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SCIENCE / LINGUISTICS
List: Top Ten Most Spoken Languages
Date: 2000
Source: www.soyouwanna.com
Base: All Spoken Languages
Notes: First language only, otherwise English would top the list as it is the most widely spoken second (or other) language
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Language
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No. of Speakers (million)
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Mandarin
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1,200
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English
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508
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Hindustani
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497
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Spanish
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392
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Russian
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277
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Arabic
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246
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Bengali
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211
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Portuguese
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191
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Malay-Indonesian
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159
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French
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129
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