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Language Demographic Reference

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ENGLISH – Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Ireland 400 million
CHINESE – China, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar 960 million
JAPANESE – Japan 125 million
FRENCH – France, Canada, Belgium, Haiti, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Vanuatu, Many African Countries, Territories such as French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, 274 m
GERMAN – Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Parts of Poland, Italy, Brazil 95 million
ITALIAN – Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City, Parts of Croatia, Slovenia and Brazil 90 million
PORTUGUESE – Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Macau, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe 265 million
RUSSIAN – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Parts of Ukraine 260 million
SPANISH – Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Uruguay, Some parts of Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar, United States, Philippines 570 million
ARABIC - Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afrikaans – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe 10.3 million
Albanian – Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia 5.4 million
Amharic – Ethiopia 22 million
Arabic
Armenian – Armenian, Republic of Artsakh 6.7 million
Azerbaijani – Azerbaijan, Russia 26 million
Basque – Western Spain and France, Basque country 751,000
Belarusian – Belarus, Parts of Poland 2.53 million
Bengali – Bangladesh and Parts of India 189 million
Bosnian – Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 million
Bulgarian – Bulgaria 9 million
Burmese – Myanmar 33 million
Catalan – Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia 4.1 million
Cebuano – Cebu and Southern region in Philippines 21 million
Chichewa (Also Chewa) – Zimbabwe, Malawi 12 million
Chinese
Corsican – Corsica (France), Sardinia (Italy) 30,000
Croatian – Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and parts of Serbia 5.6 million
Czech – Czech Republic 10.7 million
Danish – Denmark, Faroe Islands, North Germany 5.5 million
Dutch – Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Saint Maarten, Suriname 28 million
English (American) -
Esperanto – constructed language, international 2 million
Estonian – Estonia 1.1 million
Filipino – Philippines 70 million
Finnish – Finland 5.4 million
French
Frisian – North of Netherlands (Friesland) 470,000
Galician – Galicia in Spain 2.4 million
Georgian – Georgia 3.7 million
German
Greek -    Greece, Cyprus 13.2 million
Gujarati – India 49 million
Haitian Creole – Haiti 9.6 million
Hausa – Niger, Nigeria 27 million
Hawaiian - Hawaii 2,000
Hebrew - (Modern Hebrew) Israel
Hindi – India 260 million
Hmong - China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand 3.7 million
Hungarian – Hungary and parts of Europe 13 million
Icelandic – Iceland 358,000
Igbo – Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea 24 million
Indonesian – Indonesia 43 million
Irish – Ireland and parts of UK 1 million
Italian
Japanese
Javanese – Java (Indonesia) parts of Malaysia 94 million
Kannada – India 50 million
Kazakh – Kazakhstan, Russia 15 million
Khmer – (also called Cambodian) Cambodia 16 million
Korean – North Korea, South Korea, parts of China 77.2 million
Kurdish – Southeast Turkey, parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria 15 million
Kyrgyz – Kyrgyzstan and China 4.3 million
Lao – Laos – 25 million
Latin – Holy See, Malta
Latvian – Latvia 1.75 million
Lithuanian – Lithuania 3.1 million
Luxembourgish – Luxembourg 390,000
Macedonian – Macedonia 2.5 million
Malagasy – Madagascar 18 million
Malay – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore 77 million
Malayalam – India 38 million
Maltese – Malta 520,000
Maori – New Zealand 160,000+
Marathi – India 73 million
Mongolian – Mongolia, China 5.2 million
Nepali – Nepal, India 20 million
Norwegian (Bokmål) – Norway 5.2 million
Pashto – Afghanistan, Pakistan 60 million
Persian – (aka Farsi, Dari and Tajiki) Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan 110 million
Polish – Poland 55 million
Portuguese
Punjabi – Pakistan, India, parts of Canada 122 million
Romanian – Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia) 26 million
Russian
Samoan – Samoa, American Samoa 510,000
Scots Gaelic – Scotland, Canada 87,000
Serbian – Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo 12 million
Sesotho – (or Sotho) Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe 7.9 million
Shona – Zimbabwe 15 million
Sindhi – Pakistan, India 25 million
Sinhala – (also Sinhalese) Sri Lanka 16 million
Slovak – Slovakia, Czech Republic, Vojvodina (Serbia) 5.2 million
Slovenian – Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Italy 2.5 million
Somali – Somalia, Somaliland Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya 15 million
Spanish
Sundanese – regional parts of Java, Indonesia 40 million
Swahili – Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, African Union 15 million
Swedish – Finland, Sweden 9.6 million
Tajik – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 8.4 million
Tamil – Sri Lanka, Singapore, India 70 million
Telugu – India 74 million
Thai – Thailand, Cambodia 44 million
Turkish – Turkey, Cyprus, B&H, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania 88 million
Ukrainian – Ukraine 45 million
Urdu – Pakistan, India 81 million
Uzbek – Uzbekistan, Afghanistan 32 million
Vietnamese – Vietnam, Czech Republic 75 million
Welsh – United Kingdom, Wales, Argentina, Canada, US 700,000+
Xhosa – South Africa, Zimbabwe 11 million
Yiddish – parts of Europe (Jewish) 1.5 million
Yoruba – Nigeria 30 million
Zulu – South Africa 16 million




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  1. Maltese – Malta 520,000
  2. Xhosa – South Africa, Zimbabwe 11 million
  3. Lithuanian – Lithuania 3.1 million
  4. Javanese – Java (Indonesia) parts of Malaysia 94 million
  5. Lao – Laos – 25 million
  6. Yoruba – Nigeria 30 million
  7. Urdu – Pakistan, India 81 million
  8. Mongolian – Mongolia, China 5.2 million
  9. Turkish – Turkey, Cyprus, B&H, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania 88 million
  10. English (American) -
  11. PORTUGUESE – Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Macau, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe 265 million
  12. Spanish
  13. Danish – Denmark, Faroe Islands, North Germany 5.5 million
  14. CHINESE – China, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar 960 million
  15. Sindhi – Pakistan, India 25 million
  16. Ukrainian – Ukraine 45 million
  17. Kyrgyz – Kyrgyzstan and China 4.3 million
  18. Filipino – Philippines 70 million
  19. Swahili – Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, African Union 15 million
  20. Czech – Czech Republic 10.7 million
  21. Malay – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore 77 million
  22. Bosnian – Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 million
  23. Corsican – Corsica (France), Sardinia (Italy) 30,000
  24. Esperanto – constructed language, international 2 million
  25. French
  26. Yiddish – parts of Europe (Jewish) 1.5 million
  27. Thai – Thailand, Cambodia 44 million
  28. ARABIC - Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  29. Afrikaans – South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe 10.3 million
  30. Welsh – United Kingdom, Wales, Argentina, Canada, US 700,000+
  31. Bengali – Bangladesh and Parts of India 189 million
  32. Luxembourgish – Luxembourg 390,000
  33. Korean – North Korea, South Korea, parts of China 77.2 million
  34. Zulu – South Africa 16 million
  35. SPANISH – Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Uruguay, Some parts of Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar, United States, Philippines 570 million
  36. Amharic – Ethiopia 22 million
  37. Kannada – India 50 million
  38. Indonesian – Indonesia 43 million
  39. Russian
  40. Scots Gaelic – Scotland, Canada 87,000
  41. Greek - Greece, Cyprus 13.2 million
  42. Burmese – Myanmar 33 million
  43. GERMAN – Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Parts of Poland, Italy, Brazil 95 million
  44. Tamil – Sri Lanka, Singapore, India 70 million
  45. Malagasy – Madagascar 18 million
  46. Gujarati – India 49 million
  47. Arabic
  48. RUSSIAN – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Parts of Ukraine 260 million
  49. Hebrew - (Modern Hebrew) Israel
  50. Pashto – Afghanistan, Pakistan 60 million
  51. Azerbaijani – Azerbaijan, Russia 26 million
  52. Hungarian – Hungary and parts of Europe 13 million
  53. Sesotho – (or Sotho) Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe 7.9 million
  54. Armenian – Armenian, Republic of Artsakh 6.7 million
  55. Catalan – Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia 4.1 million
  56. Punjabi – Pakistan, India, parts of Canada 122 million
  57. Romanian – Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia) 26 million
  58. Irish – Ireland and parts of UK 1 million
  59. ENGLISH – Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Ireland 400 million
  60. Shona – Zimbabwe 15 million
  61. Sundanese – regional parts of Java, Indonesia 40 million
  62. JAPANESE – Japan 125 million
  63. German
  64. Slovenian – Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Italy 2.5 million
  65. Hawaiian - Hawaii 2,000
  66. ITALIAN – Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City, Parts of Croatia, Slovenia and Brazil 90 million
  67. Frisian – North of Netherlands (Friesland) 470,000
  68. Basque – Western Spain and France, Basque country 751,000
  69. Uzbek – Uzbekistan, Afghanistan 32 million
  70. Bulgarian – Bulgaria 9 million
  71. Haitian Creole – Haiti 9.6 million
  72. Croatian – Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and parts of Serbia 5.6 million
  73. Japanese
  74. Norwegian (Bokmål) – Norway 5.2 million
  75. Persian – (aka Farsi, Dari and Tajiki) Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan 110 million
  76. Finnish – Finland 5.4 million
  77. Galician – Galicia in Spain 2.4 million
  78. Georgian – Georgia 3.7 million
  79. Sinhala – (also Sinhalese) Sri Lanka 16 million
  80. Khmer – (also called Cambodian) Cambodia 16 million
  81. Albanian – Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia 5.4 million
  82. Belarusian – Belarus, Parts of Poland 2.53 million
  83. Dutch – Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Saint Maarten, Suriname 28 million
  84. Kurdish – Southeast Turkey, parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria 15 million
  85. Hausa – Niger, Nigeria 27 million
  86. Latin – Holy See, Malta
  87. Polish – Poland 55 million
  88. Serbian – Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo 12 million
  89. Kazakh – Kazakhstan, Russia 15 million
  90. Estonian – Estonia 1.1 million
  91. Chichewa (Also Chewa) – Zimbabwe, Malawi 12 million
  92. Maori – New Zealand 160,000+
  93. Somali – Somalia, Somaliland Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya 15 million
  94. Igbo – Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea 24 million
  95. Nepali – Nepal, India 20 million
  96. Hmong - China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand 3.7 million
  97. Cebuano – Cebu and Southern region in Philippines 21 million
  98. Samoan – Samoa, American Samoa 510,000
  99. Italian
  100. Chinese
  101. Macedonian – Macedonia 2.5 million
  102. Marathi – India 73 million
  103. Vietnamese – Vietnam, Czech Republic 75 million
  104. Latvian – Latvia 1.75 million
  105. Icelandic – Iceland 358,000
  106. Slovak – Slovakia, Czech Republic, Vojvodina (Serbia) 5.2 million
  107. Hindi – India 260 million
  108. FRENCH – France, Canada, Belgium, Haiti, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Vanuatu, Many African Countries, Territories such as French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, 274 m
  109. Telugu – India 74 million
  110. Tajik – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 8.4 million
  111. Swedish – Finland, Sweden 9.6 million
  112. Malayalam – India 38 million
  113. Portuguese
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