rank name entity speakers counted_as as_of l1_speakers l2_speakers total_speakers family writing_systems iso639_3 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