View source for List of languages by number of speakers

The following is a list of the 172 most spoken [[language]]s in 2011.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=size Ethnologue]</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable" 
!Rank!!Language!!Primary Country!!Total Countries!!Speakers (millions)
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|1||[[Chinese ]]||[[China ]]||31 ||1,213
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Gan]] ||[[China ]]||1 ||20.6
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Hakka]] ||[[China ]]||17 ||30.0
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Huizhou]] ||[[China ]]||1 ||4.6
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Jinyu]] ||[[China ]]||1 ||45.0
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Mandarin]] ||[[China ]]||20 ||845
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Min Bei]] ||[[China ]]||2 ||10.3
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Min Dong]] ||[[China ]]||7 ||9.1
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Min Nan]] ||[[China ]]||10 ||47.3
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Min Zhong]] ||[[China ]]||1 ||3.1
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Wu]] ||[[China ]]||2 ||77.2
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Xiang]] ||[[China ]]||2 ||36.0
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|||[[Chinese]], [[Yue]] ||[[China ]]||20 ||55.5
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|2||[[Spanish ]]||[[Spain ]]||44 ||329
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|3||[[English ]]||[[United Kingdom]]||112 ||328
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|4||[[Arabic ]]||[[Saudi Arabia ]]||57 ||221
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Algerian|Algerian Spoken]] ||[[Algeria ]]||6 ||22.4
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Egyptian|Egyptian Spoken]] ||[[Egypt ]]||10 ||54.0
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Gulf|Gulf Spoken]] ||[[Iraq ]]||10 ||3.6
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Hijazi Spoken]] ||[[Saudi Arabia ]]||2 ||6.0
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Libyan|Libyan Spoken]] ||[[Libya ]]||3 ||4.3
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Mesopotamian|Mesopotamian Spoken]] ||[[Iraq ]]||5 ||15.1
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Moroccan|Moroccan Spoken]] ||[[Morocco ]]||10 ||21.0
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Najdi|Najdi Spoken]] ||[[Saudi Arabia ]]||7 ||10.0
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|||[[Arabic]], [[North Levantine|North Levantine Spoken]] ||[[Syria ]]||16 ||14.4
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|||[[Arabic]], [[North Mesopotamian|North Mesopotamian Spoken]] ||[[Iraq ]]||4 ||6.3
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Sa'idi|Sa'idi Spoken]] ||[[Egypt ]]||1 ||19.0
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Sanaani|Sanaani Spoken]] ||[[Yemen ]]||1 ||7.6
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|||[[Arabic]], [[South Levantine|South Levantine Spoken]] ||[[Jordan ]]||9 ||6.2
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Sudanese|Sudanese Spoken]] ||[[Sudan ]]||6 ||16.8
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Ta'izzi-Adeni|Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken]] ||[[Yemen ]]||8 ||7.1
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|||[[Arabic]], [[Tunisian|Tunisian Spoken]] ||[[Tunisia ]]||5 ||9.4
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|5||[[Hindi ]]||[[India ]]||20 ||182
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|6||[[Bengali ]]||[[Bangladesh ]]||10 ||181
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|7||[[Portuguese ]]||[[Portugal ]]||37 ||178
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|8||[[Russian ]]||[[Russian Federation ]]||33 ||144
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|9||[[Japanese ]]||[[Japan ]]||25 ||122
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|10||[[German]], Standard ||[[Germany ]]||43 ||90.3
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|11||[[Javanese ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||5 ||84.6
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|12||[[Lahnda ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||8 ||78.3
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|||[[Panjabi]], Western ||[[Pakistan ]]||7 ||62.6
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|||[[Seraiki ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||3 ||13.8
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|13||[[Telugu ]]||[[India ]]||10 ||69.8
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|14||[[Vietnamese ]]||[[Viet Nam ]]||23 ||68.6
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|15||[[Marathi ]]||[[India ]]||5 ||68.1
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|16||[[French ]]||[[France ]]||60 ||67.8
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|17||[[Korean ]]||[[South Korea]]||33 ||66.3
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|18||[[Tamil ]]||[[India ]]||17 ||65.7
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|19||[[Italian ]]||[[Italy ]]||34 ||61.7
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|20||[[Urdu ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||23 ||60.6
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|21||[[Turkish ]]||[[Turkey ]]||36 ||50.8
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|22||[[Gujarati ]]||[[India ]]||20 ||46.5
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|23||[[Polish ]]||[[Poland ]]||23 ||40.0
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|24||[[Malay ]]||[[Malaysia ]]||14 ||39.1
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|||[[Malay ]]||[[Malaysia ]]||7 ||10.3
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|25||[[Bhojpuri ]]||[[India ]]||3 ||38.5
