Pos |
Language |
Family |
Script |
Speakers (Millions) |
Where Spoken (Major) |
Translating Teams
|
1 |
Mandarin |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
1151 |
Asia - China, Malaysia, Taiwan |
Example
|
2 |
English |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1000 |
USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
Example
|
3 |
Spanish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
500 |
Europe - Mexico, Central and South America, Spain |
Example
|
4 |
Hindi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
490 |
India - North and Central |
Example
|
5 |
Russian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
277 |
Europe - Russia, Central Asia |
Example
|
6 |
Arabic |
Afro-Asiatic |
Arabic |
255 |
Asia - Middle East, Arabia, North Africa |
Example
|
7 |
Portuguese |
Indo-European |
Latin |
240 |
Europe - Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa |
Example
|
8 |
Bengali |
Indo-European |
Bengali |
215 |
India - Eastern, Bangladesh |
Example
|
9 |
French |
Indo-European |
Latin |
200 |
Europe - France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa |
Example
|
10 |
Malay, Indonesian |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Latin |
175 |
SE Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
Example
|
11 |
German |
Indo-European |
Latin |
166 |
Europe - Germany, Austria, Central Europe |
Example
|
12 |
Swahili |
Niger-Congo |
Latin, Arabic |
140 |
Africa - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda |
Example
|
13 |
Japanese |
Altaic |
Chinese and 2 Japanese Alphabets |
132 |
SE Asia - Japan |
Example
|
14 |
Farsi (Persian) |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
110 |
Asia - Iran, Afghanistan |
Example
|
15 |
Urdu |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
104 |
India - Pakistan |
Example
|
16 |
Punjabi |
Indo-European |
Gurumukhi |
103 |
India - Pakistan |
Example
|
17 |
Wu |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
90 |
Asia - China |
Example
|
18 |
Vietnamese |
Austroasiatic |
Based on Latin |
86 |
SE Asia - Vietnam, China |
Example
|
19 |
Javanese |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Javanese |
85 |
SE Asia - Indonesia |
Example
|
20 |
Tamil |
Dravidian |
Tamil |
78 |
India - South, Sri Lanka, Malyasia |
Example
|
21 |
Korean |
Altaic |
Hangul |
78 |
SE Asia - Korean Peninsula |
Example
|
22 |
Turkish |
Altaic |
Latin |
75 |
Asia - Turkey |
Example
|
23 |
Telugu |
Dravidian |
Telugu |
74 |
India - South |
Example
|
24 |
Marathi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
72 |
India - West |
Example
|
25 |
Italian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
62 |
Europe - Italy, Central Europe |
Example
|
26 |
Thai |
Sino-Tibetan |
Thai |
60 |
SE Asia - Thailand, Laos |
Example
|
27 |
Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Burmese |
56 |
SE Asia - Myanmar |
Example
|
28 |
Cantonese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
55 |
Asia - Southern China |
Example
|
29 |
Kannada |
Dravidian |
Kannada |
47 |
India - South |
Example
|
30 |
Gujarati |
Indo-European |
Gujarati |
46 |
India - West, Kenya |
Example
|
31 |
Polish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
46 |
Europe - Poland, Central Europe |
Example
|
32 |
Hausa |
Afro-Asiatic |
Latin, Arabic |
43 |
Africa - Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan |
Example
|
33 |
Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Burmese |
42 |
SE Asia - Burma, Thailand, Malaysia |
Example
|
34 |
Pashto |
Indo-European |
Arabic |
40 |
Asia - Pakistan, Aghanistan |
Example
|
35 |
Sundanese |
Austronesian |
Latin |
39 |
SE Asia - Indonesia |
Example
|
36 |
Malayalam |
Dravidian |
Malayalam |
38 |
India - Kerala |
Example
|
37 |
Ukrainian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
37 |
Europe - Ukraine |
Example
|
38 |
Oriya |
Indo-European |
Oriya |
33 |
India - Odisha |
Example
|
39 |
Marwari |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
31 |
India - Rajasthan, Pakistan |
Example
|
40 |
Dutch |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Europe - Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname |
Example
|
41 |
Haryanvi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
28 |
India - Haryana, Delhi |
Example
|
42 |
Romanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Europe - Romania, Moldova |
Example
|
43 |
Tagalog |
Austronesian |
Latin |
28 |
SE Asia - Phillipines |
Example
|
44 |
Yoruba |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
28 |
Africa - Benin, Nigeria |
Example
|
45 |
Sindhi |
Indo-European |
Arabic, Khudabadi, Laṇḍā |
26 |
India - Pakistan India, Singapore |
Example
|
46 |
Nepali |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
17 |
India - Nepal, Bhutan |
Example
|
47 |
Sinhalese |
Indo-European |
Sinhala |
16 |
Asia - Sri Lanka |
Example
|
48 |
Assamese |
Indo-European |
Assamese |
15 |
India - Assam |
Example
|
49 |
Hungarian |
Uralic |
Latin |
15 |
Europe - Hungary |
Example
|
50 |
Greek |
Indo-European |
Greek |
13.1 |
Europe - Greece, Cyprus |
Example
|
51 |
Chittagonian |
Indo-European |
Bengali? |
13 |
Asia - Bangladesh |
Example
|
52 |
Azerbaijani, South |
Turkic |
Arabic |
12 |
Asia - Iran |
Example
|
53 |
Czech |
Indo-European |
Latin |
10 |
Europe - Czech Republic |
Example
|
54 |
Bulgarian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
9.1 |
Europe - Balkans |
Example
|
55 |
Swedish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
8.7 |
Europe - Sweden, Finland |
Example
|
56 |
Albanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7.6 |
Europe - Albania |
Example
|
57 |
Armenian |
Indo-European |
Armenian |
7 |
Europe - Armenia |
Example
|
58 |
Slovak |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7 |
Europe - Slovakia, Czech Republic |
Example
|
59 |
Danish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.6 |
Europe - Denmark, Greenland |
Example
|
60 |
Croatian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.5 |
Europe - Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia |
Example
|
61 |
Hebrew |
Afro-Asiatic |
Hebrew |
5.3 |
Asia - Israel |
Example
|
62 |
Finnish |
Uralic |
Latin |
5 |
Europe - Finland |
Example
|
63 |
Norwegian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5 |
Europe - Norway |
Example
|
64 |
Lithuanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
3.2 |
Europe - Lithuania |
Example
|
65 |
Macedonian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
2.5 |
Europe - Macedonia |
Example
|
66 |
Slovenian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
2.5 |
Europe - Slovenia |
Example
|
67 |
Latvian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1.5 |
Europe - Latvia |
Example
|
68 |
Estonian |
Uralic |
Latin |
1 |
Europe - Estonia |
Example
|