Statistics for Most Spoken Languages by Family

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Family	Branch	Sub-branch	Language	Speakers (in millions, 2007)	% Correct
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	English	365	98%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Spanish	390	98%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	French	75	97%
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	German	92	97%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Italian	59	96%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Mandarin	935	96%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Russian	160	96%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Hindi	295	93%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Arabic	280	92%
Japonic			Japanese	125	92%
Koreanic			Korean	76	92%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Persian	45	92%
Turkic	Common Turkic	Oghuz	Turkish	63	91%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Portuguese	205	90%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Yue	59	88%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Romanian	24	87%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian	Malay	77	85%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Polish	40	85%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Ukrainian	30	85%
Tai–Kadai	Tai		Thai	56	84%
Austroasiatic	Vietic		Vietnamese	76	82%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Philippine	Tagalog	28	81%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Urdu	66	79%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Bengali	200	78%
Sino-Tibetan	Lolo-Burmese		Burmese	33	78%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Tamil	70	76%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Wu	80	71%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Punjabi	95	66%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Pashto	39	65%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	South Semitic	Amharic	25	55%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Gujarati	49	54%
Turkic	Common Turkic	Karluk	Uzbek	26	51%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian	Javanese	82	50%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Marathi	73	50%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Southern Min	47	48%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Telugu	76	46%
Niger–Congo	Atlantic–Congo	Volta–Congo	Yoruba	28	46%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Kannada	38	39%
Afro-Asiatic	Chadic		Hausa	34	36%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Malayalam	38	36%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Hakka	31	30%
Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic		Oromo	24	27%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian	Sundanese	38	27%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Sindhi	26	26%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Odia	33	25%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Xiang	38	23%
Niger–Congo	Atlantic–Congo	Senegambian	Fula	24	20%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Jin	48	19%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Bhojpuri	29	16%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Maithili	27	16%