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List of languages by number of native speakers

The following tables list languages with more than three million estimated native speakers, ordered by number of speakers.
Since the definition of a single language is to some extent arbitrary, some mutually intelligible idioms with separate national standards or self-identification have been listed together, including Hindi-Urdu; Indonesian and Malay; Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian; Punjabi; Tibetan, etc.
The primary estimates used for this list are those of SIL Ethnologue.[1] Other estimates will vary, and the numbers should be taken as no more than an indication of the rough order of magnitude of a linguistic community. Ethnologue lists 1,300 languages with 100,000 speakers or more, 750 with 300,000 or more, some 400 with a million or more, 200 with at least 3 million, 80 with 10 million, and 40 with 30 million.
Figures are accompanied by dates the data was collected; for many languages, an old date means that the current number of speakers will be substantially greater. A range of dates means that the figure is the sum of data from more than one country and from different years.

More than 100 million native speakers:

Language Family Native speakers (Ethnologue 16)[1] Total speakers
(Ethnologue 16)[1] Other estimates Rank

1.Mandarin Sino-Tibetan,
Chinese 845 million (2000) 1025 million One of the six official languages of the United Nations.
All varieties of Chinese: 1,200 million (2000)

Spanish
(Castilian) Indo-European,
Romance 329 million (1986–2000) 390 million 400 million native.[2] 500 million total (2009)[3]
One of the six official languages of the United Nations.

2.English Indo-European,
Germanic 328 million (2000–2006) — Approximately 375 million L1 speakers, 375 million L2 speakers, and 750 million EFL speakers. Totaling about 1.5 billion speakers.[4]
One of the six official languages of the United Nations.

3.Hindi-Urdu
(Hindustani) Indo-European,
Indic 240 million (1991–1997) 405 million (1999) 490 million total speakers.[5], 610 million (2001)[6] 4–5
4.Arabic Afro-Asiatic,
Semitic 206 million (1999), 221 million, 232 million
(206M is "all Arabic varieties"; 221M is Arabic "macrolanguage", not counting Hassaniya; 232M is sum of counts for all dialects) 452 million (1999) 280 million native.[7]
One of the six official languages of the United Nations.

5.
Bengali
(Bangla) Indo-European,
Indic 181 million (1997–2001) 250 million 6–7

6-7.Portuguese Indo-European,
Romance 178 million (1998) 193 million 220 million native, 240 million total.[8]
Ethnologue estimate misses ~12 million in Angola[citation needed]

8.Russian Indo-European,
Slavic 144 million (2002) 250 million One of the six official languages of the United Nations.[9] 8

9.Japanese Japonic 122 million (1985) 123 million 9

10.Punjabi Indo-European,
Indic 109 million (2000)
All varieties: Lahnda, Seraiki, Hindko, Mirpur —

50 to 100 million native speakers:


Language Family Native[1] Total[1] Other estimates

German Indo-European, Germanic 90 million (standard German, 1990) 118 million 101 million native (2005: 82 million in Germany, 8 million in Austria, 5 million in Switzerland), 60 million second language in EU[10] + 5–20 million worldwide.

Javanese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 85 million (2000) — 85 million (2012)[11], 75 million (2006)[12], 70 million native speakers (1997)[13]

Wu
(Shanghainese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 77 million (1984) — 90 million,[14] Shanghainese is not mutually intelligible with some other Wu dialects/languages.

Marathi Indo-European, Indic 75 million (1997)
(including Varhadi) 3 million L2 72 million (2001 census)[15]

Telugu Dravidian 70 million (1997) 75 million 84.6 million (2011 census)[15]
Vietnamese Austro-Asiatic, Viet–Muong 69 million (1999) — 86 million total?[citation needed]

French Indo-European, Romance 68 million (2005) 120 million 128 million "native and real speakers" (includes 65 million French people[16], 72 million "bilinguals"[17]. More than 200 million native and second language.[18][19]
One of the six official languages of the United Nations.[9]

Korean language isolate 66 million (1986) — 72 million (2010 WA)


Tamil Dravidian 66 million (1997) 74 million 61 million (2001 census)[15][verify]


Yue
(Cantonese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 56 million (1984) — 70 million[20]

Turkish Turkic, Oghuz 51 million (1987) — 74 & 83 million (2005)[10]
Turk-Azeri-Turkmen = 80 million (1987–2007) per Ethnologue figures.

Pashto Indo-European, Iranian 50 million (2009) — 50 to 60 million[21][22][23][24]

Italian Indo-European, Romance — 62 million (no date) Figure includes "bilinguals" who do not use standard Italian as their main language, who may account for nearly half the population in Italy

30 to 50 million native speakers:

Language Family Native[1] Total[1] Other estimates

Min Nan
(Amoy, Hokkien, Taiwanese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 47 million (1984–1997) —

Gujarati Indo-European, Indic 46 million (1997) —

Polish Indo-European, Slavic 40 million (1986)

Persian Indo-European, Iranian 39 million (1991–2000)
incl. Dari, Tajik, Hazara — Data from Uzbekistan highly uncertain.
63 million (Encyclopedia of Orient)[25] 59 million 2009 CIA Factbook (Afghan Persian, Iranian Persian and Tajiki are considered dialects of one language);[26][27][28][29] ca. 60-70 million, as their mother tongue (2006 estimates).[30][31][32][33][34]

Bhojpuri Indo-European, Indic 39 million (2007) —

Awadhi Indo-European, Indic 38 million (2001) — Often included in Hindi, but not in Hindi-Urdu. Separate literature.

Ukrainian Indo-European, Slavic 37 million (1993) —

Malay
(Malaysian-Indonesian) Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 37 million (2000) 180 million

Xiang
(Hunanese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 36 million (1984) —

Malayalam Dravidian 36 million (1997) —

Kannada Dravidian 35 million (1997) 44 million

Maithili Indo-European, Indic 35 million (2000) —

Sundanese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 34 million (2000 census) —

Burmese Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman 32 million (2000) 42 million 50-56 million total speakers, including 18 to 23 million as second language (Myanmar Language Commission)

Oriya Indo-European, Indic 32 million (1997) — 2001 Indian Census: 33,017,446.[35]

Marwari Indo-European, Indic 31 million (undated) — Sometimes included in Rajasthani. The sum of speakers of individual dialects is 23M (2001–2007).

Hakka Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 30 million (1984) —


10 to 30 million native speakers:


Language Family Native[1] Total[1] Other estimate

Thai Tai–Kadai, Tai 26 million (2000)
20M Central (Siamese) + 6M Northern 60 million (2001) Divergent definitions of what constitutes "Thai".

Hausa Afro-Asiatic, Chadic 25 million (1991) 40 million

Tagalog
(Filipino) Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 24 million (2000) (as Tagalog)
25 million (2007) (as Filipino) — Perhaps 90% of the population of 85 million can speak Tagalog.[citation needed]

Romanian Indo-European, Romance 23 million (2002) — The Latin Union reports 28 million speakers for Romanian, out of whom 24 million are native speakers of the language[36]

Dutch Indo-European, Germanic 22 million (2007)
27M incl. 5M Afrikaans (+ 10 million Afrikaans) 25 million[10][37]

Gan Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 21 million (1984) — 48 million[38][Cannot verify]
Sindhi Indo-European, Indic 21 million (2001) — (significant L2 speakers?)[citation needed]

Uzbek Turkic, Uyghur 20 million (1995) — Population has grown substantially since 1995, but figures are exaggerated to hide Persian/Tajik population.

Azerbaijani Turkic, Oghuz 20 million (2001–2006)
22 million including Qashqai 28 million Data from Iran highly uncertain.
CIA: 26 million native (2010).[39]

Rajasthani Indo-European, Indic 20 million (2000–2003) — Dominant variety is Malvi

Lao–Isan Tai–Kadai, Tai 19 million (1983–1991) 20 million
Yoruba Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger 19 million (1993) 21 million

Igbo Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger 18 million (1999) — 18–25 million[40]
Northern Berber Afro-Asiatic, Berber 15–22 million (Total of Central Atlas Tamazight, Riff, Shilha, Kabylian, Shawia, others.) —

Amharic Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 17.5 million (1994) 22 million [need updated fig.] Significant L2 speakers.

