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The Top 5 Most Spoken Languages in the World
| Language | Estimated Number of Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese (Mandarin) | 1,205,000,000 speakers |
| 2 | Spanish | 429,000,000 speakers |
| 3 | English | 428,000,000 speakers |
| 4 | Hindi | 328,000,000 speakers |
| 5 | French | 300,000,000 speakers |
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Sources: SIL Ethnologue Survey (2009 edition)
List Notes: This list is based on the 2009 Ethnologue Survey and gives the most spoken languages in the world. The Ethnologue Survey is a widely cited reference for languages around the world however a fully authoritative source for numbers of first language speakers which uses the same criteria for counting is extremely difficult or impossible to find at this time and there are inherent problems in depending on such data for accurate numbers.
Sources: SIL Ethnologue Survey (2009 edition)
List Notes: This list is based on the 2009 Ethnologue Survey and gives the most spoken languages in the world. The Ethnologue Survey is a widely cited reference for languages around the world however a fully authoritative source for numbers of first language speakers which uses the same criteria for counting is extremely difficult or impossible to find at this time and there are inherent problems in depending on such data for accurate numbers.
