Languages with 1 million native speakers

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Language Family	Number of speakers	Answer
Sino-Tibetan	990,000,000	Mandarin
Indo-European	519,000,000	Spanish
Indo-European	380,000,000	English
Indo-European	345,000,000	Hindi
Indo-European	250,000,000	Portuguese
Indo-European	242,000,000	Bengali
Indo-European	150,000,000	Punjabi
Indo-European	145,000,000	Russian
Japonic	123,000,000	Japanese
Indo-European	95,000,000	German
Austronesian	90,000,000	Malay
Austro-Astiatic	86,000,000	Vietnamese
Sino-Tibetan	85,000,000	Yue
Turkic	85,000,000	Turkish
Afro-Asiatic	84,000,000	Egyptian Arabic
Sino-Tibetan	83,000,000	Wu
Dravidian	83,000,000	Telugu
Indo-European	83,000,000	Marathi
Koreanic	81,000,000	Korean
Dravidian	79,000,000	Tamil
Indo-European	78,000,000	Urdu
Austronesian	75,000,000	Indonesian
Sino-Tibetan	75,000,000	Min
Indo-European	74,000,000	French
Austronesian	68,000,000	Javanese
Indo-European	65,000,000	Italian
Indo-European	65,000,000	Persian
Afro-Asiatic	58,000,000	Hausa
Afro-Asiatic	58,000,000	Levantine Arabic
Indo-European	57,000,000	Gujarati
Indo-European	52,000,000	Bhojpuri
Indo-European	51,000,000	Pashto
Sino-Tibetan	48,000,000	Jin
Niger-Congo	48,000,000	Yoruba
Afro-Asiatic	45,000,000	Oromo
Sino-Tibetan	44,000,000	Hakka
Dravidian	41,000,000	Kannada
Afro-Asiatic	41,000,000	Sudanese Arabic
Indo-European	40,000,000	Polish
Sino-Tibetan	38,000,000	Xiang
Dravidian	37,000,000	Malayalam
Indo-European	37,000,000	Sindhi
Niger-Congo	37,000,000	Fulani
Afro-Asiatic	36,000,000	Algerian Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	35,000,000	Amharic
Indo-European	34,000,000	Odia
Turkic	34,000,000	Uzbek
Niger-Congo	34,000,000	Igbo
Sino-Tibetan	33,000,000	Burmese
Austronesian	33,000,000	Tagalog
Indo-European	32,000,000	Ukrainian
Austronesian	32,000,000	Sundanese
Afro-Asiatic	31,000,000	Moroccan Arabic
Indo-European	29,000,000	Kurdish
Indo-European	28,840,000	Saraiki
Kra-Dai	27,000,000	Thai
Afro-Asiatic	27,000,000	Saidi Arabic
Indo-European	25,000,000	Dutch
Austronesian	25,000,000	Malagasy
Turkic	24,000,000	Azerbaijani
Afro-Asiatic	24,000,000	Somali
Sino-Tibetan	23,000,000	Gan
Indo-European	22,000,000	Romanian
Indo-European	21,000,000	Marwari
Niger-Congo	21,000,000	Lingala
Austronesian	20,000,000	Cebuano
Indo-European	19,000,000	Nepali
Afro-Asiatic	19,000,000	Najdi Arabic
Austro-Asiatic	19,000,000	Khmer
Indo-European	18,000,000	Sinhala
Indo-European	17,000,000	Maithili
Afro-Asiatic	17,000,000	Mesopotamian Arabic
Creole	17,000,000	Kituba
Indo-European	16,200,000	Chhattisgarhi
Indo-European	16,000,000	Chittagonian
Turkic	16,000,000	Kazakh
Kra-Dai	16,000,000	Zhuang
Indo-European	15,000,000	Assamese
Niger-Congo	15,000,000	Kinyarwanda
Indo-European	15,000,000	Dari
Indo-European	15,000,000	Bavarian
Niger-Congo	15,000,000	Tshiluba
Uralic	14,000,000	Hungarian
Austronesian	13,600,000	Madurese
Indo-European	13,500,000	Greek
Afro-Asiatic	13,000,000	Tunisian Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	13,000,000	Sanaani Arabic
Creole	13,000,000	Haitian Creole
