World’s most spoken languages, based on # of first-language speakers‬
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‪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
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers

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