |
335 |
4 |
Hindi |
260 |
5 |
Arabic |
223 |
6 |
Portuguese |
202 |
7 |
Bengali |
193 |
8 |
Russian |
162 |
9 |
Japanese |
122 |
10 |
Javanese |
84.3 |
11 |
German |
83.8 |
12 |
Lahnda |
82.7 |
13 |
Telugu |
74.0 |
14 |
Marathi |
71.8 |
15 |
Tamil |
68.8 |
16 |
French |
68.5 |
17 |
Vietnamese |
67.8 |
18 |
Korean |
66.4 |
19 |
Urdu |
63.4 |
20 |
Italian |
61.1 |
A 2013 Census of the top 20 languages by population shows the importance of Mandarin and Spanish language abilities.
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
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