| # of Speakers | Answer | Most Spoken Languages | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 500 000 000 | Indo-European | English, Hindustani, Spanish | 97%
|
| 200 000 000 | Turkic | Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani | 87%
|
| 250 000 000 | Dravidian | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada | 83%
|
| 1 400 000 000 | Sino-Tibetan | Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien | 83%
|
| 25 000 000 | Uralic | Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian | 83%
|
| 630 000 000 | Afroasiatic | Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Hausa | 78%
|
| 385 000 000 | Austronesian | Malay, Tagalog, Javanese | 78%
|
| 1 100 000 000 | Niger-Congo | Swahili, Lingala, Yoruba | 77%
|
| 128 000 000 | Japonic | Japanese, Okinawan, Miyako | 76%
|
| 81 000 000 | Koreanic | Korean, Jeju | 73%
|
| 6 000 000 | Mongolic | Mongolian, Buryat, Kalmyk-Oirat | 65%
|
| 117 000 000 | Austroasiatic | Vietnamese, Khmer, Santali | 63%
|
| 5 000 000 | Kartvelian | Georgian, Mingrelian, Svan | 61%
|
| 93 000 000 | Kra-Dai | Thai, Lao, Zhuang | 57%
|
| 6 000 000 | Mayan | Q'eqchi', K'iche', Yucatec Maya | 49%
|
| 4 000 000 | Northeast Caucasian | Chechen, Avar, Lezgian | 46%
|
| 7 000 000 | Quechuan | Southern Quechua, Ancash Quechua, Kichwa | 45%
|
| 14 000 000 | Hmong-Mien | Hmong, Hmu, Xong | 42%
|
| 70 000 000 | Nilo-Saharan | Zarma, Kanuri, Dholuo | 32%
|
| 5 000 000 | Tupian | Guarani, Mawe, Munduruku | 29%
|