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chronologically: List of languages by first written accounts; by number of speakers: List of languages by total number of speakers; List of languages by number of native speakers; List of languages by number of words according to authoritative dictionaries; By region. Languages of Africa; Indigenous languages of the Americas
- List of Language Names
(Top) Languages. Alphabets and scripts. Dialects. Required...
- List of ISO 639-1 Codes
ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify...
- List of Official Languages by State
This is a list of official languages by country and...
- List of Most Commonly Learned Foreign Languages in The United States
Below are the top second languages studied in public K-12...
- Lists of Extinct Languages
List of extinct languages of Europe; List of extinct...
- List of Lingua Francas
This is a list of lingua francas.A lingua franca is a...
- Lists of Endangered Languages
Lists of endangered languages are mainly based on the...
- List of Official Languages
This is a list of official, or otherwise...
- List of languages
List of languages. This is a partial list of natural...
- List of Language Names
Lists of languages. List of languages by number of native speakers. List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language. Number of languages by country. World language. Languages used on the Internet. Extinct language. Official languages of the United Nations. Notes.
LanguageFamilyBranchFirst-language (l1) SpeakersEnglish (excl. creole languages )380 millionMandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, ...939 millionHindi (excl. Urdu )345 millionSpanish (excl. creole languages )485 millionPeople also ask
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(Top) Top languages by population. Ethnologue (2024) CIA World Factbook (2018 estimates) See also. References. External links. List of languages by number of native speakers. Current distribution of human language families. Human languages ranked by their number of native speakers are as follows.