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==''Ethnologue'' (2013, 17th edition)==
The following list derives from [[SIL Ethnologue]].<ref name="ethnologue1">{{cite web
| url=http://www.ethnologue.org/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=size
| title=Ethnologue
| publisher=SIL Haley
}}</ref> ''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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Language
! Family
! Native speakers<br>(''Ethnologue'' 17)<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
! L2 speakers<br>(''Ethnologue'' 17)<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
! Rank
|-
| '''[[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]''' <ref>{{e17|cmn|Mandarin}}</ref>
|[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]],<br>[[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 850 million (2000) || 180 million (no date)
|| 1
|-
|'''[[Spanish language|Spanish]]''' <ref>{{e17|spa|Spanish}}</ref> <br> (Castilian) || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Romance languages|Romance]]|| 415 million (1995–2012) || —
|| 2
|-
| '''[[English language|English]]''' <ref>{{e17|eng|English}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] || 335 million (2003–2012) || 505 million (no date)
|| 3
|-
|'''[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]''' <ref>{{e17|por|Portuguese}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Romance languages|Romance]] || 200 million (1998–2005) || —
|| 6
|-
| '''[[Bengali language|Bengali]]''' <ref>{{e17|ben|Bengali}}</ref> <br>(Bangla) || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 190 million (2001)|| 140 million in Bangladesh (no date)
|| 7
|-
| '''[[Russian language|Russian]]''' <ref>{{e17|rus|Russian}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 167 million (2002) || —
| 8
|-
| '''[[Japanese language|Japanese]]''' <ref>{{e17|jpn|Japanese}}</ref> || [[Japonic languages|Japonic]]|| 122 million (1985) ||1 million in Japan (no date)
| 9
|}

===50 to 100 million native speakers===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Language
! Family
! Native<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
! L2<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
|-
| '''[[Javanese language|Javanese]]''' <ref>{{e17|jav|Javanese}}</ref> || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] || 84.3 million (2000) || —
|-
| '''[[German language|German]]''' <ref>{{e17|deu|German}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] || 83.8 million (1990) || 8 million in Germany (no date)
|-
| '''[[Wu Chinese|Wu]]''' <ref>{{e17|wuu|Wu Chinese}}</ref> <br>(Shanghainese) || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 77.2 million (1984) || —
|-
| '''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]''' <ref>{{e17|tel|Telugu}}</ref> || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] || 74.0 million (2001) || 5 million in India (no date)
|-
| '''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]''' <ref>{{e17|mar|Marathi}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 71.8 million (2001) || —
|-
| '''[[Tamil language|Tamil]]''' <ref>{{e17|tam|Tamil}}</ref> || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| 68.8 million (2001) || 8 million in India (no date)
|-
| '''[[French language|French]]''' <ref>{{e17|fra|French}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 68.5 million (1987–2011) || —
|-
| '''[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]''' <ref>{{e17|vie|Vietnamese}}</ref> || [[Austroasiatic]], [[Viet–Muong]] || 67.8 million (1999) || —
|-
| '''[[Korean language|Korean]]''' <ref>{{e17|kor|Korean}}</ref> || [[language isolate]] || 77 million (2008–2010) || —
|-
| '''[[Italian language|Italian]]''' <ref>{{e17|ita|Italian}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || align=center colspan=2|63.7 million (2008–2012)
|-
| '''[[Yue Chinese|Yue]]''' <ref>{{e17|yue|Yue Chinese}}</ref><br>(Cantonese) || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 62.2 million (1984–2006) || —
|-
| '''[[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''' <ref>{{e17|tur|Turkish}}</ref> || [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Oghuz]] || 50.7 million (1987) || —
|}

