The World's Most Spoken Languages

The 100 Most Spoken Languages Around the World

Around the world, there are more than 7,000 regularly spoken vernaculars, this infographic shows off the top 100 most common languages in a very nice linguistic infographic. World languages list varied origins, with some branching off from the same ancient roots and some having a history all their own. 

The myriad of languages have been illustrated with its language origin tree, so you can easily trace their roots. Beautiful and ever-evolving, like a forest, the sheer variety of common languages spoken around the globe has been charted here in one world language map. Check out the top 100 most popular languages and their origin.

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The 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World

Almost half of the world’s population claims one of only 10 languages as their mother tongue

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What constitutes a language or a dialect is hotly contested stuff. More troubling is the fact that what we refer to simply as “Chinese” is actually a whole family of languages conveniently lumped into a single category. “Hindi” is also used as a catchall term to cover numerous dialects and sub-dialects.

Top 10 Languages By Number Of Native Speakers:

1. Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers

2. Spanish — 460 Million Native Speakers

3. English — 379 Million Native Speakers

4. Hindi — 341 Million Native Speakers

5. Arabic — 315 Million Native Speakers

6. Bengali — 228 Million Native Speakers

7. Portuguese — 220 Million Native Speakers

8. Russian — 153 Million Native Speakers

9. Japanese — 128 Million Native Speakers

10. Lahnda (Western Punjabi) — 118 Million Native Speakers

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