Pos |
Language |
Family |
Script |
Speakers(Millions) |
Where Spoken (Major) |
Translators
|
1 |
Mandarin |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
1151 |
China, Malaysia, Taiwan |
Example
|
2 |
English |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1000 |
USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
Example
|
3 |
Spanish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
500 |
Mexico, Central and South America, Spain |
Example
|
4 |
Hindi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
490 |
North and Central India |
Example
|
5 |
Russian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
277 |
Russia, Central Asia |
Example
|
6 |
Arabic |
Afro-Asiatic |
Arabic |
255 |
Middle East, Arabia, North Africa |
Example
|
7 |
Portuguese |
Indo-European |
Latin |
240 |
Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa |
Example
|
8 |
Bengali |
Indo-European |
Bengali |
215 |
Bangladesh, Eastern India |
Example
|
9 |
French |
Indo-European |
Latin |
200 |
France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa |
Example
|
10 |
Malay, Indonesian |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Latin |
175 |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
Example
|
11 |
German |
Indo-European |
Latin |
166 |
Germany, Austria, Central Europe |
Example
|
12 |
Japanese |
Altaic |
Chinese Characters and 2 Japanese Alphabets |
132 |
Japan |
Example
|
13 |
Farsi (Persian) |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
110 |
Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia |
Example
|
14 |
Urdu |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
104 |
Pakistan, India |
Example
|
15 |
Punjabi |
Indo-European |
Gurumukhi |
103 |
Pakistan, India |
Example
|
16 |
Wu |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
90 |
China |
Example
|
17 |
Vietnamese |
Austroasiatic |
Based on Latin |
86 |
Vietnam, China |
Example
|
18 |
Javanese |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Javanese |
85 |
Indonesia |
Example
|
19 |
Tamil |
Dravidian |
Tamil |
78 |
Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia |
Example
|
20 |
Korean |
Altaic |
Hangul |
78 |
Korean Peninsula |
Example
|
21 |
Turkish |
Altaic |
Latin |
75 |
Turkey, Central Asia |
Example
|
22 |
Telugu |
Dravidian |
Telugu |
74 |
Southern India |
Example
|
23 |
Marathi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
72 |
Western India |
Example
|
24 |
Italian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
62 |
Italy, Central Europe |
Example
|
25 |
Thai |
Sino-Tibetan |
Thai |
60 |
Thailand, Laos |
Example
|
26 |
Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Burmese |
56 |
Myanmar |
Example
|
27 |
Cantonese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
55 |
Southern China |
Example
|
28 |
Kannada |
Dravidian |
Kannada |
47 |
Southern India |
Example
|
29 |
Gujarati |
Indo-European |
Gujarati |
46 |
Western India, Kenya |
Example
|
30 |
Polish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
46 |
Poland, Central Europe |
Example
|
|
Albanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7.6 |
Southeastern Europe |
Example
|
|
Bulgarian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
9.1 |
Balkans |
Example
|
|
Croatian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.5 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia |
Example
|
|
Czech |
Indo-European |
Latin |
10 |
Czech Republic |
Example
|
|
Danish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.6 |
Denmark, Greenland |
Example
|
|
Dutch |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname |
Example
|
|
Estonian |
Uralic |
Latin |
1 |
Estonia |
Example
|
|
Finnish |
Uralic |
Latin |
5 |
Finland |
Example
|
|
Greek |
Indo-European |
Greek |
13.1 |
Greece, Cyprus |
Example
|
|
Hungarian |
Uralic |
Latin |
15 |
Hungary |
Example
|
|
Latvian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1.5 |
Latvia |
Example
|
|
Lithuanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
3.2 |
Lithuania |
Example
|
|
Macedonian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
2.5 |
Macedonia |
Example
|
|
Norwegian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5 |
Norway |
Example
|
|
Romanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Romania, Moldova |
Example
|
|
Slovak |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7 |
Slovakia, Czech Republic |
Example
|