MOST SPOKEN

LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD

Given in three parts –
1st - Name of the language
2nd - Spoken by counted in millions
3rd – Countries where spoken mostly

1 Mandarin - 1051 - China, Malaysia, Taiwan
2 English – 510 - USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
3 Hindi - 490 - North and Central India
4 Spanish - 425 - The Americas, Spain
5 Arabic - 255 - Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
6 Russian - 254 - Russia, Central Asia
7 Portuguese - 218 - Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
8 Bengali - 215 - Bangladesh, Eastern India
9 Malay, - 175 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
10 French -130 France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa
11 Japanese - 127 - Japan
12 German -123 - Germany, Austria, Central Europe
13 Farsi – 110 - Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
14 Urdu - 104 - Pakistan, India
15 Punjabi – 103 - Pakistan, India
16 Vietnamese – 86 - Vietnam, China
17 Tamil - 78 - Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia
18 Wu Sino- 77 - China
19 Javanese - 76 - Indonesia
20 Turkish –75 - Turkey, Central Asia
21 Telugu - 74 - Southern India
22 Korean - 72 - Korean Peninsula
23 Marathi - 71 - Western India
24 Italian - 61 - Italy, Central Europe
25 Thai - 60 - Thailand, Laos
26 Cantonese – 55 - Southern China
27 Gujarati - 47 - Western India, Kenya
28 Polish - 46 - Poland, Central Europe
29 Kannada - 44 - Southern India
30 Burmese - 42 - Myanmar

Source: Unknown