# Languages by number of speakers

| Rank | Language | Wikidata | Speakers | Counted as | As of | First-language speakers | Second-language speakers | Total speakers | Family | Writing systems | ISO 639-3 |
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| 1 | Chinese | Q7850 | 1299877520 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | simplified Chinese characters; Chinese characters; traditional Chinese characters | zho |
| 2 | Mandarin | Q9192 | 918000000 | First language | 2019 | 918000000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | cmn |
| 3 | Standard Chinese | Q727694 | 897071810 | Unspecified | 2013 |  |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Taiwanese Braille; Chinese characters; Two-Cell Chinese Braille; Standard Chinese Braille | cmn |
| 4 | Hindustani | Q11051 | 490100000 | Unspecified | 2006 |  |  |  | Indo-European | Kaithi; Informal Roman Urdu; Urdu orthography; Devanagari |  |
| 5 | Spanish | Q1321 | 485000000 | First language | 2023 | 485000000 | 70606900 |  | Indo-European | Latin script | spa |
| 6 | English | Q1860 | 379007140 | First language | 2019 | 379007140 | 753359540 | 1132366680 | Indo-European | English alphabet; Unified English Braille; Deseret alphabet; Shavian alphabet | eng |
| 7 | Modern Standard Arabic | Q56467 | 335000000 | First language | 2023 | 335000000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic script |  |
| 8 | Standard Arabic | Q122602987 | 335000000 | First language | 2023 | 335000000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic script | arb |
| 9 | American English | Q7976 | 300000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Latin script |  |
| 10 | Bangla | Q9610 | 300000000 | First language | 2019 | 300000000 | 19202880 |  | Indo-European | Bengali Braille; Bangla alphabet | ben |
| 11 | Arabic | Q13955 | 295000000 | First language | 2010 | 295000000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic script; Arabic alphabet; Arabic Braille | ara |
| 12 | Portuguese | Q5146 | 221000000 | First language | 2019 | 221000000 | 6300000 |  | Indo-European | Latin script; Portuguese alphabet | por |
| 13 | Standard Indonesian | Q110620923 | 199000000 | First language |  | 199000000 | 71200000 | 270200000 | Austronesian | Latin script |  |
| 14 | Russian | Q7737 | 154000000 | First language | 2019 | 154000000 | 110440620 |  | Indo-European | Cyrillic script | rus |
| 15 | Japanese | Q5287 | 128000000 | First language | 2019 | 128000000 |  |  | Japonic | hiragana; kana; katakana; kanji | jpn |
| 16 | Punjabi | Q58635 | 125000000 | First language | 2021 | 125000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Punjabi Braille; Shahmukhi; Mahajani; Urdu orthography; Gurmukhi; Informal Roman Urdu; Devanagari | pan |
| 17 | New Persian | Q56356571 | 96308080 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Persian alphabet; Armenian alphabet; Cyrillic script; Hebrew alphabet; Latin script; Manichaean; Eastern Syriac script; Gurmukhi |  |
| 18 | Marathi | Q1571 | 83100000 | First language | 2019 | 83100000 | 3000000 |  | Indo-European | Modi; Balbodh | mar |
| 19 | Turkish | Q256 | 82231620 | First language | 2021 | 82231620 | 5870300 |  | Turkic | Turkish alphabet; Turkish Braille | tur |
| 20 | Telugu | Q8097 | 82000000 | First language | 2019 | 82000000 | 5000000 |  | Dravidian | Telugu script | tel |
| 21 | Wu Chinese | Q34290 | 81400000 | First language | 2019 | 81400000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | wuu |
| 22 | Korean | Q9176 | 77300000 | First language | 2019 | 77300000 |  |  | Koreanic | Hangul; Hanja | kor |
| 23 | French | Q150 | 77200000 | First language | 2019 | 77200000 | 208157220 |  | Indo-European | French alphabet; French Braille | fra |
| 24 | Malay | Q9237 | 77000000 | First language | 2007 | 77000000 |  |  | Austronesian | Jawi; Latin script; Malay alphabet | msa |
| 25 | German | Q188 | 76540740 | First language | 2019 | 76540740 | 58452300 |  | Indo-European | German Braille; German alphabet | deu |
| 26 | Vietnamese | Q9199 | 76000000 | First language | 2019 | 76000000 |  |  | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese Braille; Vietnamese alphabet; chữ Nôm; Latin script | vie |
| 27 | Tamil | Q5885 | 75000000 | First language | 2019 | 75000000 | 8000000 |  | Dravidian | Koleluttu; Vatteluttu; Arabic script; Tamil script | tam |
| 28 | Yue Chinese | Q7033959 | 73100000 | First language | 2019 | 73100000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | written Cantonese; Traditional Chinese; Cantonese Braille; Simplified Chinese | yue |
| 29 | Cantonese | Q9186 | 72893210 | Unspecified | 2007 |  |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Cantonese Braille; written Cantonese; Chinese characters |  |
| 30 | Standard Persian | Q17993025 | 70000000 | First language | 2019 | 70000000 | 110000000 |  | Indo-European | Persian alphabet; Cyrillic script |  |
| 31 | Urdu | Q1617 | 68600000 | First language | 2019 | 68600000 | 94022900 |  | Indo-European | Kaithi; Urdu orthography; Devanagari | urd |
| 32 | Javanese | Q33549 | 68300000 | First language | 2019 | 68300000 |  |  | Austronesian | Formal Javanese Spelling; Latin script; Pegon alphabet; Kawi script; Javanese script | jav |
| 33 | Italian | Q652 | 64800000 | First language | 2019 | 64800000 | 3026000 |  | Indo-European | Italian Braille; Italian alphabet | ita |
| 34 | Egyptian Arabic | Q29919 | 64600000 | First language | 2019 | 64600000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic script; Arabic chat alphabet | arz |
| 35 | Gujarati | Q5137 | 56400000 | First language | 2019 | 56400000 |  |  | Indo-European | Gujarati | guj |
| 36 | Iranian Persian | Q3513637 | 52800000 | First language | 2019 | 52800000 |  |  | Indo-European | Persian alphabet | pes |
| 37 | Bhojpuri | Q33268 | 52200000 | First language | 2019 | 52200000 |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari; Kaithi | bho |
| 38 | Southern Min | Q36495 | 50100000 | First language | 2019 | 50100000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Pe̍h-ōe-jī; Taiwanese Taigi Romanization System; Chinese characters | nan |
| 39 | Hakka Chinese | Q33375 | 48200000 | First language | 2019 | 48200000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters; Pe̍h-ōe-jī | hak |
| 40 | Jin | Q56479 | 46900000 | First language | 2019 | 46900000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | cjy |
| 41 | Romani | Q13201 | 46000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari; Cyrillic script; Latin script | rom |
| 42 | Levantine Arabic | Q56593 | 44000000 | Unspecified | 2022 |  |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Hebrew alphabet | apc |
| 43 | Hausa | Q56475 | 43900000 | First language | 2019 | 43900000 |  |  | Chadic | Latin script; Arabic alphabet; Hausa Braille | hau |
| 44 | Indonesian | Q9240 | 43627550 | First language | 2010 | 43627550 | 155369000 | 198996550 | Austronesian | Latin script | ind |
| 45 | Kannada | Q33673 | 43600000 | First language | 2019 | 43600000 |  |  | Dravidian | Kannada script | kan |
| 46 | Algerian Arabic | Q56499 | 42252851 | First language | 2024 | 42252851 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet; Arabic script | arq |
| 47 | Polish | Q809 | 39700000 | First language | 2019 | 39700000 | 454000 |  | Indo-European | Latin script | pol |
| 48 | Pashto | Q58680 | 39000000 | First language | 2007 | 39000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Arabic script; Arabic alphabet | pus |
| 49 | Yoruba | Q34311 | 37800000 | First language | 2019 | 37800000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Yoruba alphabet; Yoruba Braille | yor |
