"Bhasa" ke source dekho

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'''Bhasa''' se insaan log ek duusre se baat chit kare hae.

Bahut log bhasa ke bahut rakam se samjhe ke kosis karin hae. Jaise ki:

# ek rakam hae jisse ki chij, kaam or soch ke baare me batawa jaaawe sake hae
# dher chij jon ki alag alag log ke khatir ekke matlab hoe hae
# ek rakam ke soche waala chij
# chinh jon ki action aur inaction ke imply kare hae
# koi rakam ke baat chit
# Bhasa, admii log ke biich me ek samjhauta hae ki rakam rakam ke awaaj ke konchij matlab rahe hae.

== Kuchh bhasa ke khaas sabd ==

[[English bhasa|English]], [[Spanish bhasa|Spanish]], [[German bhasa|German]], [[French bhasa|French]] and [[Russian bhasa|Russian]] ke kuchh khaas sabd.

{| class=wikitable
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|width=20%|Hello||width=20%|Hola||width=20%|Hallo/Guten Tag||width=20%|Bonjour||width=20%|Privet/Zdravstvuyte
|-
|Goodbye||Adios / Chao ||Tschüs / Auf Wiedersehen||Au revoir||Do svidaniya
|- 
|How are you?||¿Cómo estás?||Wie geht's?||Ca va?||Kak vashi dela?
|- 
|Goodnight||Buenas noches||Gute Nacht||Bonne nuit||Spokoynoy nochi
|- 
|Good afternoon||Buenas tardes||Guten Abend||Bonsoir||Dobry den'
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|Thank you||Gracias||Danke||Merci||Spasibo
|-
|Have a nice day!||¡Que tengas un buen día!||Schönen Tag (noch)!||Bonne journee!||Vsevo khoroshevo
|- 
|See you later!||¡Hasta luego!||Bis später!||A bientot!||Uvidimsya
|- 
|How do you feel?||¿Cómo te sientes?||Wie geht es dir?||Comment sentir vous?||Kak vy sebya chuvstvuyete?
|- 
|How old are you?||¿Cuántos años tienes?||Wie alt bist du?||Quel âge tu?||Skol'ko vam let?
|- 
|What is your name?||¿Cómo te llamas?||Wie heißt du?||Comment t'appelles tu?||Kak vas zavut?
|- 
|What would you like to do?||¿Qué te gusta hacer?||Was willst du machen?||Voudrais-vous que faire? ||Chem vy zanimayetes'?
|}

Chirasmita Bhasa ke suchi

== Jisme 60 million se jaada log baat kare hae/Top 20 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=20%|Ethnologue (2005 ke estimate)<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.ethnologue.com
 | title=Ethnologue
 | publisher=SIL
Haley
}}</ref>
! width=12%|Encarta ke estimate<ref name=Encarta>{{cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |title=Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People |accessdate=2007-02-18 |publisher=Microsoft Encarta 2006 |archive-date=2007-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304221102/http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! width=28%|Other estimates
! width=7%|Ranking<ref name=AVG>Ranking by Mean Average of the two estimates (Encarta and Ethnologue)</ref>
|-
| '''Mandarin''' || Sino-Tibetan, [[Chinese bhasa|Chinese]] || 873,014,298 || 1,210,000,000†<ref name=Encarta /> || 982,000,000 native, 179,000,000 second language = 1,151,000,000 total<ref>http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html The 30 Most Spoken Languages of the World</ref><br />†<small>Encarta ke estimate sa China ke dialect ke include kare hae</small> || 1 (1,041,507,149)
|-
|-
| '''[[Hindustani bhasa|Hindi/Urdu]]''' || Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan || 366,000,000 Hindi, <br />60,503,579 Urdu<ref>{{cite web |url=  http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=HND |title=Hindi |HINDI: a language of India |author=ethnologue  |year=2000 |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=14th |publisher=Ethnolouge.}}</ref> || 366,000,000 Hindi, <br />60,290,000 Urdu ||Standard Hindi 325,000,000; A total of 650,000,000 including [[Urdu]] ([[Pakistan]]ke official bhasa ) aur jiske duusra bhasa hae, isme Maithili nai hae. Sab Hindi-Urdu dialect me baat kare waale ek  duusre ke samajhe sake hae.  || 2 (426,396,789)
|-
|-
| '''[[English bhasa|English]]''' || Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, English || 328,008,138 || 341,000,000 || Dunia bhar me 1,500,000,000 se jaada hoe sake hae.<ref>Curtis, Andy. ''Color, Race, And English Language Teaching: Shades of Meaning''. 2006, page 192.</ref> 
|| 3 (334,504,069)
|-
|-
|'''[[Spanish bhasa|Spanish]]''' || Indo-European, Italic, Romance || 328,518,810 || 322,200,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557681/Spanish_Language.html |title=Spanish Language - MSN Encarta<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-date=2009-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820012438/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557681/Spanish_Language.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| Total of 417 million including second-language speakers (1999).<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=SPN Ethnologue] - 1999 WA--source for the second figure)</ref><ref>Instituto Cervantes ([http://archive.is/20120526072729/www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/04/26/cultura/1177610767.html "El Mundo" news])</ref> || 4 (325,359,405)
|-
| '''[[Arbii bhasa|Arbii]]''' || Afro-Asiatic, Semitic || 206,000,000 || 422,039,637 ||
200 million ke matr bhasa aur 250 million non-native baat kare waala<ref>http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=arb</ref>
Ii United Nations ke chhe official bhasa me se ek hae.<ref>http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/</ref>
|| 5 (314,019,818)
|-
|-
| '''[[Bengali bhasa|Bengali]]''' || Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan || 207,000,000 || 207,000,000 || 196 million ke matr bhasa (2004 CIA) (isme 14 million |Chittagonian aur 10.3 million Sylheti bhi hae). || 6 (207,000,000)
|-
|'''[[Portuguese bhasa|Portuguese]]''' || Indo-European, Italic, Romance || 177,457,180 || 176,000,000  ||210 million matr bhasa, 20 million duusra bhasa =  235 million total
|| 7 (176,728,590)
|-
| '''[[Russian language|Russian]]''' || Indo-European, Slavic, East || 145,031,551 || 167,000,000 || 165 million matr bhasa, 110 million duusra bhasa = 275 million total || 8 (156,015,775)
|-
| '''[[Japanese bhasa|Japanese]]''' || Language isolate, Japonic|| 122,433,899 || 125,000,000 || 130 million native, 2 million duusra bhasa = 132 million total || 9 (123,716,949)
|-
| '''[[German bhasa|German]]''' || Indo-European, Germanic, West || 95,392,978 || 100,130,000 || 101 million matr bhasa (88 million Standard German, 5 million Swiss German, 8 million Austrian German), 60 million second language in EU<ref name=EC>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_237.en.pdf |title=Europeans and Languages|accessdate=2007-02-18 |publisher=European Commission  }}</ref> + 5–20 million worldwide. || 10 (97,761,489)
|-
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|-
| '''[[French bhasa|French]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic languages|Italic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 77,000,000<br />128,000,000<br />including second<br /> language speakers<ref>{{cite web |url=  http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=FRN |title=French |FRENCH: a language of France|author=ethnologue  |year=2000 |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=14th |publisher=Ethnolouge.}}</ref> || 78,000,000 || 128 million “native and real speakers" (includes 64,473,140 [[French people]]), 72 million ''"partiels"'', 250 million second language (worldwide including Africa and North Africa) = 450+ million (as a total of first and additional language spoken) and up to 600+ million total with significant knowledge (not necessarily fluent) of the language (2008). Not including partial speakers, French is the ninth most spoken language in the world when including second language speakers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/francophonie/francophonie.htm |title=Archive copy |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-date=2011-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623113030/http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/francophonie/francophonie.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pagef30.com/2008/10/french-in-9th-place-with-200-million.html |title=Archive copy |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-date=2015-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909235514/http://www.pagef30.com/2008/10/french-in-9th-place-with-200-million.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-au.org/france_australie/spip.php?article2223 |title=Archive copy |access-date=2009-08-03 |archive-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217102155/http://www.ambafrance-au.org/france_australie/spip.php?article2223 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20081018-cheer-french-speakers-francophone-francophonie-nadeau |title=Archive copy |access-date=2010-11-14 |archive-date=2010-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114074922/http://www.france24.com/en/20081018-cheer-french-speakers-francophone-francophonie-nadeau |url-status=live }}</ref> || 11 (77,500,000)
|-
| '''[[Wu Chinese|Wu]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 77,200,000 || — || 77 million native || 12 (77,100,000)
|-
| '''[[Korean language|Korean]]''' || [[language isolate]], or [[Altaic languages|Altaic]](controversial) || 75,000,000 || 78,000,000 || 42,000,000 in South Korea (1986). Population total all countries 78,000,000 (1999 WA) || 13 (76,500,000)
|-
| '''[[Javanese language|Javanese]]''' || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]] || 75,500,000 || 75,600,000 || 70–75 million || 14 (75,500,550)
|-
| '''[[Yue Chinese]]/Cantonese''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 71,000,000 ||-- || || 15 (71,000,000)
|-
| '''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]''' || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]], South Central || 69,666,000 || 69,666,000  ||  	74,002,856<ref>http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement4.htm</ref><br />84 million native, 5 million second language = 89 million total (2001)|| 16 (69,666,000)
|-
| '''[[Marathi language|Marathi]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 68,000,000 || 68,000,000 || Indian census:71,936,894<br />68 million native, 3 million second language = 71 million total || 17 (68,000,000)
|-
| '''[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]''' || [[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Mon-Khmer]], [[Vietic languages|Vietic]] || 67,400,000 || 68,000,000 || 70 million native, perhaps up to 16 million second language, = ~86 million total || 18 (67,700,000)
|-
| '''[[Tamil language|Tamil]]''' || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]], [[Tamil Nadu]] ,Southern India, Srilanka, Singapore & Malaysia.|| 66,000,000 || 66,000,000 || Indian census:60,793,814<br />78 million <ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.krysstal.com/spoken.html Top 30 Language Spoken in the World by Number of Speakers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|| 19 (66,000,000)
|-
| '''[[Italian language|Italian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic languages|Italic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 61,696,677 || 62,000,000 || || 20 (61,848,338)