Niger-Congo	13,000,000	Kirundi
Indo-European	12,700,000	Magahi
Niger-Congo	12,000,000	Zulu
Niger-Congo	12,000,000	Moore
Afro-Asiatic	12,000,000	Moslawi Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	12,000,000	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Indo-European	11,747,400	Deccani
Afro-Asiatic	11,000,000	Gulf Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	11,000,000	Hejazi Arabic
Niger-Congo	11,000,000	Nande
Nilo-Saharan	10,600,000	Kanuri
Turkic	10,500,000	Uyghur
Indo-European	10,500,000	Tajik
Indo-European	10,000,000	Swedish
Afro-Asiatic	9,900,000	Tigrinya
Indo-European	9,800,000	Haryanvi
Indo-European	9,800,000	Czech
Niger-Congo	9,600,000	Shona
Niger-Congo	8,900,000	Akan
Niger-Congo	8,900,000	Tumbuka
Indo-European	8,800,000	Balochi
Austronesian	8,700,000	Ilocano
Austronesian	8,600,000	Hiligaynon
Niger-Congo	8,600,000	Makhuwa
Niger-Congo	8,500,000	Luhya
Niger-Congo	8,300,000	Kikuyu
Indo-European	8,200,000	Serbian
Niger-Congo	8,200,000	Wolof
Niger-Congo	8,100,000	Sukuma
Niger-Congo	8,000,000	Xhosa
Austro-Asiatic	7,600,000	Santali
Indo-European	7,500,000	Albanian
Indo-European	7,200,000	Afrikaans
Quechumaran	7,200,000	Quechua
Indo-European	7,162,000	Alemannic
Indo-European	7,100,000	Kashmiri
Niger-Congo	7,000,000	Umbundu
Niger-Congo	7,000,000	Chichewa
Sino-Tibetan	7,000,000	Pinghua
Indo-European	6,800,000	Bulgarian
Turkic	6,800,000	Turkmen
Indo-European	6,500,000	Flemish
Tupian	6,500,000	Guarani
Niger-Congo	6,200,000	Sepedi
Afro-Asiatic	6,100,000	Libyan Arabic
Indo-European	6,000,000	Danish
Niger-Congo	6,000,000	Kongo
Nilo-Saharan	6,000,000	Zarma
Afro-Asiatic	5,900,000	Hassaniya Arabic
Indo-European	5,700,000	Konkani
Indo-European	5,600,000	Neapolitan
Niger-Congo	5,600,000	Luganda
Niger-Congo	5,600,000	Sesotho
Austronesian	5,500,000	Minangkabau

Language Family	Number of speakers	Answer
Sino-Tibetan	5,400,000	Huizhou
Niger-Congo	5,300,000	Swahili
Indo-European	5,300,000	Armenian
Niger-Congo	5,300,000	Baoulé
Afro-Asiatic	5,200,000	Shilha
Niger-Congo	5,200,000	Tswana
Turkic	5,150,000	Kyrgyz
Indo-European	5,100,000	Croatian
Afro-Asiatic	5,100,000	Hadhrami Arabic
Indo-European	5,094,000	Belarusian
Afro-Asiatic	5,000,000	Hebrew
Uralic	5,000,000	Finnish
Mongolic	5,000,000	Mongolian
Indo-European	5,000,000	Slovak
Creole	5,000,000	Betawi
Niger-Congo	5,000,000	Ewe
Indo-European	4,700,000	Sicilian
Kra-Dai	4,700,000	Shan
Indo-European	4,600,000	Romani
Niger-Congo	4,600,000	Kamba
Hmong-Mien	4,500,000	Hmong
Sino-Tibetan	4,500,000	Karen
Austronesian	4,430,000	Bicol
Indo-European	4,320,000	Norwegian
Niger-Congo	4,200,000	Bambara
Nilo-Saharan	4,200,000	Luo
Nilo-Saharan	4,200,000	Dinka
Indo-European	4,100,000	Catalan
Niger-Congo	4,100,000	Bemba
Turkic	4,000,000	Tatar
Afro-Asiatic	4,000,000	Kabyle
Indo-European	4,000,000	Lithuanian
Indo-European	3,900,000	Venetian
Indo-European	3,850,000	Awadhi
Indo-European	3,800,000	Lombard
Kartvelian	3,760,000	Georgian
Kra-Dai	3,700,000	Lao
Niger-Congo	3,700,000	Tsonga
Niger-Congo	3,700,000	Kimbundu
Niger-Congo	3,700,000	Yao
Austronesian	3,600,000	Waray