Oromo Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic 17 million (1994) — 30 million ethnic Oromo. Significant L2 speakers.

Chhattisgarhi Indo-European, Indic 17.5 million (2002) — Frequently counted as "Hindi"

Assamese Indo-European, Indic 16.8 million (2000) — Many L2 speakers[citation needed]

Kurdish Indo-European, Iranian 16 million (1980–2004) — ≈35 million ethnic Kurds ca. 2010, not all of whom speak Kurdish

Serbo-Croatian
(Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian) Indo-European, Slavic 16 million —

Sinhalese Indo-European, Indic 16 million (2007) 18 million

Cebuano Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 15.8 million (2000) — Significant L2 speakers

Rangpuri Indo-European, Indic ≈ 15 million (2007) —

Malagasy Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 15 million (2006) —

Khmer Austro-Asiatic, Mon–Khmer 15 million (2006) 16 million

Sotho–Tswana Niger–Congo, Bantu 15 million (2006) — Tswana, Southern Sotho, and the various lects lumped under 'Northern Sotho' are mutually intelligible

Nepali Indo-European, Indic 14 million (2001) — As the national language of Nepal, the number total speakers is closer to 32 million.

Rwanda-Rundi Niger–Congo, Bantu 14 million (1986–1998) Given the populations of Rwanda and Burundi, the 2010 figure is likely 23 million native.

Somali Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic 14 million (2006) —
Madurese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 14 million (2000)

Haryanvi Indo-European, Indic 13 million (1992) Frequently counted as "Hindi"
Fula
(Fulani, Fulfulde, Pulaar) Niger–Congo, Senegambian 13 million (1991–2007)
(all varieties) — Significant L2 speakers

Bavarian Indo-European, Germanic 13 million (2005) — Listed figure of 13.26 spuriously precise

Magahi Indo-European, Indic 13 million (2002) Bihari, and so sometimes counted as "Hindi"

Greek Indo-European, Greek 13 million (2002) —

Chittagonian Indo-European, Indic 13 million (2006) sometimes considered a dialect of Bengali, but not mutually intelligible

Deccan Indo-European, Indic 12.8 million (2000) Perhaps the same as the Dakhini "dialect" of Urdu

Hungarian Uralic, Ugric 12.5 million (2001) —
Catalan
(Valencian) Indo-European, Romance 11.5 million (2006) 15 million

Shona Niger–Congo, Bantu 10.8 million (2000)

(Shona proper) 11.6 million 15 million native (2000) including Ndau, Manyika, etc.

Min Bei Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 10.3 million (1984) —

Zulu Niger–Congo, Bantu 10.3 million (2006) 26 million

Sylheti Indo-European, Indic 10 million Similar to Bengali. Ethnologue figure of 10.3 million spuriously precise.


