World’s most spoken languages, based on # of first-language speakers 1. Chinese (Mandarin) 935M 2. Spanish 390M 3. English 365M 4. Hindi 295M 5. Arabic 280M 6. Portuguese 205M 7. Bengali 200M 8. Russian 160M 9. Japanese 125M 10. Punjabi 95M …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
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