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|26||[[Awadhi ]]||[[India ]]||2 ||38.3
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|27||[[Ukrainian ]]||[[Ukraine ]]||27 ||37.0
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|28||[[Malayalam ]]||[[India ]]||11 ||35.9
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|29||[[Kannada ]]||[[India ]]||3 ||35.3
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|30||[[Maithili ]]||[[India ]]||2 ||34.7
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|31||[[Sunda ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||1 ||34.0
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|32||[[Burmese ]]||[[Myanmar ]]||5 ||32.3
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|33||[[Oriya ]]||[[India ]]||2 ||31.7
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|34||[[Persian ]]||[[Iran ]]||29 ||31.4
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|||[[Farsi]], Eastern ||[[Afghanistan ]]||3 ||7.6
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|||[[Farsi]], Western ||[[Iran ]]||27 ||23.9
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|35||[[Marwari ]]||[[India ]]||3 ||31.1
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|||[[Dhundari ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||9.0
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|||[[Marwari ]]||[[India ]]||3 ||5.6
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|||[[Merwari ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||3.9
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|||[[Shekhawati ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||3.0
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|36||[[Panjabi]], Eastern ||[[India ]]||12 ||28.2
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|37||[[Filipino ]]||[[Philippines ]]||1 ||25.0
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|38||[[Hausa ]]||[[Nigeria ]]||13 ||25.0
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|39||[[Tagalog ]]||[[Philippines ]]||8 ||23.9
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|40||[[Romanian ]]||[[Romania ]]||20 ||23.4
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|41||[[Indonesian ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||6 ||23.2
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|42||[[Dutch ]]||[[Netherlands ]]||12 ||21.7
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|43||[[Sindhi ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||8 ||21.4
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|44||[[Thai ]]||[[Thailand ]]||5 ||20.4
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|45||[[Pushto ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||9 ||20.3
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|||[[Pashto]], Central ||[[Pakistan ]]||1 ||7.9
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|||[[Pashto]], Northern ||[[Pakistan ]]||7 ||9.7
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|46||[[Uzbek ]]||[[Uzbekistan ]]||14 ||20.3
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|||[[Uzbek]], Northern ||[[Uzbekistan ]]||12 ||18.8
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|47||[[Rajasthani ]]||[[India ]]||3 ||20.0
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|||[[Hadothi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||4.7
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|||[[Malvi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||10.4
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|48||[[Yoruba ]]||[[Nigeria ]]||6 ||19.4
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|49||[[Azerbaijani ]]||[[Iran ]]||17 ||19.1
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|||[[Azerbaijani]], North ||[[Azerbaijan ]]||10 ||7.5
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|||[[Azerbaijani]], South ||[[Iran ]]||8 ||12.6
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|50||[[Igbo ]]||[[Nigeria ]]||1 ||18.0
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|51||[[Amharic ]]||[[Ethiopia ]]||6 ||17.5
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|52||[[Chhattisgarhi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||17.5
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|53||[[Oromo ]]||[[Ethiopia ]]||4 ||17.3
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|||[[Oromo]], [[Borana-Arsi-Guji]] ||[[Ethiopia ]]||3 ||3.8
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|||[[Oromo]], Eastern ||[[Ethiopia ]]||1 ||4.5
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|||[[Oromo]], West Central ||[[Ethiopia ]]||2 ||8.9
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|54||[[Assamese ]]||[[India ]]||4 ||16.8
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|55||Serbo-Croatian ||[[Serbia ]]||28 ||16.4
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|||[[Croatian ]]||[[Croatia ]]||14 ||5.5
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|||[[Serbian ]]||[[Serbia ]]||22 ||7.0
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|56||[[Kurdish ]]||[[Iraq ]]||32 ||16.0
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|||[[Kurdish]], Central ||[[Iraq ]]||2 ||3.7
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|||[[Kurdish]], Northern ||[[Turkey ]]||32 ||9.3
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|||[[Kurdish]], Southern ||[[Iran ]]||2 ||3.0
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|57||[[Cebuano ]]||[[Philippines ]]||2 ||15.8
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|58||[[Sinhala ]]||[[Sri Lanka ]]||8 ||15.6
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|59||[[Rangpuri ]]||[[Bangladesh ]]||2 ||15.0
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|60||[[Thai]], Northeastern ||[[Thailand ]]||1 ||15.0
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|61||[[Zhuang ]]||[[China ]]||2 ||14.9
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|62||[[Malagasy ]]||[[Madagascar ]]||4 ||14.7
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|||[[Malagasy]], Plateau ||[[Madagascar ]]||4 ||7.5