5 to 10 million native speakers

Language Family Native[1] Total Other estimates
Czech Indo-European, Slavic 9.5 million (2001) — 15 million Czech-Slovak
Kanauji Indo-European, Indic 9.5 million (2001) — Generally considered Hindi
Bulgarian Indo-European, Slavic 9.1 million (1986) —
Min Dong
(Fuzhou) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 8.6 million (2000) —
Lombard Indo-European, Romance 9.1 million (2000) —
Uyghur Turkic, Uyghur 8.9 million (2000) —
Chewa
(Nyanja) Niger–Congo, Bantu 8.7 million (2001) —
Belarusian Indo-European, Slavic 8.6 million (2001) —
Kazakh Turkic, Kypchak 8.3 million (1979) —
Swedish Indo-European, Germanic 8.3 million (1998) —
Akan
(Twi, Fante) Niger–Congo, Kwa 8.3 million 9.3 million 10 million native, ≈20 million total [41]
Makuwa
(Lomwe) Niger–Congo, Bantu 8.0 million (2006)
(incl. Lomwe/West Makua) —
Tatar-Bashkir Turkic, Kypchak 7.9 million (2002) —
Bagheli Indo-European, Indic 7.9 million (2004) — Generally considered Hindi
Xhosa Niger–Congo, Bantu 7.8 million (2006) —
Haitian Creole French creole 7.7 million (2001) —
Konkani Indo-European, Indic ca. 7.6 million (2001) —
Albanian Indo-European, isolate 7.5 million (1989–2007) —
Gikuyu Niger–Congo, Bantu 7.2 million (undated) —
Neapolitan
(Calabrese) Indo-European, Romance 7.0 million (1976) —
Ilokano Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 7.0 million (2000) — significant L2 use
Balochi Indo-European, Iranian 7.0 million (1998) —
Southern Quechua Quechuan 6.9 million (1987–2002) —
Batak Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 6.8 million (1991–2000)
(all varieties) —
Turkmen Turkic, Oghuz 6.6 million (1995–1997) —
Mossi-Dagomba Niger–Congo, Gur 6.4 million (1991–2003) — Does not include Frafra.
Armenian Indo-European, isolate 6.4 million (?–2001) —
Sukuma-Nyamwezi Niger–Congo, Bantu 6.4 million (2006) —
Tshiluba
(Luba-Kasai) Niger–Congo, Bantu 6.3 million (1991) 7.0 million
Santali Austro-Asiatic, Munda 6.2 million (1997) —
Venetian Indo-European, Romance ≈ 6.2 million (2000–2006) — Incl. ≈ 4M in Brazil.
Kongo Niger–Congo, Bantu ≈ 6 million (?–2007) ≈ 11 million Figures are only approximate.
Hiligaynon Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 5.8 million (2000) — Significant L2 use.
Tigrinya Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 5.8 million (1994–2006) 6.0 million
Mongolian Mongolic 5.7 million (1982–1995) — Some L2 use.
Bhili
(Wagdi, etc.) Indo-European, Indic 5.6 million (1998–2007)
(all varieties) —
Danish Indo-European, Germanic 5.6 million (2007) —
Minangkabau Austronesian 5.5 million (2007) —
Kashmiri Indo-European, Indic 5.6 million (undated) — data apparently post-2000
Hebrew Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 5.3 million (1998) — Number is L1 use, not nec. native. Significant L2 use.
Finnish Uralic, Finnic 5.0 million (1993) —
Slovak Indo-European, Slavic 5.0 million (2001) — See Czech above.
Afrikaans Indo-European, Germanic 4.9 million (2006) 15.2 million See Dutch above.
Guarani Tupi 4.9 million (1995) —


3 to 5 million native speakers:


Language Family Native[1] Total Other estimates
Mandingo
(Maninka) Mande 4.8 million (1986–2006) — L2 use.
Sicilian Indo-European, Romance 4.8 million (2000) —
Norwegian Indo-European, Germanic 4.6 million (no date) — 4.7 million (2006, Statistics Norway)
Bikol Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 4.6 million (2000)
(all varieties) — L2 use.
Bambara
(Malinke, Jula) Mande ≈ 4.5 million (1990–1995) — Widespread as L2, over 10 million
Southern Thai Tai–Kadai, Tai 4.5 million (2006) —
Dholuo
(Luo proper) Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic 4.4 million (undated) — (data apparently after 2000)
Georgian Kartvelian 4.3 million (1993) —
Kituba Kikongo-based creole 4.2 million (1990) 5 million Widely used as L2
Kanuri
(Kanembu) Nilo-Saharan, Saharan ≈ 4.2 million (1985–2006) ≈ 4.8 million 3 of the 4.2 M is a rough estimate from 1985
Wolof Niger–Congo, Senegambian 4.2 million (2006) — Significant L2 use.
Ganda
(Luganda) Niger–Congo, Bantu 4.1 million (2002) ≈ 5 million (1999)
Umbundu
(South Mbundu) Niger–Congo, Bantu ≈ 4 million (1995) — L2 use.
Kamba Niger–Congo, Bantu 4.0 million (undated) 4.6 million Data likely after 2000.
Dogri
(Kangri) Indo-European, Indic 3.8 million (1996–1997) —
Tsonga Niger–Congo, Bantu 3.7 million (2006) —
Konkani Indo-European, Indic 3.6 million Goan Konkani (2000)
≈ 7.6 million all varieties — There is debate over whether Maharashtra Konkani is actually Konkani or Marathi
Luyia Niger–Congo, Bantu 3.6 million (1989) — Scope of language has been changed, but without complete data available.
Bemba Niger–Congo, Bantu 3.6 million (2001) — Significant L2 use.
Buginese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian ≈ 3.5 million (1991) ≈ 4 million
Efik
(Ibibio–Efik) Niger–Congo, Cross River (≈ 3½ million, 1990–1998)
(incl. Anaang) (≈ 5½ million) Ethnologue has rescinded its data for Ibibio.
Acehnese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 3.5 million (2000) — L2 use.
Balinese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 3.3 million (2000) — 3.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)
Mazanderani–Gilaki Indo-European, Iranian 3.3 million (1993) —
Shan Tai–Kadai, Tai 3.3 million (2001) —
Lithuanian Indo-European, Baltic 3.2 million (1998) —
Galician Indo-European, Romance 3.2 million (1986) — Portuguese and Galician are dialects.
Jamaican Creole English creole 3.2 million (2001) —
Shan Tai–Kadai, Tai 3.2 million (2001) —
Ewe Niger–Congo, Kwa 3.1 million (1991–2003) 3.6 million
Piemonteis Indo-European, Romance 3.1 million (2000) —
Kimbundu
(North Mbundu) Niger–Congo, Bantu ≈ 3 million (1999) —
Kyrgyz Turkic, Kypchak 2.9 million (1993) —

உலகில் அதிகமாக பேசுகின்ற மொழிகள் ஒரு பட்டியல் உங்கள் பார்வைக்கு :

மூன்று மில்லியன் மதிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது தாய்மொழியாக கொண்ட பின்வரும் அட்டவணைகள் பட்டியல் மொழிகளை பேசுபவர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை உத்தரவிடப்பட்டது.
இந்தோனேசிய மற்றும் மலாய்;; ஒரு ஒற்றை மொழி வரையறை தன்னிச்சையான ஓரளவிற்கு, தனி தேசிய தரம் அல்லது சுய அடையாளம் சில பரஸ்பர தெளிவான சொலவடைகள் வேண்டும் என்பதால் இந்தி உருது உட்பட, ஒன்றாக பட்டியலிடப்பட்ட கரோஷியன், போஸ்னியன் மற்றும் செர்பிய; பஞ்சாபி; திபெத்திய போன்றவை .

இந்த பட்டியல் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் முதன்மை மதிப்பீடுகள் SIL Ethnologue அந்த உள்ளன. [1] பிற மதிப்பீடுகள் வேறுபடும், மற்றும் எண்கள் ஒரு மொழி சமூகத்தின் அளவில் கடுமையான ஒழுங்கு ஒரு அறிகுறி காட்டிலும் எடுத்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். Ethnologue 100,000 பேச்சாளர்கள் அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட, ஒரு மில்லியன் அல்லது குறைந்த பட்சம் 3 மில்லியன் 200, இன்னும், 80 30 மில்லியன் மில்லியன் 10, மற்றும் 40 உடன் 300,000 அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட 750, சில 400 உடன் 1,300 மொழிகளை பட்டியலிடுகிறது.
புள்ளிவிவரங்கள் தரவுகள் சேகரிக்கப்பட்டன தேதிகள் சேர்ந்து; பல மொழிகளில், ஒரு பழைய தேதி பேச்சாளர்கள் தற்போதைய எண்ணிக்கை கணிசமாக அதிகமாக இருக்கும் என்று அர்த்தம். தேதிகளை ஒரு வரையறைக்கு எண்ணிக்கை மேற்பட்ட நாட்டில் இருந்து பல்வேறு ஆண்டுகள் தரவை தொகை என்று தான் அர்த்தம்.


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