Niger-Congo	3,400,000	Nkore
Austronesian	3,300,000	Balinese
Austronesian	3,300,000	Batak
Creole	3,200,000	Jamaican Patois
Afro-Asiatic	3,200,000	Omani Arabic
Indo-European	3,200,000	Rohingya
Niger-Congo	3,101,000	Kiluba
Indo-European	3,100,000	Bosnian
Niger-Congo	3,100,000	Soga
Indo-European	3,000,000	Hunsrik
Afro-Asiatic	3,000,000	Bedawi Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	2,900,000	Tuareg
Niger-Congo	2,869,000	Sena
Austronesian	2,800,000	Acehnese
Austronesian	2,800,000	Kapampangan
Nilo-Saharan	2,778,000	Teso
Afro-Asiatic	2,700,000	Central Atlas Tamazight
Niger-Congo	2,700,000	Masaba
Kra-Dai	2,700,000	Bouyei
Afro-Asiatic	2,600,000	Chadian Arabic
Afro-Asiatic	2,600,000	Afar
Indo-European	2,600,000	Dogri
Niger-Congo	2,600,000	Mijikenda
Niger-Congo	2,600,000	Matabele
Niger-Congo	2,600,000	Dyula
Niger-Congo	2,520,000	Lomwe
Indo-European	2,500,000	Slovene
Austronesian	2,500,000	Maranao
Niger-Congo	2,500,000	Chokwe
Niger-Congo	2,500,000	Mende
Austronesian	2,450,000	Iban
Indo-European	2,400,000	Galician
Niger-Congo	2,400,000	Ndau
Niger-Congo	2,400,000	Susu
Niger-Congo	2,300,000	Swazi
Niger-Congo	2,300,000	Fon
Niger-Congo	2,200,000	Gusii
Austronesian	2,100,000	Makassarese
Niger-Congo	2,100,000	Makonde
Niger-Congo	2,100,000	Mandinka
Austronesian	2,021,099	Maguindanao
Indo-European	2,000,000	Piedmontese
Niger-Congo	2,000,000	Meru
Niger-Congo	2,000,000	Edo
Sino-Tibetan	2,000,000	Nuosu
Austronesian	1,930,000	Tausug
Niger-Congo	1,900,000	Serer
Caucasian	1,900,000	Kabardian
Dravidian	1,850,000	Tulu
Niger-Congo	1,840,000	Gwari
Cauacasian	1,800,000	Chechen
Sino-Tibetan	1,800,000	Meitei
Austronesian	1,800,000	Pangasinan
Niger-Congo	1,800,000	Nupe
Niger-Congo	1,765,000	Ga-Dangme
Indo-European	1,700,000	Macedonian
Quechumaran	1,700,000	Aymara
Nilo-Saharan	1,700,000	Alur
Nilo-Saharan	1,700,000	Nuer
Uto-Aztecan	1,700,000	Nahuatl
Niger-Congo	1,600,000	Kiga
Niger-Congo	1,600,000	Igala
Nilo-Saharan	1,600,000	Lugbara
Niger-Congo	1,550,000	Kalanga
Indo-European	1,500,000	Latvian
Niger-Congo	1,500,000	Dombe
Niger-Congo	1,500,000	Nyamwezi
Nilo-Saharan	1,500,000	Acholi
Nilo-Saharan	1,500,000	Maasai
Kra-Dai	1,500,000	Kam
Niger-Congo	1,411,000	Owambo
Niger-Congo	1,400,000	Chaga
Niger-Congo	1,400,000	Gogo
Nilo-Saharan	1,380,000	Ngambay
Niger-Congo	1,359,000	Nyakyusa
Sino-Tibetan	1,300,000	Newari
Sino-Tibetan	1,300,000	Kokborok
Niger-Congo	1,300,000	Haya
Niger-Congo	1,300,000	Venda
Mayan	1,300,000	Q'eqchi'
Sino-Tibetan	1,200,000	Tibetan
Uralic	1,200,000	Estonian
Caucasian	1,200,000	Avar
Japonic	1,200,000	Okinawan
Afro-Asiatic	1,200,000	Juba Arabic
Niger-Congo	1,200,000	Hehe
Niger-Congo	1,200,000	Tswa
Niger-Congo	1,100,000	Ndebele
Niger-Congo	1,100,000	Comorian
Indo-European	1,090,000	Mauritian Creole
Sino-Tibetan	1,089,846	Mizo
Turkic	1,080,000	Bashkir
Niger-Congo	1,500,000	Eton
Afro-Asiatic	1,000,000	Tigre
Indo-European	1,000,000	Sardinian
Turkic	1,000,000	Qashqai
Austro-Asiatic	1,000,000	Khasi
Niger-Congo	1,000,000	Fang
Niger-Congo	1,000,000	Songe
Niger-Congo	1,000,000	Chuwabu
Sino-Tibetan	1,000,000	Rakhine