|}

== 20 to 60 million native speakers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=20%|[[Ethnologue]] (2005 estimate)<ref name="Ethnologue, Languages of the World">[http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue, Languages of the World<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
! width=12%|[[Encarta]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |title=Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People |accessdate=2007-02-18 |publisher=Microsoft Encarta 2006 |archive-date=2007-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304221102/http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! width=28%|Other
! width=7%|Ranking<ref name=AVG/>
|-
| '''[[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''' || [[Altaic languages|Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Oghuz]] || 59 million || 61,000,000 ||  || 21 (60 million)
|-
| '''[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 56,000,000 || 57,000,000 || 61–62 million (2000 WCD) (taken together with Eastern Punjabi (28 million) and [[Siraiki language|Siraiki]] (14 million): 104 million total) || 22
|-
|'''[[Persian language|Persian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]]|| 72 million<ref>sum of 10 dialects; 43 million if all of [[Southwestern Iranian]] is included.[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90028]</ref>|| 31.3 million || ca. 72 million;<ref>2006 CIA Factbook: [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203093100/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html |date=2012-02-03 }} 39 M (58%), [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html Afghanistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620005045/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html |date=2020-06-20 }} 15 M (50%), [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html Tajikistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612213308/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html |date=2007-06-12 }} 5.8 M (80%), [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html Uzbekistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201620/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html |date=2019-01-05 }} 1.2 M (4.4%)</ref> sometimes taken to include all of [[Southwestern Iranian]] ([[Luri language|Luri]], [[Tat language|Tati]], and other); ca. 72 million second language{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}, total ca. 144 million total|| 23
|-
| ''' [[Min Chinese|Min]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 46.2 million || -- || Southern Min: 49m, Northern Min 10.43m || 24
|-
| '''[[Polish language|Polish]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West]] || 42.7 million || 52 million ||-- || 25(47.3 million)
|-
| '''[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 46.1 million || 46.1 million ||-- || 26
|-
| '''[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[East Slavic languages|East]] || 39.4 million || 47 million ||-- || 27 (43.2 million)
|-
| '''[[Xiang Chinese|Xiang]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]]  || 36.0 million ||  || || 28
|-
| '''[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]''' || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]], Kerala, Southern - India || 35,706,000 || 35,706,000  || Indian census:33,066,392 || 29
|-
| '''[[Kannada language|Kannada]]''' || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]], Southern || 35.4 million || 35.4 million || 38 million native, 9 million second language, = 64 million total || 30
|-
| '''[[Maithili language|Maithili]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 45 million || 24,191,900 || || 31(34.6 million)
|-
| '''[[Hakka language|Hakka]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Sinitic languages|Chinese]] || 34,000,000 || -- ||  || 32
|-
| '''[[Burmese language|Burmese]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman]], [[Lolo-Burmese]] || 32,000,000 || 32.3 million ||  || 33
|-
| '''[[Oriya language|Oriya]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 31.7 million || 32.3 million ||Oriya is an official language of India and is spoken by over 35 million people all over the world. Indian Census:33,017,446 || 34
|-
| '''[[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]''' || [[Altaic languages|Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Oghuz]] || 31 million || 31.4 million || 25–35 million native, including [[Qashqai language|Qashqai]] (data for Iran uncertain); 8 million second language (outside Iran) || 35
|-
| '''[[Sunda language|Sunda]]''' || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]] || 27 million || 27 million ||  || 36
|-
| '''[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 26 million || 26,254,000  || || 37
|-
| '''[[Romanian language|Romanian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic languages|Italic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || 26,000,000 || 26,265,555  || <small>Official in</small> [[Moldova]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]] ([[Vojvodina]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Israel]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Ukraine]], [[USA]].<br />26 million native,<ref name=Encarta /> 4 million second language. The total is about 30 million.<ref>The Latin Union reports 28 million speakers for Romanian, out of whom 24 million are native speakers of the language: ''Latin Union - The odyssey of languages:'' [http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.ro.asp ro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524235903/http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.ro.asp |date=2011-05-24 }}, [http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.es.asp es] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414114234/http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.es.asp |date=2011-04-14 }}, [http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.fr.asp fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114144209/http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.fr.asp |date=2011-01-14 }}, [http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.it.asp it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114124519/http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.it.asp |date=2011-01-14 }}, [http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.fr.asp pt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114144209/http://dpel.unilat.org/DPEL/Creation/Odyssee/5.fr.asp |date=2011-01-14 }}; see also [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ron Ethnologue report for Romanian]</ref> || 38
|-
| '''[[Hausa language|Hausa]]''' || [[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Chadic languages|Chadic]], [[West Chadic languages|West]] || 24,200,000 || 24.2 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]], north [[Nigeria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Chad]], [[Benin]], [[Ghana]], [[Sudan]]</small><br />24 million native, ~15 million second language, = ~39 million total || 39
|-
| '''[[Malay language|Malay]]''' || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Malayic languages|Malayic]] || 23,576,500 || 23.6 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Brunei]], [[Malaysia]], [[Singapore]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thaeland]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Australia]], [[Bahrain]].<br />18 million native, 3 million second language, = 21 million total (not counting [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]) || 40
|-
| '''[[Pashto language|Pashto]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern]] || 19,000,000 || 26,811,657 || <small>Official in</small> [[Afghanistan]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Pakistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Iran]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. || 41(22.9 million)
|-
| ''' [[Gan Chinese|Gan]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || 21 million || -- || 48 million, 29 million in [[Jiangxi]]<ref>http://ling.cass.cn/fangyan/dituji/LANGUAGE%20ATLAS%20OF%20CHINA.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805112249/http://ling.cass.cn/fangyan/dituji/LANGUAGE%20ATLAS%20OF%20CHINA.html |date=2011-08-05 }} The
abaadi of Gan speakers is 48 million</ref> || 42
|-
| '''[[Serbo-Croatian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || 21,000,000 || 21.1 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Montenegro]] and [[Serbia]], under names [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] and [[Serbian language|Serbian]] respectively. <small>Significant communities in [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Slovenia]].</small> || 43
|-
| '''[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]''' <br />(also known as Bahasa Indonesian) || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] || 23.1 million || 17.1 million || <small>national language in</small> [[Indonesia]]<br />over 140 million second language speakers per Ethnologue. Almost 100% of the abaadi of Indonesia speaks Bahasa Indonesia, a dialect of Malay. || 44(20.1 million)
|-
| '''[[Thae language|Thae]]''' || [[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]] || 20.05 million (1996) || 46.1 million (2006) || Encarta includes Northern, Northeastern adn Southern Thae as well as Central whereas ethnologue Thae is just Central Thae<br />~31 million native (1983 SIL, 1990 Diller, 2000 WCD) (dated data), = ~60 million first and second language (2001 A. Diller). Includes Southern Thae, Northern Thae/Western Lao, but not Shan, Isan, or Lao. || 45
|-
| '''[[Dutch language|Dutch]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West]] || 20,000,000 || 20 million (2006) || 25 million<ref name=EC /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://taalunieversum.org/taalpeil/het_nederlandse_taalgebied.html |title=Het Nederlandse taalgebied |accessdate=2007-02-18 |publisher=Taalpeil |language=Dutch }}</ref> <small>Official in</small> [[Belgium]], [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]], [[Suriname]]. <small>Significant communities in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[Indonesia]] and [[South Africa]] (excluding [[Afrikaans]]).</small> || 46
|-
| '''[[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]''' || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]], [[Defoid languages|Defoid]], [[Yoruboid languages|Yoruboid]] || 20,000,000 || 20 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Nigeria]]. || 47
|}

== 10 to 20 million native speakers ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=20%|[[Ethnologue]] (2005 estimate)<ref name="Ethnologue, Languages of the World"/>
! width=12%|[[Encarta]] estimate<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
! width=28%|Other
! width=7%|Ranking by Ethnologue estimate
|-
| '''[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 19,720,000 || 19,720,000 (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[India]], [[Pakistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[People’s Republic of China]] ([[Hong Kong]]), UK, [[Philipines]] [[Oman]]. 17 million native, 13 million second language, = 30 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 48
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| '''[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Eastern Turkic languages|Eastern]] || 18,466,000 || 20.1 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Uzbekistan]]. <small>Native to [[Afghanistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] || 49
|-
| '''[[Igbo language|Igbo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]], [[Igboid languages|Igboid]]|| 18 million || 18 million || <small>Official in</small> [[Nigeria]]<br />unknown number second language. || 50
|-
| '''[[Oromo language|Oromo]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]] || split into different dialects in their consideration || 17.2 million (2006) || <small>National language of</small> [[Ethiopia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kenya]]<br />24 million native (31.6% of Ethiopia [1994 census]), ~2 million second language, = 26 million total (1998 census) || 51
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| '''[[Amharic language|Amharic]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic languages|Semitic]], [[South Semitic languages|South]]|| 17,413,000 || 17.4 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Ethiopia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Israel]].27 million native (32.7% Ethiopia [1994 census] and 2.7 million emigrants), 10% (7 million) as a second language = 34 million total || 52
|-
| '''[[Filipino language|Tagalog]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || 17,000,000 || 17 million (2006)|| <small>Official and Native in</small> [[Philippines]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Canada]], [[People’s Republic of China]] ([[Hong Kong]]), [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[United States]] ([[Alaska]], [[California]], [[Guam]], [[Hawaii]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]]).<br />22 million native (2000 census), ~65 million second language, = 85 million total || 53
|-
| '''[[Nepali language|Nepali]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 16,056,000 || 16,056,000  || <small>Official in</small> [[Nepal]], [[India]] ([[Sikkim]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bhutan]].</small>approx. 30 million in Nepal, 16 million as native tongue and 15 million as a second language (2006) || 54
|-
| '''[[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || 15 million || 15 million (2006) || <small>Native to</small> [[Philippines]]<br />18.5 million native, ~11.5 million second language, = 30 million total (2000 census) || 55
|-
| '''[[Assamese language|Assamese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || 15,334,000 || 15,374,000 ||<small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Assam]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bhutan]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Assamese is spoken and/or understood by most everyone in the state of Assam. Assam had a abaadi of 26.7 million in 2003-04. So, Assamese has another 8-10 million second language speakers. Assamese is also understood and spoken widely in Arunachal Pradesh with a abaadi of 1.1 million. These are mostly second or third language speakers. Various tribes in Nagaland with a abaadi 2 million use Nakhelse, a variant of Assamese, for communication. Thus, a total of approximately, 28-30 million people speak and understand Assamese.|| 56
|-
| '''[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]], [[Ugric languages|Ugric]]|| 14,500,000 || 14.5 million (2006)|| <small>Official in</small> [[Hungary]], [[Serbia]] ([[Vojvodina]]), [[Slovenia]], [[Austria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[United States]], [[Israel]]</small><br />14 million native (1995) || 57
|-
| '''[[Zhuang language|Zhuang]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| 14 million || 14 million || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Guangxi]])<br />14 million native (1992), unknown number second language || 58
|-
| '''[[Madurese language|Madurese]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]]|| 13,694,000 ||13,694,000 ||<small>Native to</small> [[Indonesia]] <small>(Originally [[Java]], [[Madura]]) || 59
|-
| '''[[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| 13,220,000 || 13.2 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Sri Lanka]]. <small>Significant communities in [[United Arab Emirates]]<br />13 million native, 2 million second language, = 15 million total (1993) || 60
|-
| '''[[Greek language|Greek]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], Greek|| 12 million || 12 million || <small>Official in</small> [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Albania]], [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Russia]], [[South Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United States|USA]]. </small><br />12 million (2004), up to 10–12 million more second language || 61
|-
| '''[[Czech language|Czech]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West]]|| 12 million (2006) || 12 million (1990 WA). ||<small>Official in</small> [[Czech Republic]]. || 62
|-
