Most Spoken Language Families

Name the primary language families in the world with the most native or non-native speakers.

Some of these language families are partially disputed

Sign language families are not included

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# of Speakers	Answer	Most Spoken Languages
4 500 000 000	Indo-European	English, Hindustani, Spanish
1 400 000 000	Sino-Tibetan	Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien
1 100 000 000	Niger-Congo	Swahili, Lingala, Yoruba
630 000 000	Afroasiatic	Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Hausa
385 000 000	Austronesian	Malay, Tagalog, Javanese
250 000 000	Dravidian	Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
200 000 000	Turkic	Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
128 000 000	Japonic	Japanese, Okinawan, Miyako
117 000 000	Austroasiatic	Vietnamese, Khmer, Santali
93 000 000	Kra-Dai	Thai, Lao, Zhuang
81 000 000	Koreanic	Korean, Jeju
70 000 000	Nilo-Saharan	Zarma, Kanuri, Dholuo
25 000 000	Uralic	Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
14 000 000	Hmong-Mien	Hmong, Hmu, Xong
7 000 000	Quechuan	Southern Quechua, Ancash Quechua, Kichwa
6 000 000	Mayan	Q'eqchi', K'iche', Yucatec Maya
6 000 000	Mongolic	Mongolian, Buryat, Kalmyk-Oirat
5 000 000	Kartvelian	Georgian, Mingrelian, Svan
5 000 000	Tupian	Guarani, Mawe, Munduruku
4 000 000	Northeast Caucasian	Chechen, Avar, Lezgian