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Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...
The following languages are listed as having at least 50 million first-language speakers in the 27th edition of Ethnologue published in 2024. [7] This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties , such as Arabic , Lahnda , Persian , Malay , Pashto , and Chinese .
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.
English is the most widespread language in the country due to the many different languages spoken, with 60 million speakers. [5] This includes speakers of an English creole, accounting for 51% to 57% of the total population. [5] [6] It is estimated 10% of Nigerians speak English as a first language. [7] Pakistan: 220,892,331: 108,044,691: 48.91 ...
This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List. Rank Name Native speakers Total speakers 1 ... [10] 28,000,000 [11 ...
Mali: French (official), Bambara (most widely spoken), Fula and Songhay (specifically Dendi). 11 languages are used as mediums of instruction in primary schools; Niger: French (official) plus ten other languages recognised as national ones, [45] including Hausa (spoken by half the population) and Songhay (specifically Zarma)
Most popular edition of Wikipedia by country as of Dec 2022. In greyed-out countries, the "national-language" edition is usually the most popular, but there are exceptions. Most viewed editions of Wikipedia over time. The ranking reflects the most recent month in the data (Sep 2024). Most edited editions of Wikipedia over time.
SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639. List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 major languages) List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes