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Top 10 Languages by Continent of Origin

Can you guess the 10 largest languages by total number of speakers (native and second language) of each of the 6 inhabited continents? Antarctica excluded for obvious reasons.
Creoles and pidgins are excluded. Isolates are included.
Number of speakers include speakers outside the continent, ie languages are categorised only *by* continent of origin rather than *within*.
Keep in mind that the distinctions between languages and dialects are extremely fuzzy and ultimately arbitrary, as is the distinction between continents.
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Europe
1452m
English
548.3m
Spanish
274.1m
French
258.2m
Russian
257.7m
Portuguese
134.6m
German
67.9m
Italian
40.6m
Polish
40m
Ukrainian
30m
Romanian
 
 
Asia
1118m
Mandarin
855.6m
Hindustani/Western Hindi
290m
Malay/Indonesian
272.7m
Bengali
125.4m
Japanese
99.1m
Marathi
95.7m
Telugu
88.1m
Turkish
86.4m
Tamil
85.6m
Yue
Africa
149.3m
Egypto-Sudanic Arabic
101.4m
Maghrebi Arabic
77.1m
Hausa
71.4m
Swahili
57.5m
Amharic
48.5m
Yoruba
45.9m
Oromo
40.3m
Lingala
37.8m
Fula
36.3m
Igbo
 
 
North America
1.7m
Nahuatl
1.3m
Q'eqchi'
1.1m
K'iche'
1m
Tzeltalan/Tzeltal-Tzotzil
770k
Yucatec Maya
613k
Mam
530k
Mixtec
490k
Zapotec
410k
Kaqchikel
300k
Otomi
South America
10m
Quechua
6.5m
Guarani
2.5m
Aymara
420k
Wayuu
260k
Mapuche
63k
Ticuna
60k
Paez
36k
Wichi'
35k
Shuar
34k
Guajibo
 
 
Oceania
660k
Fijian
510k
Samoan
230k
Enga
187k
Tongan
159k
Motu
150k
Huli
130k
Melpa
120k
Kuman
119k
Gilbertese
110k
Dobu
mikkk
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Level 56
Mar 23, 2024
Where did you get your data for Romanian? I think dutch has more, both are around 24 million though on wikipedia
dhagrow
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Level 65
Mar 24, 2024
I don't remember specifically, but I think I mostly used the ethnologue 200 list for the quiz, and unilat.org placed the number of total speakers at 28 million. regardless, every source I've seen trying to track down the number still put romanian ahead of dutch every time
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