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|63||[[Nepali ]]||[[Nepal ]]||5 ||13.9
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|64||[[Somali ]]||[[Somalia ]]||13 ||13.9
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|65||[[Khmer]], Central ||[[Cambodia ]]||7 ||13.6
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|66||[[Madura ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||2 ||13.6
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|67||[[Bavarian ]]||[[Austria ]]||4 ||13.3
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|68||[[Greek ]]||[[Greece ]]||38 ||13.1
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|69||[[Chittagonian ]]||[[Bangladesh ]]||1 ||13.0
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|70||[[Haryanvi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||13.0
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|71||[[Magahi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||13.0
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|72||[[Deccan ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||12.8
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|73||[[Hungarian ]]||[[Hungary ]]||14 ||12.5
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|74||[[Fulah ]]||[[Senegal ]]||19 ||12.3
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|||[[Pulaar ]]||[[Senegal ]]||6 ||3.7
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|75||[[Catalan]]-[[Valencian]]-[[Balear]] ||[[Spain ]]||18 ||11.5
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|76||[[Shona ]]||[[Zimbabwe ]]||5 ||10.8
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|77||[[Zulu ]]||[[South Africa ]]||6 ||10.3
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|78||[[Sylheti ]]||[[Bangladesh ]]||10 ||10.3
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|79||[[Quechua ]]||[[Peru ]]||6 ||10.1
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|||[[Quechua]], [[South Bolivian]] ||[[Bolivia ]]||2 ||3.6
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|80||[[Kanauji ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||9.5
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|81||[[Czech ]]||[[Czech Republic ]]||12 ||9.5
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|82||[[Lombard ]]||[[Italy ]]||3 ||9.1
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|83||[[Bulgarian ]]||[[Bulgaria ]]||16 ||9.1
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|84||[[Uyghur ]]||[[China ]]||15 ||8.8
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|85||[[Nyanja ]]||[[Malawi ]]||6 ||8.7
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|86||[[Belarusan ]]||[[Belarus ]]||16 ||8.6
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|87||[[Kazakh ]]||[[Kazakhstan ]]||14 ||8.3
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|88||[[Swedish ]]||[[Sweden ]]||8 ||8.3
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|89||[[Akan ]]||[[Ghana ]]||1 ||8.3
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|90||[[Xhosa ]]||[[South Africa ]]||3 ||7.8
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|91||[[Bagheli ]]||[[India ]]||2 ||7.8
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|92||[[Haitian ]]||[[Haiti ]]||10 ||7.7
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|93||[[Konkani ]]||[[India ]]||4 ||7.6
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|||[[Konkani ]]||[[India ]]||2 ||4.0
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|||[[Konkani]], [[Goan]] ||[[India ]]||3 ||3.6
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|94||[[Rwanda ]]||[[Rwanda ]]||4 ||7.5
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|95||[[Gikuyu ]]||[[Kenya ]]||1 ||7.2
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|96||[[Napoletano-Calabrese]] ||[[Italy ]]||1 ||7.0
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|97||[[Baluchi ]]||[[Pakistan ]]||8 ||7.0
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|||[[Balochi]], Southern ||[[Pakistan ]]||4 ||3.4
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|98||[[Ilocano ]]||[[Philippines ]]||2 ||7.0
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|99||Varhadi-Nagpuri ||[[India ]]||1 ||7.0
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|100||[[Turkmen ]]||[[Turkmenistan ]]||14 ||6.6
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|101||[[Tatar ]]||[[Russian Federation ]]||19 ||6.5
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|102||[[German]], [[Swiss]] ||[[Switzerland ]]||5 ||6.5
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|103||[[Hmong ]]||[[China ]]||10 ||6.5
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|104||[[Armenian ]]||[[Armenia ]]||30 ||6.4
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|105||Luba-Kasai ||[[Democratic Republic of the Congo ]]||1 ||6.3
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|106||[[Venetian ]]||[[Italy ]]||4 ||6.2
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|107||[[Santali ]]||[[India ]]||4 ||6.2
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|108||[[Flemish ]]||[[Belgium ]]||5 ||6.1
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|109||[[Sotho]], Southern ||[[Lesotho ]]||4 ||6.0
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|110||[[Thai]], Northern ||[[Thailand ]]||2 ||6.0
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|111||[[Lambadi ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||6.0
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|112||[[Kongo ]]||[[Democratic Republic of the Congo ]]||3 ||6.0
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|||[[Koongo ]]||[[Democratic Republic of the Congo ]]||3 ||5.0
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|113||[[Albanian ]]||[[Albania ]]||18 ||5.8
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|||[[Albanian]], [[Gheg]] ||[[Serbia ]]||9 ||4.2
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|||[[Albanian]], [[Tosk]] ||[[Albania ]]||10 ||3.0
