| The World's Most Commonly Spoken Language |
Rank |
Language |
Number of Speakers |
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1 |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
1,000,000,000 + |
2 |
English |
508,000,000 |
3 |
Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) |
497,000,000 |
4 |
Spanish |
392,000,000 |
5 |
Russian |
277,000,000 |
6 |
Arabic |
246,000,000 |
7 |
Bengali |
211,000,000 |
8 |
Portugese |
191,000,000 |
9 |
Malay - Indonesian |
159,000,000 |
10 |
French |
129,000,000 |
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Check The Bridge Language Guide for more information.
Source: The Bridge Language Institute 2008 Linguist Commission. |
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