Statistics for Most Spoken Languages by Family - Updated 2019

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Family	Branch	Sub-branch	Language	Native speakers (millions)	% Correct
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Russian	154	99%
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	Bavarian	14.1	98%
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	English	379	98%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	French	77.2	98%
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	German	76.1	98%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Italian	64.8	98%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Spanish	480	98%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Malayic	Indonesian	43.4	97%
Koreanic			Korean	77.3	97%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Portuguese	221	97%
Turkic	Southern Turkic		Turkish	79.4	97%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Algerian Arabic	29.4	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Egyptian Arabic	64.6	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Hejazi Arabic	14.5	96%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Malayic	Malay	16.1	96%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Mandarin Chinese	918	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Mesopotamian Arabic	15.7	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Moroccan Arabic	27.5	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	North Levantine Arabic	24.6	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Saʽidi Arabic	22.4	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Sanaani Arabic	11.4	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	South Levantine Arabic	11.6	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Sudanese Arabic	31.9	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic	10.5	96%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	Central Semitic	Tunisian Arabic	11.6	96%
Indo-European	Hellenic		Greek	13.1	95%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Hindi	341	95%
Indo-European	Germanic	West Germanic	Dutch	23.1	94%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Iranian Persian	52.8	94%
Japonic			Japanese	128	94%
Indo-European	Italic	Romance	Romanian	24.3	94%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Ukrainian	27.3	94%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Wu Chinese	81.4	94%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Central Philippine	Tagalog	23.6	93%
Kra–Dai	Tai		Thai	20.7	93%
Austroasiatic	Vietic		Vietnamese	76.0	93%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Yue Chinese	73.1	93%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Polish	39.7	92%
Sino-Tibetan	Lolo-Burmese		Burmese	32.9	90%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Bengali	228	89%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Tamil	75.0	88%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Urdu	68.6	88%
Turkic	Western Turkic		Kazakh	12.9	86%
Turkic	Eastern Turkic		Northern Uzbek	25.1	86%
Indo-European	Balto-Slavic	Slavic	Czech	10.7	84%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Northern Pashto	20.9	84%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Southern Pashto	10.9	84%
Niger–Congo	Volta–Congo	Igboid	Igbo	27.0	82%
Uralic	Ugric		Hungarian	12.6	81%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Western Punjabi	92.7	80%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Eastern Punjabi	32.6	79%
Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	South Semitic	Amharic	21.9	76%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Gujarati	56.4	76%
Turkic	Southern Turkic		South Azerbaijani	13.8	74%
Austroasiatic			Khmer	16.6	73%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Marathi	83.1	70%
Dravidian	South-Central Dravidian		Telugu	82.0	70%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian		Javanese	68.3	69%
Niger–Congo	Volta–Congo	Defoid	Yoruba	37.8	69%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Iranian	Northern Kurdish	14.6	67%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Kannada	43.6	66%
Dravidian	Southern Dravidian		Malayalam	37.1	66%
Niger–Congo	Volta–Congo	Bantu	Zulu	12.1	66%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Nepali	15.8	64%
Afro-Asiatic	Chadic		Hausa	43.9	63%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Min Nan Chinese	50.1	63%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Min Dong Chinese	10.3	60%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Min Bei Chinese	11.0	59%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Sinhalese	15.3	58%
Turkic	Eastern Turkic		Uyghur	10.4	58%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Hakka Chinese	48.2	57%
Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic		Somali	16.2	54%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Xiang Chinese	37.3	52%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Sindhi	24.6	51%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian		Sunda	32.4	51%
Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	Central Philippine	Cebuano	15.9	50%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Odia	34.5	48%
Niger–Congo	Senegambian		Nigerian Fulfulde	14.5	45%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Jinyu Chinese	46.9	42%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Bhojpuri	52.2	41%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Assamese	15.3	40%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Maithili	33.9	40%
Sino-Tibetan	Chinese		Gan Chinese	22.1	36%
Niger–Congo	Volta–Congo	Bantu	Kinyarwanda	12.1	30%
Niger–Congo	Volta–Congo	Bantu	Rundi	10.8	25%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Chhattisgarhi	16.3	20%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Chittagonian	13.0	15%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Magahi	20.7	15%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Deccan	12.8	14%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Sylheti	10.3	14%
Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Saraiki	20.0	11%