===30 to 50 million native speakers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Language
! Family
! Native<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
|-
| ''' [[Min Nan]]''' <ref>{{e17|nan|Min Nan}}</ref> <br>(Amoy, Hokkien, [[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]]) || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 46.8 million (1988–2001)
|-
| '''[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]''' <ref>{{e17|guj|Gujarati}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 46.6 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]''' <ref>{{e17|bho|Bhojpuri}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 39.8 million (2001)<br><small>(underestimated; many speakers counted under Hindi)</small>
|-
| '''[[Polish language|Polish]]''' <ref>{{e17|pol|Polish}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 39.0 million (1986)
|-
| '''[[Kannada language|Kannada]]''' <ref>{{e17|kan|Kannada}}</ref> || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] || 37.7 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]''' <ref>{{e17|ukr|Ukrainian}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 36.0 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Xiang Chinese|Xiang]]''' <ref>{{e17|hsn|Xiang Chinese}}</ref> <br>(Hunanese) || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 36.0 million (1984)
|-
| '''[[Sundanese language|Sundanese]]''' <ref>{{e17|sun|Sundanese}}</ref> || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] || 34 million (2000 census)
|-
| '''[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]''' <ref>{{e17|mal|Malayalam}}</ref> || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] || 34<!--not 33.5--> million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Maithili language|Maithili]]''' <ref>{{e17|mai|Maithili}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 32.8 million (2000)<br><small>(the arithmetic is faulty)</small>
|-
| '''[[Oriya language|Oriya]]''' <ref>{{e17|ory|Oriya}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 32.1 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Burmese language|Burmese]]''' <ref>{{e17|mya|Burmese}}</ref> || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman]] || 32<!--not 32.0--> million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Hakka language|Hakka]]''' <ref>{{e17|hak|Hakka}}</ref> || [[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Sinitic languages|Chinese]] || 30.1 million (1984)
|}

===10 to 30 million native speakers===
<!--Ordinal rankings are not given below this point, because they are likely to be very inaccurate due to the incompleteness of the list.-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Language
! Family
! Native<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
|-
| '''[[Eastern Punjabi language|Eastern Punjabi]]''' <ref>{{e17|pan|Eastern Punjabi}}</ref><br><small>(the boundary between this and Lahnda is spurious)</small> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], <br>[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 29.5 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Hausa language|Hausa]]''' || [[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Chadic languages|Chadic]] || 25 million (1991)
|-
| '''[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] || 24 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Romanian language|Romanian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 23 million (2002)
|-
| '''[[Dutch language|Dutch]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] || 22 million (2007)
|-
| ''' [[Gan Chinese|Gan]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 21 million (1984)
|-
| '''[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 21 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]''' || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Volta–Niger languages|Volta–Niger]] || 19 million (1993)
|-
| '''[[Igbo language|Igbo]]''' ||[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Volta–Niger languages|Volta–Niger]] || 18 million (1999)
|-
| '''[[Amharic language|Amharic]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic languages|Semitic]]|| 17.5 million (1994)
|-
| '''[[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 17.5 million (2002)
|-
| '''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 16.8 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 16 million (2007)
|-
| '''[[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] || 15.8 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Rangpuri language|Rangpuri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || ∼ 15 million (2007)
|-
| '''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 14 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Somali language|Somali]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]] || 14 million (2006)
|-
| '''[[Madurese language|Madurese]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] || 14 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 13 million (1992)
|-
| '''[[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]|| 13 million (2005)
|-
| '''[[Magahi language|Magahi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 13 million (2002)
|-
| '''[[Greek language|Greek]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], Greek|| 13 million (2002)
|-
| '''[[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 13 million (2006)
|-
| '''[[Deccan language|Deccan]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 12.8 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Ugric languages|Ugric]]|| 12.5 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Catalan language|Catalan]]'''<br>([[Valencian]]) ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 11.5 million (2006)
|-
| '''[[Shona language|Shona]]''' ||[[Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 10.8 million (2000)
|-
| ''' [[Min Bei]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 10.3 million (1984)
|-
| '''[[Zulu language|Zulu]]''' ||[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 10.3 million (2006)
|-
| '''[[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 10 million
|}

