| Rank | Language | Population | Language Family | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 1.5B | Indo-European | 99%
|
| 2 | Mandarin Chinese | 1.2B | Sino-Tibetan | 97%
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| 4 | Spanish | 558.5M | Indo-European | 97%
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| 43 | Algerian Arabic | 41.6M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 134 | Chadian Arabic | 8.3M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 15 | Egyptian Arabic | 118.6M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 127 | Gulf Arabic | 10.3M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 183 | Hadrami Arabic | 5.1M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 108 | Hijazi Arabic | 12.3M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 33 | Levantine Arabic | 60.4M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 163 | Libyan Arabic | 6.1M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 75 | Mesopotamian Arabic | 20.1M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 46 | Moroccan Arabic | 40.2M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 73 | Najdi Arabic | 20.9M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 114 | North Mesopotamian Arabic | 11.9M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 60 | Sa'idi Arabic | 27.3M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 104 | Sanaani Arabic | 12.6M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
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| 5 | Standard Arabic | 334.8M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
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| 37 | Sudanese Arabic | 52.3M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
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| 109 | Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 12.2M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
|
| 105 | Tunisian Arabic | 12.5M | Afro-Asiatic | 96%
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| 13 | Japanese | 125.6M | Japonic | 95%
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| 8 | Portuguese | 266.6M | Indo-European | 95%
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| 9 | Russian | 253.4M | Indo-European | 95%
|
| 6 | French | 311.9M | Indo-European | 93%
|
| 3 | Hindi | 609.1M | Indo-European | 93%
|
| 31 | Italian | 66.2M | Indo-European | 93%
|
| 12 | Standard German | 134.0M | Indo-European | 93%
|
| 158 | Swiss German | 6.5M | Indo-European | 93%
|
| 64 | Dutch | 25.4M | Indo-European | 91%
|
| 20 | Turkish | 91.3M | Turkic | 91%
|
| 41 | Polish | 45.3M | Indo-European | 89%
|
| 97 | Swedish | 13.3M | Indo-European | 89%
|
| 96 | Greek | 13.3M | Indo-European | 88%
|
| 28 | Korean | 81.6M | Koreanic | 88%
|
| 11 | Urdu | 246.0M | Indo-European | 88%
|
| 85 | Northeastern Thai | 15.1M | Tai-Kadai | 85%
|
| 143 | Northern Thai | 7.8M | Tai-Kadai | 85%
|
| 200 | Southern Thai | 4.5M | Tai-Kadai | 85%
|
| 29 | Thai | 71.4M | Tai-Kadai | 85%
|
| 48 | Ukrainian | 39.0M | Indo-European | 84%
|
| 27 | Iranian Persian | 82.6M | Indo-European | 83%
|
| 175 | Norwegian | 5.5M | Indo-European | 83%
|
| 136 | Serbian | 8.3M | Indo-European | 83%
|
| 173 | Finnish | 5.6M | Uralic | 82%
|
| 7 | Bengali | 284.3M | Indo-European | 80%
|
| 106 | Czech | 12.5M | Indo-European | 80%
|
| 57 | Malay | 29.5M | Austronesian | 80%
|
| 66 | Romanian | 23.7M | Indo-European | 80%
|
| 23 | Tagalog | 86.9M | Austronesian | 80%
|
| 17 | Vietnamese | 97.0M | Austroasiatic | 79%
