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Facts are approximate

languages

English About 1.5 billion worldwide
Afrikaans About 17 million
South Africa + about 10% in Namibia
Influences from Dutch, Malay, Portuguese and African languages
Arabic العربية
About 500 million worldwide
The Middle East, North Africa
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Written right-to-left
Bahasa Indonesia About 200 million
Indonesia
Bengali বাংলা
About 280 million
Bangladesh and India's West Bengal
Brasileiro
(Português)
About 210 million in Brazil
Cantonese 粵語
About 86 million
Guangdong (in Southern China), Hong Kong and Macau
Chinese
(Simplified)
简体中文
Chinese: About 1.2 billion
China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Deutsch About 130 million
Germany
Español About 560 million worldwide
Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea
Farsi فارسی
About 110-130 million native speakers
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Written right-to-left
Français About 310 million
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and many African countries
Hausa About 94 million
West Africa: Nigeria, Niger, Ivory Coast, Benin and others
Hebrew עברית
About 9 million
Israel and Jewish communities worldwide
Hindi हिन्दी
About 610 million
India
Íslenska About 400 thousand
Iceland
Retains many features of Old Norse
Italiano About 65–70 million
Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
Japanese 日本語
About 125 million
Japan
Korean 한국어
About 80–82 million
South Korea, North Korea
Kurdish
(Kurmanji)
کورمانجی
About 15–20 million
Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq, Iran and the Caucasus
Kurdish
(Sorani)
سۆرانی / کوردی
About 6–8 million
Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iran
Written right-to-left
Norsk About 5 million
Norway
Polski About 38 million
Poland
Português About 270 million worldwide
Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
Russian Русский
About 210 million
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Written in Cyrillic
Soumi About 6 million
Finland
Svenska About 10 million
Sweden and parts of Finland
Thai ภาษาไทย
About 70 million
Thailand
Tiếng Việt About 85 million
Vietnam
Türkçe About 90 million
Türkiye, changed from Turkey in 2022
Ukrainian Українська
About 40 million
Ukraine
Written in Cyrillic
Urdu اردو
About 240 million worldwide
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal
10th most widely spoken language in the world