# of native speakers
|
Family
|
2,910,000,000
|
Indo-European
|
1,268,000,000
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
437,000,000
|
Niger-Congo
|
380,000,000
|
Afro-Asiatic
|
323,000,000
|
Austronesian
|
229,000,000
|
Dravidian
|
176,955,800
|
Altaic
|
129,000,000
|
Japonic
|
103,000,000
|
Austroasiatic
|
80,800,000
|
Tai-Kadai
|
77,200,000
|
Koreanic
|
42,800,000
|
Nilo-Saharan
|
20,600,000
|
Uralic
|
9,330,000
|
Miao-Yao
|
8,946,020
|
Quechuan
|
|
# of languages
|
Family
|
1524
|
Niger-Congo
|
1223
|
Austronesian
|
476
|
Trans-New Guinea
|
453
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
437
|
Indo-European
|
366
|
Afro-Asiatic
|
300
|
Pama-Nyungan
|
199
|
Nilo-Saharan
|
176
|
Oto-Manguean
|
169
|
Austroasiatic
|
94
|
Tai-Kadai
|
84
|
Dravidian
|
66
|
Tupian
|
63
|
Altaic
|
58
|
Uto-Aztecan
|
|