===4.9 to 10 million native speakers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Language
! Family
! Native<ref name="ethnologue1"/>
|-
| '''[[Czech language|Czech]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 9.5 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Kanauji language|Kanauji]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 9.5 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 9.1 million (1986)
|-
| ''' [[Min Dong]]'''<br>(Fuzhou) || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 8.6 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]''' || [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Uyghur Turkic languages|Uyghur]] || 8.9 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Chewa language|Chewa]]'''<br>(Nyanja) ||[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 8.7 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 8.6 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]''' || [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Kypchak]] || 8.3 million (1979)
|-
| '''[[Swedish language|Swedish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] || 8.3 million (1998)
|-
| '''[[Bagheli language|Bagheli]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 7.9 million (2004)
|-
| '''[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]''' ||[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 7.8 million (2006)
|-
| '''[[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]]''' ||[[French-based creole languages|French creole]]|| 7.7 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]]''' || [[Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || 7.2 million (undated)
|-
| '''[[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] || 7.1 million (2011)
|-
| '''[[Ilokano language|Ilokano]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] || 7.0 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]''' || [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Oghuz]] || 6.6 million (1995–1997)
|-
| '''[[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]]'''<br>(Luba-Kasai) ||[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 6.3 million (1991)
|-
| '''[[Santali language|Santali]]''' ||[[Austroasiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| 6.2 million (1997)
|-
| '''[[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] || 5.8 million (2000)
|-
| '''[[Tigrigna language|Tigrinya]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic]] || 5.8 million (1994–2006)
|-
| '''[[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]'''<br>(Calabrese) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nap |title=Napoletano-Calabrese |publisher=Ethnologue |date=1999-02-19 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref> || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 5.7 million (1976)
|-
| '''[[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] || 5.5 million (2007)
|-
| '''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 5.6 million (undated)
|-
| '''[[Tatar language|Tatar]]''' || [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Kypchak]] || 5.5 million (2010)
|-
| '''[[Finnish language|Finnish]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finnic languages|Finnic]] || 5.0 million (1993)
|-
| '''[[Slovak language|Slovak]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] || 5.0 million (2001)
|-
| '''[[Guarani language|Guarani]]''' ||[[Tupi languages|Tupi]]|| 4.9 million (1995)
|}
|}


Revision as of 17:01, 2 May 2014

For various estimates of the total speakers of the top languages, see List of languages by total number of speakers.

Current distribution of human language families

Half of the world's population speak the 13 most populous languages, the other half of the world speak the rest. The following table lists the languages of the world with the largest number of native speakers as estimated by the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin (2007, 2010).

Since the distinction of language and dialect is often arbitrary, some mutually intelligible idioms with separate national standards or self-identification have been unified, including Indonesian and Malay; Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian; etc., but not Standard Hindi and Urdu.

For a list of languages with the smallest numbers of native speakers, see Lists of endangered languages.

Nationalencyklopedin

The following table contains the top 100 languages by estimated number of speakers in the 2007 edition of Nationalencyklopedin. As census methods in different countries vary to a considerable extent, and some countries do not record language in their censuses, any list of languages by native speakers, or total speakers, is based on estimates. Updated estimates from 2010 are also provided.[1]

Hindustani has been divided into the sociolinguistic units of Hindi and Urdu, while a number of northern Indian languages have been partially merged into "Hindi", reflecting self-identity reported in the Indian census. This Hindi is thus not a language in the linguistic sense.

Note: Languages with an asterisk (*) have been updated with figures from the 2010 edition of the Nationalencyklopedin.

