Languages by Number of Native Speakers

There are approximately 6500 spoken languages in the world - but which ones are the biggest?
Note: This quiz refers to native speakers, not necessarily all speakers of the language
NS = Native Speakers
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Last updated: January 20, 2015
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First submittedJanuary 17, 2015
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NS (millions)
Language
955
Mandarin
405
Spanish
360
English
310
Hindi
295
Arabic
215
Portuguese
205
Bengali
155
Russian
125
Japanese
102
Punjabi
NS (millions)
Language
89
German
82
Javanese
80
Wu
77
Malay
76
Telugu
76
Vietnamese
76
Korean
74
French
73
Marathi
70
Tamil
NS (millions)
Language
66
Urdu
65
Persian
63
Turkish
59
Italian
59
Cantonese
56
Thai
49
Gujarati
48
Jin
47
Min Nan
40
Polish
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Level 67
Jan 19, 2015
Please accept "Yue" for Cantonese