Country/Region Most Spoken | Answer | Speakers | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Mandarin | 940m | 83%
|
| Armenia | Armenian | 5.3m | 78%
|
| China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar | Hmong | 8.1m | 78%
|
| Japan | Japanese | 123m | 78%
|
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | 24m | 74%
|
| Iran | Farsi | 72m | 74%
|
| Turkey, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Greece | Turkish | 84m | 74%
|
| Worldwide | English | 380m | 70%
|
| Estonia | Estonian | 1.2m | 70%
|
| Finland, Sweden, Russia, Norway | Finnish | 5m | 70%
|
| Kazakhstan, China, Russia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan | Kazakh | 17m | 70%
|
| Kyrgyzstan, China | Kyrgyz | 5.15m | 70%
|
| Mongolia, China | Mongolian | 6.2m | 70%
|
| Afghanistan, Pakistan | Southern Uzbek | 8.4m | 70%
|
| Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China | Uzbek | 36m | 70%
|
| China | Yue | 86m | 70%
|
| Bangladesh, India | Bengali | 237m | 65%
|
| North Korea, South Korea | Korean | 81m | 65%
|
| Kurdistan | Kurdish (Central and Southern) | 26m | 65%
|
| Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China | Lao | 3.7m | 65%
|
| Brunei, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Malay / Indonesian | 154m | 65%
|
| Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan | Turkmen | 6.56m | 65%
|
| Georgia | Georgian | 3.76m | 61%
|
| Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine | Hungarian | 17m | 61%
|
| Cambodia | Khmer | 17m | 61%
|
| India, Sri Lanka | Tamil | 79m | 61%
|
| Vietnam, China | Vietnamese | 85m | 61%
|
| Kiribati | Gilbertese | 120k | 57%
|
| Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile | Southern Quechua | 6.9m | 57%
|
| Philippines | Tagalog | 29m | 57%
|
| Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar | Thai | 21m | 57%
|
| Republic of Tuva, China, Mongolia | Tuvan | 257k | 57%
|
| China | Wu | 83m | 57%
|
| Myanmar, China, India, Thailand, Bangladesh | Burmese | 33m | 52%
|
| Haiti | Haitian Creole | 13m | 52%
|
| Nigeria | Igbo | 31m | 52%
|
| China, Taiwan | Min Nan | 48m | 52%
|
| Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia | Ossetian | 490k | 52%
|
| Tatarstan, Crimea | Tatar | 4m | 52%
|
| Tonga, New Zealand, Australia | Tongan | 187k | 52%
|
| Sakha | Yakut | 480k | 52%
|
| Nigeria | Yoruba | 45m | 52%
|
| Chuvashia | Chuvash | 740k | 48%
|
| Crimea | Crimean Tatar | 580k | 48%
|
| Fiji | Fijian | 339k | 48%
|
| Hawai'i | Hawaiian | 20k~ | 48%
|
| Indonesia | Javanese | 68m | 48%
|
| Marshall Islands | Marshallese | 55k | 48%
|
| Nauru | Nauruan | 9.35k | 48%
|
| Samoa, American Samoa | Samoan | 430k | 48%
|
| Tuvalu | Tuvaluan | 13k | 48%
|
| South Africa | Afrikaans | 7.2m | 43%
|
| Maldives | Dhivehi | 500k | 43%
|
| Greenland | Greenlandic | 57k | 43%
|
| Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil | Guarani | 6.5m | 43%
|
| Finland, Russia | Karelian | 20k | 43%
|
| Madagascar | Malagasy | 25m | 43%
|
| New Zealand | Māori | 50k - 180k | 43%
|
| China | Uyghur | 11m | 43%
|
| Japan | Ainu | 2 | 39%
|
| Spain | Basque | 806k | 39%
|
| Nigeria | Hausa (Bauchi and Zaria Dialects) | 54m | 39%
|
| Norway, Sweden, Finland | Northern Sámi | 25k | 39%
|
| Indonesia | Sundanese | 32m | 39%
|
| Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine | Tahitian | 68.2k | 39%
|
| Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan | Balochi | 8.8m | 35%
|
| Bashkortostan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | Bashkir | 1.2m | 35%
|
| Philippines | Cebuano | 20m | 35%
|
| Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Guinea, Sudan | Fula | 37m | 35%
|
| China, Taiwan | Hakka | 44m | 35%
|
| Palau | Palauan | 17k | 35%
|
| Moldova, Ukraine, Turkey, Russia | Gagauz | 148k | 30%
|
| China | Gan | 23m | 30%
|
| India | Kannada | 44m | 30%
|
| Khakassia | Khakas | 29k | 30%
|
| Russia | Mari | 320k | 30%
|
| Mauritius | Mauritian Creole | 1.09m | 30%
|
| El Salvador | Nawat | 500 | 30%
|
| Niue, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga | Niuean | 5.9k | 30%
|
| Norway, Sweden | Southern Sámi | 600 | 30%
|
| China | Xiang | 38m | 30%
|
| Guyana | Guyanese Creole | 711k | 26%
|
| China | Jin | 48m | 26%
|
| Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao | Papiamento | 350k | 26%
|
| Timor-Leste, West Timor | Tetum | 500k | 26%
|
| Russia | Udmurt | 270k | 26%
|
| Alaska | Aleut | <80 | 22%
|
| Philippines | Ilokano | 6.73m | 22%
|
| Khantia-Mansia | Khanty | 14k | 22%
|
| China | Manchu | 20 | 22%
|
| Mexico | Nahuatl | 1.7m | 22%
|
| India | Odia | 35m | 22%
|
| Uzbekistan | Qaraqalpaq | 872k | 22%
|
| Easter Island | Rapa Nui | 1k | 22%
|
| Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sango | 655k | 22%
|
| Russia | Amur Nivkh | 66 | 17%
|
| Northern Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands | Carolinian | 3.1k | 17%
|
| Russia | Komi | 99.6k | 17%
|
| India | Malayalam | 37m | 17%
|
| Guam, Northern Mariana Islands | Chamoru | 58k | 13%
|
| Finland | Inari Sámi | 400 | 13%
|
| Leningrad Oblast | Ingrian | 76 | 13%
|
| Brasil, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana | Kari'nja | 8.6k | 13%
|
| Latvia | Livonian | 1 | 13%
|
| Norway, Sweden | Lule Sámi | 650 | 13%
|
| Sweden | Pite Sámi | 37 | 13%
|
| Finland, Russia | Skolt Sámi | 330 | 13%
|
| Russia | Akkala Sámi | 0 | 9%
|
| United States, Canada, Bolivia, Guyana, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burundi, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Belize, Panama, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Madagascar, Barbados | American Sign Language | 730k | 9%
|
| Philippines | Bikol | 2.5m | 9%
|
| Russia | Erzya | 300k | 9%
|
| Ghana, Togo | Ewe | 5m | 9%
|
| Philippines | Hiligaynon | 7.8m | 9%
|
| China | Hui | 5.4m | 9%
|
| Constructed | Ido | 200 | 9%
|
| Turkey | Karachay-Balkar | 310k | 9%
|
| Russia | Komi-Permyak | 63k | 9%
|
| Dagestan, North Ossetia, Chechnya | Kumyk | 400k | 9%
|
| China, Taiwan | Min Dong | 11m | 9%
|
| Russia | Moksha | 320k | 9%
|
| Idaho | Niimiipuutímt | 20 | 9%
|
| Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia | Nogai | 86k | 9%
|
| China, Vietnam | Pinghua | 7m | 9%
|
| Philippines | Tausug | 11m | 9%
|
| Constructed | Toki Pona | >500 | 9%
|
| Russia | Veps | 1.3k | 9%
|
| Philippines | Waray | 3.6m | 9%
|
| New Mexico, Arizona | Zuni | 9.62k | 9%
|
| Philippines | Asi | 75k | 4%
|
| Oklahoma | Comanche | 9 | 4%
|
| Sakhalin | East Sakhalin Nivkh | 66 | 4%
|
| Canada, Alaska | Haida | 13 | 4%
|
| Philippines | Karay-a | 1.1m | 4%
|
| Russia | Kildin Sámi | 341 | 4%
|
| China | Min Bei | 2.5m | 4%
|
| China | Min Zhong | 700k | 4%
|
| Nepal | Newar | 800k | 4%
|
| Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah | Shoshoni | 1k | 4%
|
| Sakhalin | South Sakhalin Nivkh | 66 | 4%
|
| Sweden | Ume Sámi | 100 | 4%
|
| Philippines | Aklanon | 560k | 0%
|
| California | Ararahih'uripih | 12 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Bantayanon | 72k | 0%
|
| China | Ba-Shu | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Baybay | 10k | 0%
|