|
| 168 | Danish | 5.8M | Indo-European | 78%
|
| 110 | Hungarian | 12.1M | Uralic | 78%
|
| 25 | Yue Chinese | 85.7M | Sino-Tibetan | 78%
|
| 10 | Indonesian | 252.4M | Austronesian | 76%
|
| 149 | Slovak | 7.4M | Indo-European | 75%
|
| 119 | Congo Swahili | 11.2M | Niger-Congo | 74%
|
| 22 | Swahili | 87.2M | Niger-Congo | 74%
|
| 71 | Kazakh | 21.4M | Turkic | 73%
|
| 55 | Dari | 33.4M | Indo-European | 72%
|
| 52 | Eastern Punjabi | 36.5M | Indo-European | 72%
|
| 58 | Northern Uzbek | 29.4M | Turkic | 72%
|
| 196 | Southern Uzbek | 4.7M | Turkic | 72%
|
| 24 | Tamil | 86.3M | Dravidian | 72%
|
| 21 | Western Punjabi | 90.3M | Indo-European | 72%
|
| 159 | Croatian | 6.5M | Indo-European | 71%
|
| 56 | Nepali | 33.1M | Indo-European | 71%
|
| 139 | Bulgarian | 7.9M | Indo-European | 70%
|
| 145 | Turkmen | 7.8M | Turkic | 70%
|
| 42 | Burmese | 44.4M | Sino-Tibetan | 69%
|
| 124 | Hebrew | 10.5M | Afro-Asiatic | 68%
|
| 77 | Khmer | 19.0M | Austroasiatic | 68%
|
| 191 | Gheg Albanian | 4.9M | Indo-European | 67%
|
| 126 | North Azerbaijani | 10.4M | Turkic | 67%
|
| 89 | South Azerbaijani | 13.8M | Turkic | 67%
|
| 164 | Central Kurdish | 6.1M | Indo-European | 66%
|
| 199 | Lao | 4.7M | Tai-Kadai | 66%
|
| 82 | Northern Kurdish | 17.2M | Indo-European | 66%
|
| 166 | Southern Kurdish | 6.0M | Indo-European | 66%
|
| 123 | Tajik | 10.6M | Indo-European | 65%
|
| 59 | Zulu | 27.8M | Niger-Congo | 64%
|
| 78 | Afrikaans | 18.1M | Indo-European | 63%
|
| 26 | Wu Chinese | 83.4M | Sino-Tibetan | 63%
|
| 34 | Amharic | 60.0M | Afro-Asiatic | 61%
|
| 65 | Somali | 24.7M | Afro-Asiatic | 61%
|
| 151 | Central Pashto | 7.3M | Indo-European | 60%
|
| 61 | Northern Pashto | 27.2M | Indo-European | 60%
|
| 69 | Southern Pashto | 21.7M | Indo-European | 60%
|
| 162 | Kyrgyz | 6.1M | Turkic | 58%
|
| 76 | Xhosa | 19.2M | Niger-Congo | 58%
|
| 19 | Hausa | 94.4M | Afro-Asiatic | 57%
|
| 30 | Javanese | 69.2M | Austronesian | 57%
|
| 54 | Igbo | 33.7M | Niger-Congo | 56%
|
| 18 | Telugu | 95.8M | Dravidian | 56%
|
| 38 | Yoruba | 49.9M | Niger-Congo | 56%
|
| 132 | Catalan | 9.3M | Indo-European | 53%
|
| 138 | Koongo | 8.0M | Niger-Congo | 53%
|
| 32 | Gujarati | 62.5M | Indo-European | 52%
|
| 74 | Sinhala | 20.2M | Indo-European | 51%
|
| 94 | Uyghur | 13.6M | Turkic | 50%
|
| 16 | Marathi | 99.3M | Indo-European | 49%
|
| 93 | Haitian Creole | 13.7M | Creole | 48%
|
| 35 | Kannada | 59.7M | Dravidian | 48%
|
| 125 | Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo | 10.4M | Afro-Asiatic | 47%
|
| 112 | Eastern Oromo | 12.1M | Afro-Asiatic | 47%
|
| 62 | West Central Oromo | 27.0M | Afro-Asiatic | 47%
|
| 148 | Merina Malagasy | 7.5M | Austronesian | 45%
|
| 50 | Malayalam | 38.2M | Dravidian | 44%
|
| 49 | Xiang Chinese | 38.2M | Sino-Tibetan | 43%
|
| 51 | Sindhi | 36.9M | Indo-European | 42%
|
| 150 | Adamawa Fulfulde | 7.4M | Niger-Congo | 41%
|
| 79 | Nigerian Fulfulde | 18.0M | Niger-Congo | 41%
|
| 91 | Northern Sotho | 13.7M | Niger-Congo | 41%
|
| 95 | Southern Sotho | 13.5M | Niger-Congo | 41%
|
| 67 | Assamese | 23.6M | Indo-European | 39%
|
| 84 | Kinyarwanda | 15.3M | Niger-Congo | 39%
|
| 53 | Sunda | 35.5M | Austronesian | 39%
|
| 192 | Tatar | 4.8M | Turkic | 39%
|
| 70 | Cebuano | 21.4M | Austronesian | 38%
|
| 40 | Min Nan Chinese | 45.8M | Sino-Tibetan | 38%
|
| 90 | Setswana | 13.7M | Niger-Congo | 38%
|
| 116 | Min Bei Chinese | 11.7M | Sino-Tibetan | 36%
|
| 121 | Min Dong Chinese | 10.7M | Sino-Tibetan | 36%
|
