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Countries with the Most Speakers of These Languages

For each highlighted language, try to name the country that has the greatest number of native speakers?
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First submittedNovember 29, 2011
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100 Recent Comments
Klabnix
+19
Level 24
Sep 11, 2014
Well done to those who couldn't guess where French is spoken most
akwildrose
+1
Level 50
Apr 25, 2015
That is weird that that's not 100%.
AlexThirkell
+9
Level 74
Apr 3, 2020
Maybe overthinkers guessing it was an ex colony in Africa...
Dra1
+1
Level 55
Dec 5, 2025
As a French I tried DRC since it was colonized by Belgium (speaks French), but I forgot that they all don't talk French here
RJF
+1
Level 67
Jul 15, 2025
I tried pretty much every former French colony with a large population before I realised the quiz is only about speakers of French as a first language.
Obuz
+5
Level 68
Sep 12, 2014
What are the sources for this quiz? Romani language in particular.
LarryLovage
+8
Level 55
Sep 15, 2014
Romani ite domum.
Obuz
+1
Level 68
Sep 16, 2014
@LarryLovage unless you're joking, that's a terrible terrible confusion. Looking for a serious answer here as I couldn't find it on my own.
Stoggler
+2
Level 55
Sep 15, 2025
Of course they're joking!
xyzzy
+10
Level 72
Jan 6, 2015
Romani is almost impossible to figure out which country has the most speakers.
Guam
+4
Level 59
Oct 1, 2018
I hope you're being sarcastic, because you just add an a. If you're not joking, I think you mean Romansh.
Beranek888
+50
Level 50
Nov 25, 2018
@Guam - and I hope YOU're being sarcastic. Romani is a language that comes from India, but nowadays it's spoken in lots of European countries because gypsies (the Roma people) left India and spread out all across Europe.

The main language of Romania, on the other hand, is called Romanian and it's related to Latin, Italian etc.

The similarity of the names of "Romani" and "Romanian" is purely coincidental, as is the fact that most Romani speakers are found in Romania.

Inquisitorin
+1
Level 99
Feb 9, 2023
So is it!
otissaroke
+2
Level 31
Sep 13, 2014
Good quiz .
Beuys
+3
Level 11
Sep 13, 2014
The Spanish language is from Spain the English language is originally british or UK and Portuguese is from Portugal
akwildrose
+25
Level 50
Apr 25, 2015
Why are we stating the obvious? That's not what the quiz is about. The quiz is asking which country has the most speakers of each of those languages respectively.
Malbaby
+14
Level 70
Aug 12, 2015
I'll bet 'Beuys' got France right
thread
+5
Level 67
Feb 1, 2022
Actually they all came from the Big Bang
australianviking
+6
Level 34
Oct 23, 2014
I'm surprised 84% got Danish right. It's self-explanatory
Guam
+7
Level 59
Oct 1, 2018
However, the word "Danish" does not look that similar to the word "Denmark." Perhaps some did not know that it was the correct adjective for Denmark.
SupBroDude
+1
Level 56
Sep 12, 2025
it is if you know that people from Denmark can also be called Danes
MiyafujiYoshika
+2
Level 40
Dec 3, 2014
Igbo, thanks "Things Fall Apart" :D
peskychocolatedevil
+1
Level 33
Jul 4, 2015
100% 237 left great quiz
keremt14
+1
Level 28
Aug 4, 2015
why not turkish for turkey?
BigFloppa
+4
Level 62
May 18, 2021
Because that would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too easy
Stoggler
+2
Level 55
Sep 15, 2025
Why not this? Why not that? Why not just accept a quiz as it's set, and why not just accept that a quiz is a bit of fun, and is not an exhaustive list just to please everyone?
keremt14
+1
Level 28
Aug 4, 2015
probably only %20 of turkey can speak kurdish and not as their first language
xyzzy
+3
Level 72
Dec 25, 2015
Turkey has over 10 million Kurdish (Kurmanji) speakers and somewhere around 14 million Kurds.

