Language
|
Population
|
Historical Dialect
|
City
|
Mandarin
|
20,900,000
|
Standard/Prestige Dialect
|
Bĕijīng
|
Mandarin
|
16,600,000
|
Sichuanese
|
Chéngdū
|
Mandarin
|
12,300,000
|
Guanzhong
|
Xī'ān
|
Mandarin
|
11,800,000
|
Hankou
|
Wŭhàn
|
Mandarin
|
11,400,000
|
Jilu
|
Tiānjīn
|
Hindi
|
33,400,000
|
Khari Boli
|
Delhi
|
Hindi
|
4,275,000
|
Dhundhai
|
Jaipur
|
Hindi
|
4,000,000
|
Awadhi
|
Lucknow
|
Hindi
|
3,600,000
|
Awadhi
|
Kānpur
|
Hindi
|
3,525,000
|
Malvi
|
Indore
|
Bengali
|
21,300,000
|
Kutti
|
Dhaka
|
Bengali
|
17,400,000
|
Rarhi
|
Kolkata
|
Bengali
|
4,650,000
|
Chatgaiya
|
Chittagong
|
Bengali
|
1,690,000
|
Manbhumi
|
Āsansol
|
Bengali
|
1,140,000
|
Bangali
|
Khulna
|
Arabic
|
9,150,000
|
Najdi
|
Ar-Riyāḍ
|
Arabic
|
7,500,000
|
Aamiyah
|
Baghdād
|
Arabic
|
5,850,000
|
Khaleeji
|
Dubayy
|
Arabic
|
5,500,000
|
Sedentary Levantine
|
Ammān
|
Arabic
|
4,200,000
|
Hejazi
|
Jiddah
|
Japanese
|
40,800,000
|
Yamanote kotoba
|
Tōkyō
|
Japanese
|
17,700,000
|
Kansai-ben
|
Ōsaka
|
Japanese
|
10,500,000
|
Owari-ben
|
Nagoya
|
Japanese
|
2,800,000
|
Hakata-ben
|
Fukuoka
|
Japanese
|
2,500,000
|
Hokkaido-ben
|
Sapporo
|
Punjabi
|
14,400,000
|
Majhi
|
Lāhore
|
Punjabi
|
3,950,000
|
Majhi
|
Faisalābād
|
Punjabi
|
3,725,000
|
Pothwari
|
Rāwalpindi-Islāmābād
|
Punjabi
|
3,075,000
|
Majhi
|
Gujrānwāla
|
Punjabi
|
2,575,000
|
Puadhi
|
Chandīgarh
|
Marathi
|
26,600,000
|
Marathi-Konkani
|
Mumbai
|
Marathi
|
7,550,000
|
Deshi
|
Pune
|
Marathi
|
3,450,000
|
Varhadi
|
Nāgpur
|
|
Language
|
Population
|
Historical Dialect
|
City
|
Marathi
|
2,275,000
|
Khandeshi
|
Nāshik
|
Marathi
|
1,970,000
|
Marathwadi
|
Aurangābād
|
Telugu
|
11,100,000
|
Telangana
|
Hyderābād
|
Telugu
|
2,350,000
|
Uttarandhra
|
Visākhapatnam
|
Telugu
|
2,225,000
|
Kostandhra
|
Vijayawāda
|
Telugu
|
1,050,000
|
Telangana
|
Warangal
|
Telugu
|
670,000
|
Kostandhra
|
Guntur
|
Wu
|
40,000,000
|
Su-Jia-Hu
|
Shànghăi
|
Wu
|
13,400,000
|
Taihu
|
Hángzhōu
|
Wu
|
7,100,000
|
Yongjiang
|
Níngbō
|
Wu
|
5,100,000
|
Oujiang
|
Wēnzhōu
|
Wu
|
3,250,000
|
Shadi
|
Nántōng
|
Turkish
|
16,100,000
|
Standard
|
İstanbul
|
Turkish
|
5,200,000
|
Orta Anadolu
|
Ankara
|
Turkish
|
3,025,000
|
Ege
|
İzmir
|
Turkish
|
2,175,000
|
Standard
|
Bursa
|
Turkish
|
1,780,000
|
Laz
|
Adana
|
Korean
|
24,900,000
|
Gyeonggi
|
Seoul
|
Korean
|
4,000,000
|
Gyeongsang
|
Busan
|
Korean
|
2,975,000
|
Pyeongan
|
P'yŏngyang
|
Korean
|
2,750,000
|
Gyeongsang
|
Daegu
|
Korean
|
1,630,000
|
Jeolla
|
Gwangju
|
Vietnamese
|
13,500,000
|
Southern
|
Hồ Chí Minh City
|
Vietnamese
|
7,000,000
|
Northern
|
Hà Nội
|
Vietnamese
|
1,430,000
|
Southern
|
Đà Nẵng
|
Vietnamese
|
1,420,000
|
Northern
|
Hải Phòng
|
Vietnamese
|
812,000
|
Southern
|
Cần Thơ
|
Tamil
|
12,200,000
|
Madras Bashai
|
Chennai
|
Tamil
|
2,925,000
|
Kongu
|
Coimbatore
|
Tamil
|
1,890,000
|
Inkuttu
|
Madurai
|
Tamil
|
1,540,000
|
Kongu
|
Tiruppūr
|
Tamil
|
1,270,000
|
Central
|
Tiruchirāppalli
|
|