| '''[[Fula language|Fula]]/Fulfulde''' || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]], Northern, [[Senegambian languages|Senegambian]] || ~13 million (all varieties) || 11,428,700  || <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]]. <small>National language in</small> [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Benin]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Mauritania]], [[Sierra Leone]].|| 63
|-
| '''[[Shona language|Shona]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| 7,000,000 || 14 million || <small>National language of</small> [[Zimbabwe]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Botswana]], [[Mozambique]].<br />15 million native, 1.8 million second language, = 16–17 million total, including [[Ndau]], [[Manyika language|Manyika]] (2000 A. Chebanne) || 64(10.5 million)
|-
| '''[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]], [[Barito languages|Barito]]|| 9,398,700 || 10.5 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Madagascar]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mayotte]].<br />17 million || 65(10 million)
|}

== 2 to 10 million native speakers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3>Microsoft Encarta 2006, [http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html Languages Spoken by More Than 10 Million People] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304221102/http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html |date=2007-03-04 }}.</ref>
! Number of speakers
! Ranking by number of native speakers
|-
| '''[[Somali language|Somali]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Somalia]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Djibouti]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Canada]], [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Sweden]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]], [[Yemen]].10-16 million native and at least 500,000 second-language speakers.million (2004 WCD) || 9.8 million (2006)||  || 66
|-
| '''[[Zulu language|Zulu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]], [[Swaziland]] || 9.6 million (2006)|| 9.6 million native, ~16 million second language, = ~25 million total (1996 census) || 67
|-
| '''[[Quechua language|Quechua]]''' ||[[Quechuan languages|Quechuan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Bolivia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Argentina]]</small> || 8.3 million (2006)|| 10.4 million, all varieties || 68
|-
| '''[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Southern || <small>Official in</small> [[Kazakhstan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Xinjiang]]), [[Russia]], [[Mongolia]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] || 8.2 million (2006) || 12 million || 69
|-
| '''[[Tibetan language|Tibetan]]''' ||  [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Southern || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] <small>([[Tibet Autonomous Region]] and part of Qinghae, Sichuan, Gansu). Significant communities in [[India]] || 7.1 million (2006) || 7.6 million || 70
|-
| '''[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], Western, [[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern]]|| 37,000,000 || || <small>Official in</small> [[Iraq]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Armenia]], [[Iran]], [[Syria]], [[Turkey]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Germany]], [[Lebanon]]. || 71
|-
| '''[[Tajik language|Tajik]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Tajikistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Uzbekistan]] || 4.4 million. || 7.9-17 million native (estimates vary due to lack of official data, moreover these exclude Tajiks of Afghanistan) || 72
|-
| '''[[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (Nyanja)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malawi]], [[Zambia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mozambique]], [[Zimbabwe]]. || || 9.3 million native (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk), 0.4 million second language (1999 WA), = 9.7 million total || 73
|-
| '''[[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[creole language|Creole]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Haiti]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Bahamas]], [[Canada]] ([[Quebec]]), [[Cuba]], [[Cayman Islands]] ([[British overseas territory|UK]]), [[Dominican Republic]], [[France]] ([[Guadeloupe]]), [[United States]] ([[Connecticut]], [[Florida]], [[New Jersey]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New York (state)|New York]]). || 7.4 million (2006) || 12 million (2005) || 74
|-
| '''[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[East Slavic languages|East]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Belarus]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kazakhstan]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Ukraine]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]] || 10.2 million (2006)|| 9.1 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 75
|-
| '''[[Lombard language|Lombard]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small>Native to </small> [[Italy]] || -- || 5 million [[Western Lombard]] + 3 million [[Eastern Lombard]] + others = 9.13 million (Ethnologue 2006) || 76
|-
| '''[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic]], North Central|| <small>Official in</small> [[Israel]]. <small>Significant communities in [[USA]] ([[New York]], [[California]]) and [[Gibraltar]]. || 9.42 million (2006) ||~up to 10.0 million speakers including 2nd language speakers || 77
|-
