Most Spoken Tonal Languages - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Speakers	Answer	Language Family	% Correct
1 138 000 000	Mandarin	Sino-Tibetan	100%
87 000 000	Yue Chinese (incl. Cantonese)	Sino-Tibetan	98%
83 000 000	Wu Chinese (incl. Shanghainese)	Sino-Tibetan	87%
61 000 000	Thai	Kra-Dai	83%
86 000 000	Vietnamese	Austroasiatic	81%
75 000 000	Min Chinese (incl. Hokkien)	Sino-Tibetan	78%
47 000 000	Hakka Chinese	Sino-Tibetan	76%
30 000 000	Lao	Kra-Dai	76%
42 000 000	Igbo	Niger-Congo	72%
46 000 000	Yoruba	Niger-Congo	70%
22 000 000	Gan Chinese	Sino-Tibetan	67%
38 000 000	Burmese	Sino-Tibetan	65%
79 000 000	Hausa	Afroasiatic	65%
38 000 000	Xiang Chinese	Sino-Tibetan	65%
27 000 000	Zulu	Niger-Congo	65%
20 000 000	Xhosa	Niger-Congo	61%
48 000 000	Jin Chinese	Sino-Tibetan	54%
119 000 000	Punjabi	Indo-European	52%
12 000 000	Sotho	Niger-Congo	44%
15 000 000	Kinyarwanda	Niger-Congo	41%
14 000 000	Shona	Niger-Congo	39%
11 000 000	Kirundi	Niger-Congo	37%
40 000 000	Lingala	Niger-Congo	37%
11 000 000	Tswana	Niger-Congo	37%
17 000 000	Zhuang	Kra-Dai	37%
11 000 000	Akan	Niger-Congo	28%
13 000 000	Northern Sotho	Niger-Congo	22%
16 000 000	Luganda	Niger-Congo	19%
15 000 000	Bambara	Niger-Congo	9%
13 000 000	Chittagonian	Indo-European	4%
15 000 000	Ibibio	Niger-Congo	4%

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