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🇬🇧 English #1 Most Spoken Language (1.5B speakers)
🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese #2 Most Spoken Language (1.2B speakers)
🇮🇳 Hindi #3 Most Spoken Language (609M speakers)
🇪🇸 Spanish #4 Most Spoken Language (558M speakers)
🇸🇦 Arabic (MSA) #5 Most Spoken Language (335M speakers)
🇫🇷 French #6 Most Spoken Language (312M speakers)
🇧🇩 Bengali #7 Most Spoken Language (284M speakers)
🇵🇹 Portuguese #8 Most Spoken Language (267M speakers)
🇷🇺 Russian #9 Most Spoken Language (253M speakers)
🇮🇩 Indonesian #10 Most Spoken Language (252M speakers)
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🇵🇰 Urdu #11 Most Spoken Language (246M speakers)
🇩🇪 German #12 Most Spoken Language (134M speakers)
🇯🇵 Japanese #13 Most Spoken Language (126M speakers)
🇳🇬 Nigerian Pidgin #14 Most Spoken Language (121M speakers)
🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic #15 Most Spoken Language (119M speakers)
🇮🇳 Marathi #16 Most Spoken Language (99M speakers)
🇻🇳 Vietnamese #17 Most Spoken Language (97M speakers)
🇮🇳 Telugu #18 Most Spoken Language (96M speakers)
🇳🇬 Hausa #19 Most Spoken Language (94M speakers)
🇹🇷 Turkish #20 Most Spoken Language (91M speakers)
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🇮🇳 Western Punjabi #21 Most Spoken Language (90M speakers)
🇹🇿 Swahili #22 Most Spoken Language (87M speakers)
🇵🇭 Tagalog (Filipino) #23 Most Spoken Language (87M speakers)
🇮🇳 Tamil #24 Most Spoken Language (86M speakers)
🇨🇳 Yue Chinese (Cantonese) #25 Most Spoken Language (86M speakers)
🇨🇳 Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) #26 Most Spoken Language (83M speakers)
🇮🇷 Persian (Farsi) #27 Most Spoken Language (83M speakers)
🇰🇷 Korean #28 Most Spoken Language (82M speakers)
🇹🇭 Thai #29 Most Spoken Language (71M speakers)
🇮🇩 Javanese #30 Most Spoken Language (69M speakers)
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🇮🇹 Italian #31 Most Spoken Language (66M speakers)
🇮🇳 Gujarati #32 Most Spoken Language (62M speakers)
🇸🇾 Levantine Arabic #33 Most Spoken Language (60M speakers)
🇪🇹 Amharic #34 Most Spoken Language (60M speakers)
🇮🇳 Kannada #35 Most Spoken Language (59M speakers)
🇮🇳 Bhojpuri #36 Most Spoken Language (53M speakers)
🇸🇩 Sudanese Arabic #37 Most Spoken Language (52M speakers)
🇵🇱 Polish #38 Most Spoken Language (48M speakers)
🇺🇦 Ukrainian #39 Most Spoken Language (44M speakers)
🇨🇳 Jin Chinese #40 Most Spoken Language (43M speakers)
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🇨🇳 Jin Chinese #40 Most Spoken Language (43M speakers)
🇲🇲 Burmese #41 Most Spoken Language (42M speakers)
🇿🇦 Zulu #42 Most Spoken Language (41M speakers)
🇸🇦 Najdi Arabic #43 Most Spoken Language (40M speakers)
🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic #44 Most Spoken Language (38M speakers)
🇵🇭 Cebuano #45 Most Spoken Language (38M speakers)
🇳🇬 Igbo #46 Most Spoken Language (37M speakers)
🇮🇳 Odia (Oriya) #47 Most Spoken Language (37M speakers)
🇳🇵 Nepali #48 Most Spoken Language (36M speakers)
🇲🇦 Maghrebi Arabic #49 Most Spoken Language (35M speakers)
🇨🇳 Xiang Chinese #50 Most Spoken Language (35M speakers)
