| Pos | Language | Family | Script(s) Used | Speakers (Millions) | Where Spoken (Major) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandarin | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 1051 | China, Malaysia, Taiwan |
| 2 | English | Indo-European | Latin | 510 | USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
| 3 | Hindi | Indo-European | Devanagari | 490 | North and Central India |
| 4 | Spanish | Indo-European | Latin | 425 | The Americas, Spain |
| 5 | Arabic | Afro-Asiatic | Arabic | 255 | Middle East, Arabia, North Africa |
| 6 | Russian | Indo-European | Cyrillic | 254 | Russia, Central Asia |
| 7 | Portuguese | Indo-European | Latin | 218 | Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa |
| 8 | Bengali | Indo-European | Bengali | 215 | Bangladesh, Eastern India |
| 9 | Malay, Indonesian | Malayo-Polynesian | Latin | 175 | Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
| 10 | French | Indo-European | Latin | 130 | France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa |
| 11 | Japanese | Altaic | Chinese Characters and 2 Japanese Alphabets | 127 | Japan |
| 12 | German | Indo-European | Latin | 123 | Germany, Austria, Central Europe |
| 13 | Farsi (Persian) | Indo-European | Nastaliq | 110 | Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia |
| 14 | Urdu | Indo-European | Nastaliq | 104 | Pakistan, India |
| 15 | Punjabi | Indo-European | Gurumukhi | 103 | Pakistan, India |
| 16 | Vietnamese | Austroasiatic | Based on Latin | 86 | Vietnam, China |
| 17 | Tamil | Dravidian | Tamil | 78 | Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia |
| 18 | Wu | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 77 | China |
| 19 | Javanese | Malayo-Polynesian | Javanese | 76 | Indonesia |
| 20 | Turkish | Altaic | Latin | 75 | Turkey, Central Asia |
| 21 | Telugu | Dravidian | Telugu | 74 | Southern India |
| 22 | Korean | Altaic | Hangul | 72 | Korean Peninsula |
| 23 | Marathi | Indo-European | Devanagari | 71 | Western India |
| 24 | Italian | Indo-European | Latin | 61 | Italy, Central Europe |
| 25 | Thai | Sino-Tibetan | Thai | 60 | Thailand, Laos |
| 26 | Cantonese | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese Characters | 55 | Southern China |
| 27 | Gujarati | Indo-European | Gujarati | 47 | Western India, Kenya |
| 28 | Polish | Indo-European | Latin | 46 | Poland, Central Europe |
| 29 | Kannada | Dravidian | Kannada | 44 | Southern India |
| 30 | Burmese | Sino-Tibetan | Burmese | 42 | Myanmar |
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