| '''[[Swedish language|Swedish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]] || <small>National language of</small> [[Sweden]]. <small>National language in</small> [[Finland]]. || 9 million (2006)|| 8.8 million (1986), ~9 million (2005) || 78
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| '''[[Kongo language|Kongo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Angola]], [[Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville]] (Kituba), [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]]. || 4.7 million (2006) || 8.7 million, all varieties, including [[Yombe language|Yombe]] and creolized [[Kituba language|Kituba]] (1986–2002) (dated data) || 79
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| '''[[Akan language|Akan]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Ghana]] || 7 million (2006)|| 8.3 million native, ~1 million second language, = ~10 million total (2004 SIL) || 80
|-
| '''[[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || || 7.8 million native, 0.7 million second language, = 8.5 million total (1991 UBS). Includes 1.5 million [[Luba-Katanga|Kiluba]]. || 81
|-
| '''[[Ilokano language|Ilokano]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]]. <small>Significant communities in [[United States]] ([[Hawaii]]). || 8 million (2006)|| 7.7 million native (2000 census), ~2.3 second language = 10 million total || 82
|-
| '''[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], Southeastern, Eastern|| <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Xinjiang]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Kazakhstan]] || 7.6 million (2006) || 7.6 million || 83
|-
| '''[[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small> Native to </small> [[Italy]] || -- || 7.5 million native|| 84
|-
| '''[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Bulgaria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Moldova]], [[Ukraine]], the [[Republic of Macedonia]], [[Greece]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[UK]], [[USA]]</small>|| 9 million (2006) || 7.7 million in Bulgaria (2005) and ~1 million abroad = 8.5 million native || 85
|-
| '''[[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Rwanda]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || || 7.3 million (1998) || 86
|-
| '''[[Khmer language|Khmer]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Mon-Khmer]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]] || 7,039,200 || 8 million (2006) || <small>Official in</small> [[Cambodia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Thaeland]], [[United States]] ([[California]]), [[Vietnam]]<br />14 million native, 1 million second language, = 15 million total (2004) || 87
|-
| '''[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]] || 6.9 million (2006) || 7.2 million (1996 census) || 88
|-
| '''[[Balochi language|Balochi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]]|| <small>Native to</small> [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Oman]], [[United Arab Emirates]]</small> || 7 million (2006)|| 7.0 million (1998) || 89
|-
| '''[[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 7 million (2006) || 6.9 million (2000 census), est. 4.1 million second language = ~11 million total || 90
|-
| '''[[Tigrigna language|Tigrinya]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic]], [[South Semitic languages|South]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] || 5.1 million (2006) || 4.5 million in Ethiopia (6% of abaadi (1994 census)), ~2.25 million in Eritrea (50% of abaadi (CIA)), = 6.75 million native, 146,934 as second language (1994 census), = 6.9 million total || 91
|-
| '''[[Catalan language|Catalan]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| <small>Official and Native to</small> [[Andorra]], [[Spain]] ([[Balearic Islands]], [[Catalonia]], [[Valencia (autonomous community)|Valencia]], [[Aragon]] ([[La Franja]])), [[France]] ([[Pyrénées-Orientales]]), [[Italy]] ([[Alghero]]). || 6.6 million (2006) || 6.7 million native, ~5 million second language, = ~12 million total (1996) (includes [[Valencian]]) || 92
|-
| '''[[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Malayic languages|Malayic]]|| [[Indonesia]] ([[Sumatra]])|| 6.5 million (2006)|| 6.5 million (1981 Moussay) (dated data) || 93
|-
| '''[[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Oghuz languages|Southwestern]], Eastern || <small>Official in</small> [[Turkmenistan]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]].</small> || 6.4 million (2006) || 6.4 million (1995) || 94
|-
| '''[[Makhuwa language|Makhuwa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Mozambique]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Tanzania]]</small> || 2.5 million (2006) || 6.4 million, all varieties, including [[Lomwe language|Lomwe]] || 95
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| '''[[Santali language|Santali]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] || 6.2 million (2006) || 6.2 million (1997) || 96
|-
| '''[[Albanian language|Albanian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], isolate|| <small>Official in</small> [[Albania]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Kosovo]] . <small>Significant communities in [[Greece]], [[Italy]].</small> || 6.0 million || 3.6 million (data from Albania) || 97
|-