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🇬🇧 English #1 Most Spoken Language (1.5B speakers)
🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese #2 Most Spoken Language (1.2B speakers)
🇮🇳 Hindi #3 Most Spoken Language (609M speakers)
🇪🇸 Spanish #4 Most Spoken Language (558M speakers)
🇸🇦 Arabic (MSA) #5 Most Spoken Language (335M speakers)
🇫🇷 French #6 Most Spoken Language (312M speakers)
🇧🇩 Bengali #7 Most Spoken Language (284M speakers)
🇵🇹 Portuguese #8 Most Spoken Language (267M speakers)
🇷🇺 Russian #9 Most Spoken Language (253M speakers)
🇮🇩 Indonesian #10 Most Spoken Language (252M speakers)
11-20
🇵🇰 Urdu #11 Most Spoken Language (246M speakers)
🇩🇪 German #12 Most Spoken Language (134M speakers)
🇯🇵 Japanese #13 Most Spoken Language (126M speakers)
🇳🇬 Nigerian Pidgin #14 Most Spoken Language (121M speakers)
🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic #15 Most Spoken Language (119M speakers)
🇮🇳 Marathi #16 Most Spoken Language (99M speakers)
🇻🇳 Vietnamese #17 Most Spoken Language (97M speakers)
🇮🇳 Telugu #18 Most Spoken Language (96M speakers)
🇳🇬 Hausa #19 Most Spoken Language (94M speakers)
🇹🇷 Turkish #20 Most Spoken Language (91M speakers)
21-30
🇮🇳 Western Punjabi #21 Most Spoken Language (90M speakers)
🇹🇿 Swahili #22 Most Spoken Language (87M speakers)
🇵🇭 Tagalog (Filipino) #23 Most Spoken Language (87M speakers)
🇮🇳 Tamil #24 Most Spoken Language (86M speakers)
🇨🇳 Yue Chinese (Cantonese) #25 Most Spoken Language (86M speakers)
🇨🇳 Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) #26 Most Spoken Language (83M speakers)
🇮🇷 Persian (Farsi) #27 Most Spoken Language (83M speakers)
🇰🇷 Korean #28 Most Spoken Language (82M speakers)
🇹🇭 Thai #29 Most Spoken Language (71M speakers)
🇮🇩 Javanese #30 Most Spoken Language (69M speakers)
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🇮🇹 Italian #31 Most Spoken Language (66M speakers)
🇮🇳 Gujarati #32 Most Spoken Language (62M speakers)
🇸🇾 Levantine Arabic #33 Most Spoken Language (60M speakers)
🇪🇹 Amharic #34 Most Spoken Language (60M speakers)
🇮🇳 Kannada #35 Most Spoken Language (59M speakers)
🇮🇳 Bhojpuri #36 Most Spoken Language (53M speakers)
🇸🇩 Sudanese Arabic #37 Most Spoken Language (52M speakers)
🇵🇱 Polish #38 Most Spoken Language (48M speakers)
🇺🇦 Ukrainian #39 Most Spoken Language (44M speakers)
🇨🇳 Jin Chinese #40 Most Spoken Language (43M speakers)
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🇨🇳 Jin Chinese #40 Most Spoken Language (43M speakers)
🇲🇲 Burmese #41 Most Spoken Language (42M speakers)
🇿🇦 Zulu #42 Most Spoken Language (41M speakers)
🇸🇦 Najdi Arabic #43 Most Spoken Language (40M speakers)
🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic #44 Most Spoken Language (38M speakers)
🇵🇭 Cebuano #45 Most Spoken Language (38M speakers)
🇳🇬 Igbo #46 Most Spoken Language (37M speakers)
🇮🇳 Odia (Oriya) #47 Most Spoken Language (37M speakers)
🇳🇵 Nepali #48 Most Spoken Language (36M speakers)
🇲🇦 Maghrebi Arabic #49 Most Spoken Language (35M speakers)
🇨🇳 Xiang Chinese #50 Most Spoken Language (35M speakers)
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