TOP 30 LANGUAGES!!!

Post by **sunny** » Apr 22, 2009 Views: 1047

Pos:
Language:
Family:
Script(s) Used:
Speakers(Millions):
Where Spoken (Major):
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1
Mandarin
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese Characters
1120
China, Malaysia, Taiwan
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2
English
Indo-European
Latin
510
USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
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3
Hindi
Indo-European
Devanagari
490
North and Central India
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4
Spanish
Indo-European
Latin
425
Mexico, Central and South America, Spain
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5
Arabic
Afro-Asiatic
Arabic
255
Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
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6
Russian
Indo-European
Cyrillic
254
Russia, Central Asia
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7
Portuguese
Indo-European
Latin
218
Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
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8
Bengali
Indo-European
Bengali
215
Bangladesh, Eastern India
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9
Malay, Indonesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Latin
175
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
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10
French
Indo-European
Latin
130
France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa
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11
Japanese
Altaic
Chinese Characters and 2 Japanese Alphabets
127
Japan
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12
German
Indo-European
Latin
123
Germany, Austria, Central Europe
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13
Farsi (Persian)
Indo-European
Nastaliq
110
Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
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14
Urdu
Indo-European
Nastaliq
104
Pakistan, India
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15
Punjabi
Indo-European
Gurumukhi
103
Pakistan, India
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16
Vietnamese
Austroasiatic
Based on Latin
86
Vietnam, China
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17
Tamil
Dravidian
Tamil
78
Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia
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18
Wu
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese Characters
77
China
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19
Javanese
Malayo-Polynesian
Javanese
76
Indonesia
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20
Turkish
Altaic
Latin
75
Turkey, Central Asia
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21
Telugu
Dravidian
Telugu
74
Southern India
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22
Korean
Altaic
Hangul
72
Korean Peninsula
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23
Marathi
Indo-European
Devanagari
71
Western India
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24
Italian
Indo-European
Latin
61
Italy, Central Europe
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25
Thai
Sino-Tibetan
Thai
60
Thailand, Laos
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26
Cantonese
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese Characters
55
Southern China
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27
Gujarati
Indo-European
Gujarati
47
Western India, Kenya
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28
Polish
Indo-European
Latin
46
Poland, Central Europe
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29
Kannada
Dravidian
Kannada
44
Southern India
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30
Burmese
Sino-Tibetan
Burmese
42
Myanmar
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Post by ar » Apr 23, 2009

Thanks For Info

Post by **ujala** » Apr 23, 2009

good info buddy

Post by **RituRaj** » Apr 23, 2009

good info....Nice to see few south asian languages in that column

Post by **editorawais** » Apr 24, 2009

gr8 post buddy