It really depends on what figures you go on, some say over 25% of Turkey are Kurds.

thebest21
+3
Level 70
Feb 10, 2016
Why is everyone missing Sinhala? It is the easiest one on the list!
Neptune777
+13
Level 71
May 14, 2016
To someone like you, who is probably Sri Lanka/Indian, that would be easy. I'm pretty sure the majority of people have not heard of Sinhalese.
huw777
+3
Level 46
Feb 19, 2024
I got 100% on my first try but Sinhalese was the hardest one for me. You are probably from that region. For the rest of us it is pretty tough.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
May 29, 2016
Romansh is not a language; it is a family of multiple languages.
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language
Sifhraven
+13
Level 76
Jan 13, 2019
i think you mean romance languages
SupBroDude
+1
Level 56
Sep 12, 2025
@Quizzer6794 Romansh is a real language that's native to the Swiss Alps. Perhaps like others have said you're thinking of the Romance Language Family
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 74
Oct 4, 2016
Please make a harder version of this quiz. :)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Oct 4, 2016
Here you go
Thorvald
+1
Level 73
Oct 5, 2016
Instead of Danish (which is pretty obvious) you could ask about Sorbian ;)
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
May 1, 2017
I'm not sure about the Maori answer, I would say there are more Maoris in Australia now than in New Zealand as there are almost 700,000 NZ in Australia in 2017.
whittily
+6
Level 53
May 8, 2018
New Zealand has more than 5 times the amount of Māori people that live in Australia, according to the censuses of both countries.
penelopepistoff
+3
Level 65
Mar 7, 2024
Plus the number of speakers of te reo will be higher in NZ, because it is taught and supported there.
PickleChicken
+1
Level 42
Nov 28, 2017
Like to point out that Hindi is not exactly India, but more Hindu religion.
AbhishekNS
+4
Level 59
Aug 1, 2020
The language is still called Hindi.
thread
+7
Level 67
Jan 17, 2022
What?

Things I don't understand about this comment:

1. This is about countries, not religions

2. Hindu is a religion, Hindi is a language

3. Hindi is spoken in India

4. The main language of Hinduism is Sanskrit

Zvezdana
+2
Level 77
Dec 2, 2017
Romani was most confusing. Even now I'm not sure is it referring to Romanian or to Gipsy (Roma) language.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
May 6, 2018
Romani language. Not confusing if you take a few seconds to look it up.
GeographyGeek42
+3
Level 65
May 31, 2018
I'm pretty sure the language in Iran is Farsi not Persian.
MaxStickies
+5
Level 80
Jun 9, 2020
They are different words for the same thing.
aestheticdirt
+2
Level 53
Mar 10, 2025
Farsi is specifically the Iranian dialect of Persian.
flhuluba
+2
Level 57
Dec 6, 2018
Show some respect for Romanian people and change that language from Romani to Romanian, because is not the same thing.
kalbahamut
+9
Level 79
Jan 7, 2019
Who said it was the same thing? Where are there more native speakers of Romani?
loganite
+1
Level 93
Dec 24, 2019
I think flhuluba is saying Romani refers to a people or culture, not a language, and it would be like having Israeli or Jewish on this quiz. I'm not sure I agree, because a quick internet search supports the use of the term Romani for a language, or at least a group of languages...but I think that's what s/he's alleging.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Sep 6, 2021
I don't think so. Roma and Romanian is not the same thing.
thread
+3
Level 67
Jan 17, 2022
I think they thought that this was saying that Romani is the main language of Romania.
thread
+2
Level 67
Jan 17, 2022
Romanians need more respect! Change every answer to Romanian!
Inquisitorin
+1
Level 99
Feb 9, 2023
You're right!
Scaro88
+1
Level 78
Dec 24, 2019
All but Romansh, literally never heard of that in my life
CaptainUnderpant
+4
Level 81
Aug 23, 2023
One of the four official languages of Switzerland!
Broski42069
+1
Level 62
Dec 30, 2019
Could you consider making multiple choices for languages? For example, English works for the United States, but not for the United Kingdom. I couldn't get Arabic because I was trying ten of the TWENTY-FIVE countries that have Arabic as their national language. So I humbly request a little consideration.
roleybob
+15
Level 73
Mar 2, 2020
For each selected language, name the country with the greatest number of native speakers.
zhovancheto
+2
Level 43
Aug 18, 2020
Romani is not even a language, Romanian is a language.
EcceHomo
+14
Level 86
Jan 13, 2021
A piece of advice for you. If you have access to the internet, try looking it up.
sjj93gg
+8
Level 55
Sep 7, 2021
Wow! The comments on this particular quiz are full of people thinking they're clever but end up making themselves look very silly!
sleekcollins
+1
Level 67
Apr 16, 2021
Only god knows how I missed Romania for Romani. God, I'm stupid!
Jetpunkmaster000
+2
Level 49
May 24, 2021
You can't feature this quiz. Some different countries speak that language too!
SpartanLlama
+5
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
It's about which country has the MOST native speakers
NerdyPolyglot
+2
Level 44
Mar 31, 2025
perhaps that was sarcasm...?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
Missed Sinhalese, Tamil, Romansh, and Maori
Trombone
+1
Level 61
Jun 10, 2021
100 % with 3:17 left
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Isn't it Pashto, not Pashtun? This is inconsistent with the other languages quizzes.
Gllombfek
+2
Level 54
Sep 6, 2021
I thought French was DR Congo? Am I wrong?
aestheticdirt
+4
Level 53
Mar 10, 2025
Give it a couple decades.
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Sep 15, 2025
It's native speakers. Even though allegedly 50% of the country can read and write in French very few use it as their mother tongue. I say allegedly because language surveys are wildly inaccurate and depending on the country the number regarding fluency can be massively under or over reported. I have multiple coworkers in Belgium and very few of them would say they are fluent in English but from my perspective I would call them fluent they have little to no trouble participating in meetings held in English nor corresponding in English.
MD396
+1
Level 58
May 2, 2022
10/30...
aly0nkalim0nka
+1
Level 25
Jul 3, 2022
why isn't Spain correct for Spanish? (also u.s. doesn't have an official language
AlexW2210
+5
Level 65
Jul 14, 2022
It's the country with the greatest number of Spanish speakers. Mexico's population is much bigger than Spain's and Mexico's first language is Spanish :)
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 81
Aug 23, 2023
It's not about official languages, read the title and description
ZweYo
+2
Level 48
Jul 13, 2022
4 doctors speaking romansh in switzerland.
AlexW2210
+1
Level 65
Jul 14, 2022
Dang, should've got Khmer. Cambodia's use of the letter H should've been a dead give away
bla1ne
+1
Level 24
Oct 31, 2022
spain doesnt speak spanish? interesting.
Anto98
+1
Level 33
Jan 14, 2023
I left Bengali, Maori, Zulu, Khmer, Pashtun, Tatar, and Romansh. But I got Sinhalese for some reason
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Jan 20, 2023
It took me time to know that English was USA not UK because I thought they it was a mistake when I realise that UK was wrong.
Dodosaur
+2
Level 37
Aug 31, 2023
As a Romanian, Romani is NEVER known as a language for Romania. instead, it is always Romanian.
Xtrordinary
+9
Level 75
Mar 9, 2025
Except that they are 2 different languages
MrMackASOY
+6
Level 68
Oct 25, 2023
number of people commenting here who didn't read the instructions is quite amazing. rah rah spanish people don't speak spanish? rah rah rah LOL
MalyJacus
+1
Level 60
Jun 4, 2024
Hmm, I am no linguist but to me this was super, super easy. Maybe some dialects of common languages (rather than just "basque")
sailingcorn
+1
Level 34
Jun 12, 2024
Having to write Spain for basque and catalan felt a little silly...
teqau
+2
Level 45
Aug 11, 2025
What?
idkdjsioahfdska
+1
Level 47
Sep 13, 2024
It is Pashto not Pashtun! Please fix.
Yahvesson
+1
Level 40
Feb 28, 2025
30 out of 30 in 2:45 not too bad i think
db27
+5
Level 93
Mar 8, 2025
A fun variant on this quiz would be to identify the countries with the SECOND most speakers of the listed languages.
interopia
+2
Level 90
Mar 10, 2025
Here you go.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2025
For anyone curious like me:

USA: 297m English

India: 229m English

GlaucusExquisita
+6
Level 78
Mar 9, 2025
That's total speakers, not native speakers. According to the 2011 census, there are only around 260,000 native English speakers in India.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Mar 9, 2025
ez money still fun
eurotec
+1
Level 56
May 29, 2025
Nice quiz, got them all!
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Sep 9, 2025
Nice quiz, interesting comments section! Lots of knowledgeable people out there!
liltopbowler55
+1
Level 34
Nov 4, 2025
Nice quiz, but is the Democratic republic of the Congo have more french speakers then France?
Nevson64
+1
Level 67
Jan 15, 2026
30/30 for me
ishsh
+2
Level 28
Jan 29, 2026
Sinhala is the language and Sinhalese is used for the people primarily if i'm not mistaken. Although I do tend to see on more english things that Sinhalese is used for both, Sri Lankans prefer "Sinhala" over Sinhalese when referring to the language !
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