Languages by number of speakers
Languages spoken by at least 10 million people, with first-language (native) and second-language speaker counts where recorded, language family, writing systems and ISO 639-3 code. One row per language.
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Columns
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| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| rank | Rank | integer | Position by headline speaker count in this list. |
| name | Language | string | — |
| entity | Wikidata | entity | — |
| speakers | Speakers | integer | Headline speaker count (see 'Counted as'). |
| counted_as | Counted as | string | First language, Total (first + second) or Unspecified. |
| as_of | As of | year | Year of the headline count. |
| l1_speakers | First-language speakers | integer | Native speakers. |
| l2_speakers | Second-language speakers | integer | — |
| total_speakers | Total speakers | integer | First- plus second-language speakers, where recorded as a total. |
| family | Family | string | Top-level language family. |
| writing_systems | Writing systems | string | — |
| iso639_3 | ISO 639-3 | string | — |