Languages in numbers

According to a study, published on Ethnologue.com in 2009, currently there are 6909 spoken languages on Earth. Here’s the list of the most widely spoken ones:

1.      Chinese — 1 213 million speakers

2.      Spanish — 329 million speakers

3.      English — 328 million speakers

4.      Arabic — 221 million speakers

5.      Hindi — 182 million speakers

6.      Bengali — 181 million speakers

7.      Portuguese — 178 million speakers

8.      Russian — 144 million speakers

9.      Japanese — 122 million speakers

10.  German (Standard) — 90,3 million speakers

11.  Javanese — 84,6 million speakers

12.  Lahnda — 78,3 million speakers

13.  Telugu — 69,8 million speakers

14.  Vietnamese — 68,6 million speakers

15.  Marathi — 68,1 million speakers

There are more than 170 languages spoken than more than 3 million people. Bulgarian is placed under number 83.

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