| 50 | Xiang Chinese | Q13220 | 37300000 | First language | 2019 | 37300000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | hsn |
| 51 | Malayalam | Q36236 | 37100000 | First language | 2019 | 37100000 |  |  | Dravidian | Malayalam script; Arabi Malayalam script; Suriyani Malayalam | mal |
| 52 | Rajasthani | Q13196 | 36000000 | Unspecified | 2001 |  |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari | raj |
| 53 | Odia | Q33810 | 34500000 | First language | 2019 | 34500000 |  |  | Indo-European | Odia | ory |
| 54 | Maithili | Q36109 | 33900000 | First language | 2019 | 33900000 | 195000 |  | Indo-European | Tirhuta; Devanagari; Kaithi | mai |
| 55 | Burmese | Q9228 | 32900000 | First language | 2019 | 32900000 | 10000000 |  | Sino-Tibetan | Burmese alphabet; Mon–Burmese script | mya |
| 56 | Sundanese | Q34002 | 32400000 | First language | 2019 | 32400000 |  |  | Austronesian | Latin script; Sundanese script | sun |
| 57 | Sudanese Arabic | Q56573 | 31900000 | First language | 2019 | 31900000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | apd |
| 58 | Moroccan Arabic | Q56426 | 27500000 | First language | 2019 | 27500000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic script; Arabic alphabet | ary |
| 59 | Uzbek | Q9264 | 27000000 | Unspecified | 2015 |  |  |  | Turkic | Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script | uzb |
| 60 | Igbo | Q33578 | 27000000 | First language | 2019 | 27000000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Igbo alphabet; Igbo Braille; Akagu | ibo |
| 61 | N’Ko | Q18546266 | 27000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Niger–Congo | N’ko | nqo |
| 62 | Ukrainian | Q8798 | 26900000 | First language | 2023 | 26900000 |  |  | Indo-European | Cyrillic script; Latin script | ukr |
| 63 | Sindhi | Q33997 | 24600000 | First language | 2019 | 24600000 |  |  | Indo-European | Khudabadi script; Khojki; Devanagari Sindhi; Gujarati; Sindhi Perso-Arabic script | snd |
| 64 | North Levantine Arabic | Q22809485 | 24600000 | First language | 2019 | 24600000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | apc |
| 65 | Romanian | Q7913 | 24300000 | First language | 2019 | 24300000 |  |  | Indo-European | Cyrillic script; Latin script | ron |
| 66 | Fula | Q33454 | 24000000 | Unspecified | 2007 |  |  |  | Niger–Congo | Adlam; Latin script; Ajami script | ful |
| 67 | Oromo | Q33864 | 24000000 | First language | 2007 | 24000000 |  |  | Cushitic | Latin script; Geʽez script | orm |
| 68 | Tagalog | Q34057 | 23600000 | First language | 2019 | 23600000 | 45000000 |  | Austronesian | Latin script; Filipino alphabet; Abakada alphabet; Baybayin; Philippine Braille | tgl |
| 69 | Dutch | Q7411 | 23100000 | First language | 2019 | 23100000 |  |  | Indo-European | Dutch six-dot Braille; Dutch alphabet; Dutch eight-dot Braille | nld |
| 70 | Azerbaijani | Q9292 | 23000000 | First language | 2007 | 23000000 |  |  | Turkic | Latin script; Persian alphabet; Arabic alphabet; Cyrillic script; Azerbaijani Braille | aze |
| 71 | Saʽidi Arabic | Q56592 | 22400000 | First language | 2019 | 22400000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | aec |
| 72 | Gan Chinese | Q33475 | 22100000 | First language | 2019 | 22100000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | gan |
| 73 | Awadhi | Q29579 | 22000000 | First language | 2007 | 22000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari | awa |
| 74 | Amharic | Q28244 | 21900000 | First language | 2019 | 21900000 |  |  | Semitic | Geʽez script | amh |
| 75 | Kurdish language | Q36368 | 21000000 | First language | 2007 | 21000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script | kur |
| 76 | Northern Pashto | Q12642194 | 20900000 | First language | 2019 | 20900000 |  |  | Indo-European |  | pbu |
| 77 | Thai | Q9217 | 20700000 | First language | 2019 | 20700000 | 40000000 |  | Kam–Tai | Thai script; romanization of Thai | tha |
