Most Spoken Languages In The World 2012

Most Common Languages

List of languages by total speakers, ranked by numbers of first language speakers. (est. 1999) Language ISO 639-2 alpha-3 code Population total all countries first language speakers Including second language speakers Chinese, official in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao,Singapore and Taiwan. chi/zho     Chinese, Putonghua (Mandarin)   874 000 000 1 052 000 000 Chinese, Wu   77 175 000 77 175 000 Chinese, Yue   52 000 000 71 000 000 Chinese, Jinyu   45 000 000 45 000 000 Chinese, Min Nan   45 000 000 45 000 000 Chinese, Hakka   33 000 000 33 000 000 Chinese, Gan   20 580 000 20 580 000 Total Chinese: without several million speakers of other Chinese dialects   1 146 755 000 1 343 755 000 Hindi (Hindustani), the primary official language of the Republic of India. hin 366 000 000 487 000 000 English has been widely dispersed around the world, it is official language in 83 countries/regions (ISO), spoken in 105 other countries (E). Curiosity: English language does not have official status inAustralia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. eng 341 000 000 508 000 000 Spanish, with the expansion of the former Spanish Empire (Spain), the language spread around the world, it is official language in 21 countries (ISO), spoken in 44 countries (E); Mexicocontains the largest population of Spanish speakers. spa/esp 322 200 000 to 358 000 000 417 000 000 Arabic, (in various dialects) Official language in 26 countries (ISO), spoken in the Middle east, north Africa, Arabian Peninsula and other Islamic countries. ara 280 000 000 (figueres: UNHCR) N/A Bengali/Bangla Official language in Bangladesh (ISO), spoken in 8 other countries (E). ben 207 000 000 211 000 000 Portuguese, natively spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique,Cape Verde, and East Timor; official language in 9 countries (ISO), spoken in 34 countries (E). por 176 000 000 191 000 000 Russian, most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, spoken inRussia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, official (or co-official) language in 4 countries (ISO), spoken in 31 countries (E). rus 167 000 000 277 000 000 Japanese, official language in Japan and spoken in Japanese emigrant communities around the world. jpn 125 000 000 126 000 000 German, Standard German is official language in Germany, Austria,Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Italy (South Tyrol); 5 countries (ISO), spoken in 40 other countries (E). ger/deu 121 000 000 128 000 000 Tai-Kadai, national languages of Thailand and Laos. The Tai-Kadai languages, also known as Kadai, Kradai, or Kra-Dai languages, and in China as Zhuang-Dong languages, are a tonal language family found in southern China and Southeast Asia.   83 000 000 up to 100 million N/A Korean spoken in North Korea, South Korea; one of two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, China. kor 78 000 000 78 000 000 French is spoken as a first language in France, French-speakingSwitzerland, in parts of Belgium, (Brussels), Monaco, and in parts of Canada, (Quebec), and by French communities elsewhere. Official language in 40 countries (ISO), spoken in 54 countries (E) fra 77 000 000 128 000 000