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|114||[[Tigrigna ]]||[[Ethiopia ]]||6 ||5.8
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|115||[[Hiligaynon ]]||[[Philippines ]]||2 ||5.8
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|116||[[Mongolian ]]||[[Mongolia ]]||6 ||5.7
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|||[[Mongolian]], [[Peripheral]] ||[[China ]]||2 ||3.4
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|117||[[Kashmiri ]]||[[India ]]||4 ||5.6
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|118||[[Danish ]]||[[Denmark ]]||8 ||5.6
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|119||[[Minangkabau ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||1 ||5.5
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|120||[[Sukuma ]]||[[Tanzania ]]||1 ||5.4
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|121||[[Hebrew ]]||[[Israel ]]||8 ||5.3
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|122||Mòoré ||[[Burkina Faso ]]||7 ||5.1
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|123||[[Slovak ]]||[[Slovakia ]]||12 ||5.0
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|124||[[Finnish ]]||[[Finland ]]||7 ||5.0
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|125||[[Mewati ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||5.0
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|126||[[Afrikaans ]]||[[South Africa ]]||12 ||4.9
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|127||[[Guarani ]]||[[Paraguay ]]||5 ||4.9
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|||Guaraní, [[Paraguayan]] ||[[Paraguay ]]||2 ||4.8
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|128||Mainfränkisch ||[[Germany ]]||1 ||4.9
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|129||[[Rundi ]]||[[Burundi ]]||4 ||4.9
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|130||[[Bikol ]]||[[Philippines ]]||1 ||4.8
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|131||[[Sicilian ]]||[[Italy ]]||1 ||4.8
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|132||[[Norwegian ]]||[[Norway ]]||1 ||4.6
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|133||[[Mandingo ]]||[[Guinea ]]||8 ||4.5
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|134||[[Tswana ]]||[[Botswana ]]||4 ||4.5
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|135||[[Thai]], Southern ||[[Thailand ]]||1 ||4.5
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|136||[[Tajiki ]]||[[Tajikistan ]]||8 ||4.5
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|137||[[Dholuo ]]||[[Kenya ]]||2 ||4.4
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|138||[[Georgian ]]||[[Georgia ]]||13 ||4.3
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|139||[[Kituba ]]||[[Democratic Republic of the Congo ]]||1 ||4.2
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|140||[[Ganda ]]||[[Uganda ]]||1 ||4.1
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|141||[[Sotho]], Northern ||[[South Africa ]]||2 ||4.1
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|142||[[Umbundu ]]||[[Angola ]]||2 ||4.0
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|143||[[Wolof ]]||[[Senegal ]]||6 ||4.0
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|144||[[Kamba ]]||[[Kenya ]]||1 ||4.0
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|145||[[Kanuri ]]||[[Nigeria ]]||6 ||4.0
|-
|||[[Kanuri]], [[Central]] ||[[Nigeria ]]||6 ||3.2
|-
|146||[[Domari ]]||[[Iran ]]||14 ||4.0
|-
|147||[[Musi ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||1 ||3.9
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|148||[[Dogri ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||3.8
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|149||[[Mina ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||3.8
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|150||[[Tsonga ]]||[[South Africa ]]||4 ||3.7
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|151||[[Bemba ]]||[[Zambia ]]||4 ||3.6
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|152||[[Banjar ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||2 ||3.5
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|153||[[Aceh ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||1 ||3.5
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|154||[[Bugis ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||2 ||3.5
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|155||[[Bali ]]||[[Indonesia ]]||1 ||3.3
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|156||[[Shan ]]||[[Myanmar ]]||3 ||3.3
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|157||[[Gilaki ]]||[[Iran ]]||1 ||3.3
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|158||[[Mazanderani ]]||[[Iran ]]||1 ||3.3
|-
|159||[[Jamaican Creole English ]]||[[Jamaica ]]||7 ||3.2
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|160||[[Galician ]]||[[Spain ]]||2 ||3.2
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|161||[[Lao ]]||[[Laos ]]||7 ||3.2
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|162||[[Lithuanian ]]||[[Lithuania ]]||19 ||3.2
|-
|163||[[Tamazight]], [[Central Atlas]] ||[[Morocco ]]||3 ||3.2
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|164||[[Kabyle ]]||[[Algeria ]]||3 ||3.1
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|165||[[Hassaniyya ]]||[[Mauritania ]]||8 ||3.1
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|166||[[Éwé]] ||[[Ghana ]]||2 ||3.1
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|167||[[Piemontese ]]||[[Italy ]]||3 ||3.1
|-
|168||[[Makhuwa ]]||[[Mozambique ]]||1 ||3.1
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|169||[[Godwari ]]||[[India ]]||1 ||3.0
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|170||[[Hunsrik ]]||[[Brazil ]]||5 ||3.0
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|171||[[Kimbundu ]]||[[Angola ]]||1 ||3.0
|-
|172||[[Tachelhit ]]||[[Morocco ]]||3 ||3.0
|}

==References and notes==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Languages]]