Language Native speakers
(millions) 		% of world population Mainly spoken in Notes
Mandarin
官话		 955* 14.4% China, Taiwan, Singapore Part of Chinese language family
Spanish
Español		 405* 6.15% Spain, Mexico, United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,
Colombia Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara		 Partially mutually intelligible with Portuguese[2][3][4]
English 360* 5.43% United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Commonwealth of Nations
Hindi
हिन्दी		 310* 4.70% India, Nepal Part of Hindi languages family. Includes approx. 100 million speakers of other Hindi languages not counted below. Mutually intelligible with Urdu.
Arabic
العربية
 295* 4.43% Arab League The Arabic language contains many different dialects. Most are mutually intelligible. See Varieties of Arabic
Portuguese
Português		 215* 3.27% Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Timor-Leste Partially mutually intelligible with Spanish[2][3][4]
Bengali
বাংলা		 205* 3.11% Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Tripura, Assam)
Russian
Русский		 155* 2.33% Russia, Ukraine, Commonwealth of Independent States Partially mutually intelligible with Ukrainian[5] and Belarusian[5]
Japanese
日本語		 125* 1.90% Japan
Punjabi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
نجابی
102* 1.44% India, Pakistan (Punjab region)
German
Deutsch		 89* 1.39% Germany, Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy), Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy (South Tirol)
Javanese
ꦧꦱꦗꦮ		 82 1.25% Indonesia (Java) Javanese is the largest language without an official status anywhere (and thus the largest minority language in the world), despite being used throughout Southeast Asia and Suriname.
Wu
吳語
吴语		 80 1.20% China (Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu) Part of Chinese language family
Malay/Indonesian
Bahasa Melayu
Bahasa Indonesia		 77 1.16% Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore
Telugu
తెలుగు		 76 1.15% India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry)
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt		 76 1.14% Vietnam
Korean
한국어/조선말		 76 1.14% South Korea, North Korea
French
Francais		 74 1.12% France and its territories, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Gabon, Algeria, Mauritius, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Francophonie
Marathi
मराठी		 73 1.10% India (Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat)
Tamil
தமிழ்		 70 1.06% India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius
Urdu
اُردُو
66 0.99% India, Pakistan Mutually intelligible with Hindi
Persian
فارسی
65 0.99% Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Turkish
Türkçe		 63 0.95% Turkey, Cyprus
Italian
Italiano		 59 0.90% Italy, Switzerland, San Marino
Cantonese
粤语
粵語		 59 0.89% China (Guangdong (Canton), southern Guangxi), Hong Kong, Macau Part of Chinese language family
Thai
ภาษาไทย		 56 0.85% Thailand
Gujarati
ગુજરાતી		 49 0.74% India ( Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli)
Jin
晋语		 48 0.72% China (Shanxi, parts of Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi) Part of Chinese language family
Min Nan
闽南语		 47 0.71% China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan), Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore Part of Chinese language family
Polish
Język Polski		 40 0.61% Poland
Pashto
پښتو
39 0.58% Afghanistan, Pakistan
Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ		 38 0.58% India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra)
Xiang
湘语		 38 0.58% China (Hunan) Part of Chinese language family
Malayalam
മലയാളം		 38 0.57% India (Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé)
Sundanese
ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ		 38 0.57% Indonesia (Java) Sundanese is the second largest language (after Javanese) without an official status anywhere (not counting Chinese dialects such as Wu, Yue, Jin, Min Nan, Xiang).
Hausa
هَرْشَن هَوْسَ
34 0.52% Nigeria
Oriya
ଓଡ଼ିଆ		 33 0.50% India (Odisha)
Burmese
မြန်မာစာ		 33 0.50% Burma
Hakka
客家话		 31 0.46% China (Southern) Part of Chinese language family
Ukrainian
українська мова		 30 0.46% Ukraine
Bhojpuri
भोजपुरी		 29 0.43% India (Bihar) Part of Bihari. This is only a fraction of the speakers; the others are counted under Hindi above.
Tagalog 28 0.42% Philippines
Yoruba
èdè Yorùbá		 28 0.42% Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Maithili
मैथिली, মৈথিলী		 27 0.41% India (Bihar), Nepal Part of Bihari. This is only a fraction of the speakers; the others are counted under Hindi above.
Swahili
Kiswahili		 26 0.39% Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Uzbek