| 78 | Magahi | Q33728 | 20700000 | First language | 2019 | 20700000 |  |  | Indo-European | Kaithi; Devanagari | mag |
| 79 | Saraiki | Q33902 | 20009000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari; Multani; Langdi; Saraiki Shahmukhi; Gurmukhi | skr |
| 80 | Lingala | Q36217 | 20000000 | Unspecified | 2020 |  |  |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | lin |
| 81 | Kongu Tamil | Q6429269 | 20000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Dravidian | Tamil script; Vatteluttu |  |
| 82 | Serbo-Croatian | Q9301 | 19000000 | First language | 2022 | 19000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Serbian Cyrillic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script; Gaj's Latin alphabet | hbs |
| 83 | Malagasy | Q7930 | 18000000 | First language | 2007 | 18000000 |  |  | Austronesian | Latin script; Sorabe alphabet | mlg |
| 84 | Taiwanese Hokkien | Q36778 | 18000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Sino-Tibetan |  |  |
| 85 | Central Atlas Tamazight | Q49741 | 17000000 | Unspecified | 2025 |  |  |  | Berber | Arabic alphabet; Latin script; Tifinagh | tzm |
| 86 | Khmer | Q9205 | 16600000 | First language | 2019 | 16600000 | 1000000 |  | Austroasiatic | Khmer script | khm |
| 87 | Chhattisgarhi | Q33158 | 16300000 | First language | 2019 | 16300000 |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari | hne |
| 88 | Somali | Q13275 | 16200000 | First language | 2019 | 16200000 |  |  | Cushitic | Osmanya; Latin script; Wadaad's writing | som |
| 89 | Kiswahili | Q3197533 | 16010110 | First language | 2010 | 16010110 | 82300000 |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | swh |
| 90 | Turkmen | Q9267 | 16000000 | First language | 2007 | 16000000 |  |  | Turkic | Cyrillic script; Perso-Arabic script; Latin script; Turkmen alphabet; Russian Braille | tuk |
| 91 | Zhuang | Q13216 | 16000000 | First language | 2007 | 16000000 |  |  | Kam–Tai | Latin script; Sawndip | zha |
| 92 | Cebuano | Q33239 | 15900000 | First language | 2019 | 15900000 |  |  | Austronesian | Filipino alphabet; Philippine Braille | ceb |
| 93 | Nepali | Q33823 | 15800000 | First language | 2019 | 15800000 | 8680000 |  | Indo-European | Devanagari | nep |
| 94 | Iraqi Arabic | Q56232 | 15700000 | First language | 2019 | 15700000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | acm |
| 95 | Swahili | Q7838 | 15437390 | Unspecified | 2012 |  |  |  | Niger–Congo | Swahili Ajami; Latin script | swa |
| 96 | Sinhala | Q13267 | 15300000 | First language | 2019 | 15300000 |  |  | Indo-European | Sinhala script | sin |
| 97 | Assamese | Q29401 | 15300000 | First language | 2019 | 15300000 |  |  | Indo-European | Assamese alphabet | asm |
| 98 | Kanuri | Q36094 | 15000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Nilo-Saharan | Arabic alphabet; Latin script | kau |
| 99 | Isan | Q33417 | 15000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Kam–Tai | Thai script | tts |
| 100 | Madurese | Q36213 | 15000000 | First language | 2007 | 15000000 |  |  | Austronesian | Javanese script; Latin script | mad |
| 101 | Modern Greek | Q36510 | 15000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Greek alphabet | ell |
| 102 | Standard Taiwanese Mandarin | Q262828 | 15000000 | Unspecified | 2000 |  |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Traditional Chinese |  |
| 103 | Kurmanji | Q36163 | 14600000 | First language | 2019 | 14600000 |  |  | Indo-European | Cyrillic script; Arabic script; Latin script | kmr |
| 104 | Nigerian Fulfulde | Q36129 | 14500000 | First language | 2019 | 14500000 |  |  | Niger–Congo |  | fuv |
| 105 | Bavarian | Q29540 | 14100000 | First language | 2019 | 14100000 |  |  | Indo-European | Latin script | bar |
