What are the top ten most widely spoken languages?
TOP TEN MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD
(PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION) (CIA world fact book )
1. Mandarin Chinese – 882 million
2. Spanish – 325 million
3. English – 312-380 million
4. Arabic – 206-422 million
5. Hindi – 181 million
6. Portuguese – 178 million
7. Bengali – 173 million
8. Russian – 146 million
9. Japanese – 128 million
10. German – 96 million
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French at over 200 million native speakers not counting second language speakers is missing.