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Most Spoken Tonal Languages

Name the all languages that use lexical tone with over 10 million speakers.
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Language Family
1 138 000 000
Mandarin
Sino-Tibetan
119 000 000
Punjabi
Indo-European
87 000 000
Yue Chinese (incl. Cantonese)
Sino-Tibetan
86 000 000
Vietnamese
Austroasiatic
83 000 000
Wu Chinese (incl. Shanghainese)
Sino-Tibetan
79 000 000
Hausa
Afroasiatic
75 000 000
Min Chinese (incl. Hokkien)
Sino-Tibetan
61 000 000
Thai
Kra-Dai
48 000 000
Jin Chinese
Sino-Tibetan
47 000 000
Hakka Chinese
Sino-Tibetan
46 000 000
Yoruba
Niger-Congo
42 000 000
Igbo
Niger-Congo
40 000 000
Lingala
Niger-Congo
38 000 000
Xiang Chinese
Sino-Tibetan
38 000 000
Burmese
Sino-Tibetan
37 000 000
Oromo (disputed)
Afroasiatic
30 000 000
Lao
Kra-Dai
22 000 000
Gan Chinese
Sino-Tibetan
27 000 000
Zulu
Niger-Congo
22 000 000
Somali (disputed)
Afroasiatic
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Language Family
20 000 000
Xhosa
Niger-Congo
17 000 000
Zhuang
Kra-Dai
16 000 000
Luganda
Niger-Congo
15 000 000
Ibibio
Niger-Congo
15 000 000
Kinyarwanda
Niger-Congo
15 000 000
Bambara
Niger-Congo
14 000 000
Shona
Niger-Congo
13 000 000
Chittagonian
Indo-European
13 000 000
Northern Sotho
Niger-Congo
12 000 000
Sotho
Niger-Congo
11 000 000
Tswana
Niger-Congo
11 000 000
Akan
Niger-Congo
11 000 000
Kirundi
Niger-Congo
???
Kikongo
Niger-Congo
???
Kituba
Niger-Congo
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