| 195 | Sicilian | 4.7M | Indo-European | 36%
|
| 92 | Bavarian | 13.7M | Indo-European | 35%
|
| 152 | Kashmiri | 7.2M | Indo-European | 35%
|
| 81 | Wolof | 17.3M | Niger-Congo | 35%
|
| 44 | Hakka Chinese | 40.7M | Sino-Tibetan | 34%
|
| 45 | Lingala | 40.6M | Niger-Congo | 33%
|
| 47 | Odia | 39.5M | Indo-European | 33%
|
| 194 | Swati | 4.7M | Niger-Congo | 32%
|
| 122 | Tigrigna | 10.7M | Afro-Asiatic | 32%
|
| 36 | Bhojpuri | 52.7M | Indo-European | 30%
|
| 68 | Gan Chinese | 22.6M | Sino-Tibetan | 29%
|
| 157 | Paraguayan Guaraní | 6.6M | Tupian | 29%
|
| 128 | Tsonga | 10.0M | Niger-Congo | 29%
|
| 80 | Maithili | 17.6M | Indo-European | 27%
|
| 14 | Nigerian Pidgin | 120.7M | Creole | 27%
|
| 88 | Shona | 14.1M | Niger-Congo | 27%
|
| 39 | Jinyu Chinese | 48.0M | Sino-Tibetan | 26%
|
| 129 | Akan | 10.0M | Niger-Congo | 25%
|
| 170 | Napoletano | 5.7M | Indo-European | 25%
|
| 99 | Rundi | 12.9M | Niger-Congo | 25%
|
| 87 | Bamanankan | 14.4M | Niger-Congo | 22%
|
| 86 | Chichewa | 14.5M | Niger-Congo | 22%
|
| 142 | Marwari | 7.9M | Indo-European | 20%
|
| 197 | Shan | 4.7M | Tai-Kadai | 20%
|
| 103 | Ganda | 12.6M | Niger-Congo | 19%
|
| 98 | Chittagonian | 13.0M | Indo-European | 18%
|
| 133 | Ilocano | 8.5M | Austronesian | 18%
|
| 115 | Moore | 11.9M | Niger-Congo | 16%
|
| 182 | Sango | 5.2M | Creole | 14%
|
| 169 | Éwé | 5.8M | Niger-Congo | 13%
|
| 153 | Luba-Kasai | 7.1M | Niger-Congo | 11%
|
| 113 | Cameroon Pidgin | 12.0M | Creole | 10%
|
| 147 | Krio | 7.8M | Creole | 10%
|
| 198 | Luba-Katanga | 4.7M | Niger-Congo | 10%
|
| 117 | Sylheti | 11.5M | Indo-European | 10%
|
| 193 | Awadhi | 4.8M | Indo-European | 9%
|
| 83 | Chhattisgarhi | 16.3M | Indo-European | 9%
|
| 101 | Deccan | 12.8M | Indo-European | 9%
|
| 161 | Hiligaynon | 6.3M | Austronesian | 9%
|
| 141 | Kabyle | 7.9M | Afro-Asiatic | 9%
|
| 140 | Santhali | 7.9M | Austroasiatic | 9%
|
| 63 | Saraiki | 25.6M | Indo-European | 9%
|
| 131 | Yerwa Kanuri | 9.8M | Saharan | 9%
|
| 146 | Madura | 7.8M | Austronesian | 8%
|
| 144 | Umbundu | 7.8M | Niger-Congo | 8%
|
| 135 | Gikuyu | 8.3M | Niger-Congo | 7%
|
| 130 | Haryanvi | 9.8M | Indo-European | 7%
|
| 100 | Jula | 12.8M | Niger-Congo | 7%
|
| 72 | Magahi | 21.0M | Indo-European | 6%
|
| 189 | Tiv | 5.0M | Niger-Congo | 6%
|
| 171 | Hassaniyya | 5.6M | Afro-Asiatic | 5%
|
| 111 | Sadri | 12.1M | Indo-European | 5%
|
| 160 | Hainanese | 6.4M | Sino-Tibetan | 4%
|
| 118 | Ibibio | 11.4M | Niger-Congo | 4%
|
| 120 | Rangpuri | 10.8M | Indo-European | 4%
|
| 179 | Baoulé | 5.3M | Niger-Congo | 3%
|
| 172 | Bundeli | 5.6M | Indo-European | 3%
|
| 177 | Huizhou Chinese | 5.3M | Sino-Tibetan | 3%
|
| 107 | Kituba | 12.4M | Creole | 3%
|
| 188 | Liberian Pidgin English | 5.0M | Creole | 3%
|
| 154 | Pulaar | 7.0M | Niger-Congo | 3%
|
| 190 | Pular | 4.9M | Niger-Congo | 3%
|
| 137 | Sukuma | 8.1M | Niger-Congo | 3%
|
| 187 | Ghanaian Pidgin English | 5.0M | Creole | 2%
|
| 185 | Hazaragi | 5.1M | Indo-European | 2%
|
| 156 | Indian Sign Language | 6.8M | Sign Language | 2%
|
| 174 | Minangkabau | 5.6M | Austronesian | 2%
|
| 186 | Sidaama | 5.0M | Afro-Asiatic | 2%
|
| 178 | Zarma | 5.3M | Songhay | 2%
|
| 180 | Kamba | 5.3M | Niger-Congo | 1%
|
| 165 | Kanauji | 6.0M | Indo-European | 1%
|
| 184 | Lambadi | 5.1M | Indo-European | 1%
|
| 176 | Malvi | 5.4M | Indo-European | 1%
|
| 167 | Tachelhit | 5.8M | Afro-Asiatic | 1%
|
| 155 | Varhadi-Nagpuri | 7.0M | Indo-European | 1%
|
| 102 | Bajjika | 12.7M | Indo-European | 0%
|
| 181 | Dholuo | 5.3M | Nilotic | 0%
|