| California | Bay Miwok | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Buhinon | 73.6k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Butuanon | 72k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Caluyanon | 30k | 0%
|
| Brasil | Canela | 2.5k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Capiznon | 710k | 0%
|
| California | Central Pomo | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Central Sierra Miwok | <12 | 0%
|
| California | Chimariko | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Coast Miwok | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Cuyonon | 190k | 0%
|
| Russia | Eastern Mansi | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Eastern Pomo | 1 | 0%
|
| Russia | Forest Nenets | 1.5k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Inagta Partido | 12 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Inagta Rinconada | 1500 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Kabalian | 14k | 0%
|
| Finland | Kainuu Sámi | 0 | 0%
|
| Pakistan | Kalasha | 5k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Karolanos | 15k | 0%
|
| California | Kashaya | 12 | 0%
|
| Finland | Kemi Sámi | 0 | 0%
|
| Iran | Khalaj | 20k | 0%
|
| Pakistan | Khowar | 580k | 0%
|
| California | Lake Miwok | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Libon | 68.8k | 0%
|
| Constructed | Lingua Franca Nova | N/A | 0%
|
| Constructed | Lojban | 5 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Magahat | 7.6k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Masbateño | 680k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Miraya Bikol | 300k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Mount Iraya Agta | Likely 0 | 0%
|
| South Sudan, Ethiopia | Murle | 200k | 0%
|
| California | Northeastern Pomo | 0 | 0%
|
| Russia | Northern Mansi | 2.2k | 0%
|
| California | Northern Pomo | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Northern Sierra Miwok | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Northern Sorsogon | <85k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Onhan | 86k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Pandan Bikol | 78k | 0%
|
| California | Plains Miwok | 0 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Porohanon | <23k | 0%
|
| California | Pueleekla’ | 35 L2 Fluent (Revived) | 0%
|
| Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai | Purépecha | 142k | 0%
|
| China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan | Pu-Xi'an Min | 3.15m | 0%
|
| Nicaragua | Rama | 740 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Ratagnon | 310 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Rinconada Bikol | 230k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Romblomanon | 94k | 0%
|
| China | Salar | 70k | 0%
|
| China | Shaojiang Min | 850k | 0%
|
| China | Shaozhou Tuhua | 1m | 0%
|
| Kemerovo Oblast | Shor | 2.8k | 0%
|
| California | Southeastern Pomo | 7 | 0%
|
| Russia | Southern Mansi | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Southern Pomo | 0 | 0%
|
| California | Southern Sierra Miwok | 3 | 0%
|
| Philippines | Southern Sorsogon | <185k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Surigaonon | 400k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Tandaganon | 100k | 0%
|
| Russia | Ter Sámi | 2 | 0%
|
| Russia | Tundra Nenets | 21.9k | 0%
|
| Philippines | Virac | 140k | 0%
|
| Leningrad Oblast | Votic | 21 | 0%
|
| Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname | Warao | 32.8k | 0%
|
| China | Waxiang | 300k | 0%
|
| Philippines | West Albay Bikol | 260k | 0%
|
| Russia | Western Mansi | 0 | 0%
|
| Oklahoma | Wichita | 0 | 0%
|
| China | Wutun | 4k | 0%
|
| Mexico, Arizona | Yoem Noki | 20.6k | 0%
|