| 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 | 77%
|
| 47 000 000 | Hakka Chinese | Sino-Tibetan | 75%
|
| 30 000 000 | Lao | Kra-Dai | 75%
|
| 42 000 000 | Igbo | Niger-Congo | 72%
|
| 46 000 000 | Yoruba | Niger-Congo | 70%
|
| 22 000 000 | Gan Chinese | Sino-Tibetan | 66%
|
| 38 000 000 | Burmese | Sino-Tibetan | 64%
|
| 79 000 000 | Hausa | Afroasiatic | 64%
|
| 38 000 000 | Xiang Chinese | Sino-Tibetan | 64%
|
| 27 000 000 | Zulu | Niger-Congo | 64%
|
| 20 000 000 | Xhosa | Niger-Congo | 60%
|
| 48 000 000 | Jin Chinese | Sino-Tibetan | 53%
|
| 119 000 000 | Punjabi | Indo-European | 51%
|
| 12 000 000 | Sotho | Niger-Congo | 43%
|
| 15 000 000 | Kinyarwanda | Niger-Congo | 40%
|
| 14 000 000 | Shona | Niger-Congo | 38%
|
| 11 000 000 | Kirundi | Niger-Congo | 36%
|
| 40 000 000 | Lingala | Niger-Congo | 36%
|
| 11 000 000 | Tswana | Niger-Congo | 36%
|
| 17 000 000 | Zhuang | Kra-Dai | 36%
|
| 11 000 000 | Akan | Niger-Congo | 26%
|
| 13 000 000 | Northern Sotho | Niger-Congo | 21%
|
| 16 000 000 | Luganda | Niger-Congo | 17%
|
| 15 000 000 | Bambara | Niger-Congo | 9%
|
| 13 000 000 | Chittagonian | Indo-European | 4%
|
| 15 000 000 | Ibibio | Niger-Congo | 4%
|