Oʻzbek
Ўзбек
اوزبیک
26 0.39% Uzbekistan
Sindhi
سنڌي
सिन्धी
ਸਿੰਧੀ		 26 0.39% India, Pakistan (Sindh)
Amharic
አማርኛ		 25 0.37% Ethiopia
Fula
Fulfulde		 24 0.37% West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Sudan
Romanian
Daco-Romanian		 24 0.37% Romania, Moldova
Oromo
Afaan Oromo		 24 0.36% Ethiopia, Kenya
Igbo
Asụsụ Igbo		 24 0.36% Nigeria
Azerbaijani 23 0.34% Azerbaijan, Iran
Awadhi
अवधी		 22 0.33% India (Uttar Pradesh) Part of Hindi languages family. This is only a fraction of the speakers; the others are counted under Hindi above.
Gan
赣语		 22 0.33% China (Jiangxi) Part of Chinese language family
Cebuano 21 0.32% Philippines (Central and Southern)
Dutch
Nederlands		 21 0.32% Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Suriname
Kurdish
كوردی
21 0.31% “Kurdistan” (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria)
Serbo-Croatian
19 0.28% Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo
Malagasy
18 0.28% Madagascar
Saraiki
سرائیکی
17 0.26% Pakistan (Sindh)
Nepali
नेपाली		 17 0.25% Nepal, India (Sikkim)
Sinhalese
සිංහල		 16 0.25% Sri Lanka
Chittagonian
টগাঁইয়া বুলি		 16 0.24% Bangladesh (Chittagong)
Zhuang
话壮		 16 0.24% China (Guangxi)
Khmer
ភាសាខ្មែរ		 16 0.24% Cambodia
Assamese
অসমীয়া		 15 0.23% India Assam (India)
Madurese
Madhura		 15 0.23% Indonesia ( Madura, and Java)
Somali
Af-Soomaali		 15 0.22% Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Dijibouti, Yemen
Marwari
मारवाड़ी		 14 0.21% India, Pakistan (Rajasthan) , Nepal This is only a fraction of the speakers; the others are counted under Hindi above.
Magahi
मगही		 14 0.21% India (Bihar) Part of Bihari
Haryanvi
हरियाणवी		 14 0.21% India (Haryana) Part of Hindi languages family
Hungarian
Magyar		 13 0.19% Hungary
Chhattisgarhi
छत्तीसगढ़ी		 12 0.19% India (Chhattisgarh) Part of Hindi languages family. This is only a fraction of the speakers; the others are counted under Hindi above.
Greek
ελληνικά		 12 0.18% Greece, Cyprus
Chewa 12 0.17% Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Deccan 11 0.17% India (Deccan) Part of Urdu
Akan 11 0.17% Ghana, Ivory Coast
Kazakh 11 0.17% Kazakhstan]
Min Bei 10.9 0.16% China (Fujian) Part of Chinese language family
Sylheti 10.7 0.16% Bangladesh, India
Zulu 10.4 0.16% South Africa
Czech 10.0 0.15% Czech Republic
Kinyarwanda 9.8 0.15% Rwanda Part of Rwanda-Rundi
Dhundhari 9.6 0.15% India (Rajasthan)
Haitian Creole 9.6 0.15% Haiti
Min Dong 9.5 0.14% China (Fujian) Part of Chinese language family
Ilokano 9.1 0.14% Philippines (Luzon)
Quechua 8.9 0.13% Peru, Bolivia A language family, not a language
Kirundi 8.8 0.13% Burundi, Uganda Part of Rwanda-Rundi
Swedish 8.7 0.13% Sweden, Finland
Hmong 8.4 0.13% Laos A language family, not a language
Shona 8.3 0.13% Zimbabwe
Uyghur
ئۇيغۇرچە
8.2 0.12% China (Xinjiang)
Hiligaynon 8.2 0.12% Philippines (Western Visayas)
Mossi 7.6 0.11% Burkina Faso
Xhosa 7.6 0.11% South Africa]
Belarusian 7.6 0.11% Belarus only half this many use it as their home language
Balochi 7.6 0.11% Iran, Pakistan (Balochistan)
Konkani 7.4 0.11% India (Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra)

See also

References

  1. ^ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007. In parentheses are the 2010 estimates for the top languages.
  2. ^ a b GAVILANES LASO, J. L. (1996) Algunas consideraciones sobre la inteligibilidad mutua hispano-portuguesa In: Actas del Congreso Internacional Luso-Español de Lengua y Cultura en la Frontera, Cáceres, Universidad de Extremadura, 175–187.
  3. ^ a b "Comparação Português e Castelhano". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Algumas observações sobre a noção de língua portuguesa" (PDF). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b Alexander M. Schenker. 1993. "Proto-Slavonic," The Slavonic Languages. (Routledge). Pp. 60–121. Pg. 60: "[The] distinction between dialect and language being blurred, there can be no unanimity on this issue in all instances..."
    C.F. Voegelin and F.M. Voegelin. 1977. Classification and Index of the World's Languages (Elsevier). Pg. 311, "In terms of immediate mutual intelligibility, the East Slavic zone is a single language."
    Bernard Comrie. 1981. The Languages of the Soviet Union (Cambridge). Pg. 145–146: "The three East Slavonic languages are very close to one another, with very high rates of mutual intelligibility...The separation of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian as distinct languages is relatively recent...Many Ukrainians in fact speak a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian, finding it difficult to keep the two languages apart...

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