| 106 | Tajik | Q9260 | 14000000 | Unspecified | 2018 |  |  |  | Indo-European | Hebrew alphabet; Tajik Cyrillic alphabet; Latin script; Cyrillic script; Persian alphabet | tgk |
| 107 | Marwari | Q56312 | 14000000 | First language | 2007 | 14000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Arabic script; Devanagari | mwr |
| 108 | Haryanvi | Q33410 | 14000000 | First language | 2007 | 14000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari; Urdu orthography | bgc |
| 109 | South Azerbaijani | Q3449805 | 13800000 | First language | 2019 | 13800000 |  |  | Turkic | Arabic alphabet | azb |
| 110 | Banyumasan | Q33219 | 13500000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Austronesian | Latin script |  |
| 111 | Chittagonian | Q33173 | 13000000 | First language | 2019 | 13000000 |  |  | Indo-European | Bangla alphabet | ctg |
| 112 | Tsonga | Q34327 | 13000000 | First language | 2011 | 13000000 | 3400000 |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | tso |
| 113 | Kazakh | Q9252 | 12900000 | First language | 2019 | 12900000 |  |  | Turkic | Arabic alphabet; Kazakh Braille; Cyrillic script; Latin script | kaz |
| 114 | Dakhanī | Q669431 | 12800000 | First language | 2019 | 12800000 |  |  | Indo-European | Arabic script; Devanagari |  |
| 115 | Hungarian | Q9067 | 12600000 | First language | 2019 | 12600000 |  |  | Uralic | Old Hungarian; Hungarian alphabet; Hungarian Braille | hun |
| 116 | Zulu | Q10179 | 12100000 | First language | 2019 | 12100000 | 15700000 |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | zul |
| 117 | Kinyarwanda | Q33573 | 12100000 | First language | 2019 | 12100000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | kin |
| 118 | Chewa | Q33273 | 12000000 | First language | 2007 | 12000000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | nya |
| 119 | Sylheti | Q2044560 | 12000000 | First language | 2020 | 12000000 | 10000000 | 13980000 | Indo-European | Latin script; Devanagari; Bangla–Assamese script; Sylheti Nagari | syl |
| 120 | Tunisian Arabic | Q56240 | 11600000 | First language | 2019 | 11600000 |  |  | Semitic | Latin script; Arabic chat alphabet; Arabic script | aeb |
| 121 | South Levantine Arabic | Q55633582 | 11600000 | First language | 2019 | 11600000 |  |  | Semitic |  | ajp |
| 122 | Sanʽani Arabic | Q56578 | 11400000 | First language | 2019 | 11400000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | ayn |
| 123 | Akan | Q28026 | 11000000 | First language | 2007 | 11000000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script; Akan Braille | aka |
| 124 | Northern Min | Q36457 | 11000000 | First language | 2019 | 11000000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters; Latin script | mnp |
| 125 | Southern Pashto | Q16112855 | 10900000 | First language | 2019 | 10900000 |  |  | Indo-European |  | pbt |
| 126 | Kirundi | Q33583 | 10800000 | First language | 2019 | 10800000 |  |  | Niger–Congo | Latin script | run |
| 127 | Czech | Q9056 | 10700000 | First language | 2019 | 10700000 |  |  | Indo-European | Czech Braille; Czech alphabet | ces |
| 128 | Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic | Q56579 | 10500000 | First language | 2019 | 10500000 |  |  | Semitic | Arabic alphabet | acq |
| 129 | Uyghur | Q13263 | 10400000 | First language | 2019 | 10400000 |  |  | Turkic | Arabic script; Latin script; Cyrillic script | uig |
| 130 | Eastern Min | Q36455 | 10300000 | First language | 2019 | 10300000 |  |  | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters; Latin script | cdo |
| 131 | Malvi | Q33413 | 10000000 | Unspecified | 2003 |  |  |  | Indo-European | Devanagari | mup |
| 132 | Alemannic | Q131339 | 10000000 | Unspecified |  |  |  |  | Indo-European | Latin script | gsw |

Source: https://aidb.si/d/languages-by-speakers — Data from Wikidata (CC0), compiled by its volunteer editors from cited sources.