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20 Most Spoken Languages (Total Speakers)

Do you think you know our world's most favored languages?
Source: https://blog.lingoda.com/en/most-spoken-languages-in-the-world-in-2020/
Added where the languages were originated on Mar 24, 2021
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Amount of Speakers
Originated from . . .
Language
1.132 million
England
English
1.117 million
China
Mandarin Chinese
615 million
India
Hindi
534 million
Iberian Peninsula . . .
Spanish
280 million
Gaul
French
274 million
Arabian Peninsula . . .
Standard Arabic
265 million
Sri Lanka
Bengali
258 million
Russia
Russian
234 million
Iberian Peninsula . . .
Portuguese
199 million
Indonesia
Indonesian
Amount of Speakers
Originated from . . .
Language
170 million
India
Urdu
132 million
Germany
Standard German
128 million
Japan
Japanese
98 million
Eastern Africa . . .
Swahili
95 million
India
Marathi
93 million
India
Telugu
93 million
Pakistan
Western Punjabi
82 million
China
Wu Chinese
81 million
India
Tamil
80 million
Central Asia . . .
Turkish
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7 Comments
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Level 25
Mar 6, 2021
Good quiz I didn't even know Indonesia has their own language
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Level 40
Mar 6, 2021
@CountryBoy

Tysm! Yeah, I didn't know that either until 2 weeks ago :)

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Level 24
Mar 18, 2021
Fun Quiz

I discovered many languages today.

Love the quiz.

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Level 40
Mar 19, 2021
@WolfyIQ

Tysm!

Glad you learned some languages and enjoyed!

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Level 65
Apr 6, 2021
This is a list of the most favored languages, not the most spoken languages. So the title needs to be changed, otherwise, use a different source.
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Level 39
May 31, 2021
I miss my mother tongue lol
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Level 66
Aug 5, 2021
Bengali originated from India, why is it written that Bengali originated from Sri Lanka?