Status |
Language |
Translators |
Speakers (Millions) |
Where Spoken (Major)
|
00 |
Mandarin Simplified |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
1151 |
Asia - China, Malaysia, Taiwan
|
04 |
Mandarin Traditional |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
1151 |
Asia - China, Malaysia, Taiwan
|
24 |
English |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1000 |
USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
|
24 |
Spanish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
500 |
Europe - Mexico, Central and South America, Spain
|
24 |
Hindi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
490 |
India - North and Central
|
22 |
Russian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
277 |
Europe - Russia, Central Asia
|
00 |
Arabic |
|
255 |
Asia - Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
|
9 |
Portuguese (Pt) |
Indo-European |
Latin |
240 |
Europe - Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
|
24 |
Portuguese (Br) |
Indo-European |
Latin |
240 |
Europe - Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
|
00 |
Bengali |
Indo-European |
Bengali |
215 |
India - Eastern, Bangladesh
|
17 |
French |
Marc |
200 |
Europe - France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa
|
0 |
Malay, Indonesian |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Latin |
175 |
SE Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
|
10 |
German |
Indo-European |
Latin |
166 |
Europe - Germany, Austria, Central Europe
|
24 |
Swahili |
Niger-Congo |
Latin, Arabic |
140 |
Africa - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
|
0 |
Japanese |
Altaic |
Chinese and 2 Japanese Alphabets |
132 |
SE Asia - Japan
|
24 |
Farsi (Persian) |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
110 |
Asia - Iran, Afghanistan
|
0 |
Urdu |
Indo-European |
Nastaliq |
104 |
India - Pakistan
|
0 |
Punjabi |
Indo-European |
Gurumukhi |
103 |
India - Pakistan
|
0 |
Wu |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
90 |
Asia - China
|
0 |
Vietnamese |
Austroasiatic |
Based on Latin |
86 |
SE Asia - Vietnam, China
|
0 |
Javanese |
Malayo-Polynesian |
Javanese |
85 |
SE Asia - Indonesia
|
7 |
Tamil |
Dravidian |
Tamil |
78 |
India - South, Sri Lanka, Malyasia
|
0 |
Korean |
Altaic |
Hangul |
78 |
SE Asia - Korean Peninsula
|
24 |
Turkish |
Altaic |
Latin |
75 |
Asia - Turkey
|
0 |
Telugu |
Dravidian |
Telugu |
74 |
India - South
|
0 |
Marathi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
72 |
India - West
|
24 |
Italian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
62 |
Europe - Italy, Central Europe
|
0 |
Thai |
Sino-Tibetan |
Thai |
60 |
SE Asia - Thailand, Laos
|
0 |
Cantonese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Chinese Characters |
55 |
Asia - Southern China
|
0 |
Kannada |
Dravidian |
Kannada |
47 |
India - South
|
4 |
Gujarati |
Indo-European |
Gujarati |
46 |
India - West, Kenya
|
0 |
Polish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
46 |
Europe - Poland, Central Europe
|
0 |
Hausa |
Afro-Asiatic |
Latin, Arabic |
43 |
Africa - Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan
|
0 |
Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan |
Burmese |
42 |
SE Asia - Burma, Thailand, Malaysia
|
0 |
Pashto |
Indo-European |
Arabic |
40 |
Asia - Pakistan, Aghanistan
|
0 |
Sundanese |
Austronesian |
Latin |
39 |
SE Asia - Indonesia
|
0 |
Malayalam |
Dravidian |
Malayalam |
38 |
India - Kerala
|
0 |
Ukrainian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
37 |
Europe - Ukraine
|
0 |
Oriya |
Indo-European |
Oriya |
33 |
India - Odisha
|
0 |
Marwari |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
31 |
India - Rajasthan, Pakistan
|
2 |
Dutch |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Europe - Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname
|
0 |
Haryanvi |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
28 |
India - Haryana, Delhi
|
0 |
Romanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
28 |
Europe - Romania, Moldova
|
0 |
Tagalog |
Austronesian |
Latin |
28 |
SE Asia - Phillipines
|
24 |
Yoruba |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
28 |
Africa - Benin, Nigeria
|
0 |
Sindhi |
Indo-European |
Arabic, Khudabadi, Laṇḍā |
26 |
India - Pakistan India, Singapore
|
16 |
Afrikaans |
Indo-European |
Latin |
23 |
South Africa
|
3 |
Nepali |
Indo-European |
Devanagari |
17 |
India - Nepal, Bhutan
|
0 |
Sinhalese |
Indo-European |
Sinhala |
16 |
Asia - Sri Lanka
|
0 |
Assamese |
Indo-European |
Assamese |
15 |
India - Assam
|
3 |
Hungarian |
Uralic |
Latin |
15 |
Europe - Hungary
|
5 |
Greek |
Indo-European |
Greek |
13.1 |
Europe - Greece, Cyprus
|
0 |
Chittagonian |
Indo-European |
Bengali? |
13 |
Asia - Bangladesh
|
0 |
Azerbaijani, South |
Turkic |
Arabic |
12 |
Asia - Iran
|
2 |
Akan |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
11 |
Ghana, Ivory Coast
|
24 |
Czech |
Indo-European |
Latin |
10 |
Europe - Czech Republic
|
0 |
Zulu |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
10 |
South Africa
|
18 |
Bulgarian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
9.1 |
Europe - Balkans
|
24 |
Swedish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
8.7 |
Europe - Sweden, Finland
|
0 |
Xhosa |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
7.9 |
South Africa
|
0 |
Albanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7.6 |
Europe - Albania
|
0 |
Armenian |
Indo-European |
Armenian |
7 |
Europe - Armenia
|
24 |
Slovak |
Indo-European |
Latin |
7 |
Europe - Slovakia, Czech Republic
|
1 |
Mongolian |
Mongolic |
Mongolian, Cyrilllic |
5.7 |
Asia - Mongolia, China
|
12 |
Danish |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.6 |
Europe - Denmark, Greenland
|
10 |
Croatian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5.5 |
Europe - Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia
|
6 |
Hebrew |
Afro-Asiatic |
Hebrew |
5.3 |
Asia - Israel
|
0 |
Finnish |
Uralic |
Latin |
5 |
Europe - Finland
|
0 |
Norwegian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
5 |
Europe - Norway
|
0 |
Northern Sotho |
Niger-Congo |
Latin |
4.1 |
South Africa
|
14 |
Lithuanian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
3.2 |
Europe - Lithuania
|
1 |
Macedonian |
Indo-European |
Cyrillic |
2.5 |
Europe - Macedonia
|
0 |
Slovenian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
2.5 |
Europe - Slovenia
|
24 |
Latvian |
Indo-European |
Latin |
1.5 |
Europe - Latvia
|
0 |
Estonian |
Uralic |
Latin |
1 |
Europe - Estonia
|