| '''[[Armenian language|Armenian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], isolate|| <small>Official in</small> [[Armenia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Russia]], [[USA]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Armenian-Iranians|Iran]], [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[France]].</small> || 6 million (2006) || 6.7 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, etc.) || 98
|-
| '''[[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] <small> || <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Namibia]],[[Botswana]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]] and [[United Kingdom]]. || 6.0 million (2006)|| 6.0 million native, 10.3 million second language, = 16 million total (1996 census) || 99
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| '''[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Mongolian languages|Mongolian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Inner Mongolia]]), [[Mongolia]] || 5.7 million (2006) || 5.7 million || 100
|-
| '''[[Bhili language|Bhili]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 1.3 million (2006) || 5.6 million, all varieties (1994). Includes 1.6 million [[Wagdi language|Wagdi]], etc. || 101
|-
| '''[[Danish language|Danish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Denmark]], [[Faroe Islands]] (Denmark). <small>Significant communities in [[Germany]] ([[Southern Schleswig]]) and [[Greenland]]. || 5.3 million (2006) || 5.6 million (2006?) || 102
|-
| '''[[Finnish language|Finnish]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finnic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Finland]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Sweden]] and [[Estonia]].</small> || 6.1 million (2006) || 5.4 million (1993)|| 103
|-
| '''[[Tatar language|Tatar]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Northern || <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Tatarstan]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Bashkortostan]], [[Kazakstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] || 5.7 million (1989 USSR census)<ref>[http://lingsib.unesco.ru/ru/languages/statistics_ru.xls Народы и языки Российской Федерации. статистика]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{ru icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=TTR Ethnologue 14 on Tatar (version 15 gives data obviously invompatible with this and the next shown source)]</ref>, at least 5.34 million (2002 census: ethnic Tatars in Russia only)<ref>[http://lingsib.unesco.ru/ru/languages/statistics_ru.xls Народы и языки Российской Федерации. Статистика]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{ru icon}}</ref> || || 104
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| '''[[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || <small>Major language of</small> [[Kenya]] || 5.4 million (2006) || 5.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) || 105
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| '''[[Slovak language|Slovak]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Slovakia]] and [[Vojvodina]] district of [[Serbia]]. || 5.6 million (2006) || 5.0 million (1990 WA) || 106
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| '''[[More language|More]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Burkina Faso]] || 5.1 million (2006) || ~5 million (1991) || 107
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| '''[[Guarani language|Guarani]]''' ||[[Tupi languages|Tupi]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Paraguay]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Argentina]]. || 5.1 million (2006)|| 4.9 million (1995) || 108
|-
| '''[[Swahili language|Swahili]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Comoros]], [[Mayotte]], [[Oman]] || 5 million (2006)|| ~5 million native, ~80 million second language|| 109
|-
| '''[[Southern Quechua]] || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Official in [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]]</small>|| ~5,000,000 || || 110
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3 />
! Number of speakers
! Ranking by number of native speakers
|-
|-
| '''[[Kirundi language|Kirundi]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Burundi]]. || || 4.9 million (1986) (dated data) || 111
|-
| '''[[Sesotho language|Sesotho]] (southern)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Lesotho]], [[South Africa]]. || || 4.9 million (1996 census) || 112
|-
| '''[[Central Morocco Tamazight]]''' ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]], [[Northern Berber languages|Northern]] || 3,500,000<small>National language in </small>[[Algeria]], [[Mali]] and [[Niger]] ([[Tuareg]]s); unrecognized in [[Morocco]], [[Libya]] and [[Tunisia]]. <small>Large migrant communities in [[France]], [[Benelux]], [[Spain]] and [[Germany]] .</small> || 32.3 million (2006) || 37+ million (1998) || 113
|-
| '''[[Romani language|Romani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Significant communities in [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Iran]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Netherlands]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Turkey]] || 3.1 million (2006)|| 4.8 million, all varieties, including [[Domari language|Domari]] (data for Vlax 2002–2004; for Domari 2000 WCD). || 114
|-
| '''[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic languages|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Norway]]. || 5 million (2006) || 4.7 million (2006, Statistics Norway) || 115
|-
| '''[[Potwari language|Pahari-Potwari]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Pakistan]]: Areas of [[Pakistani administered Kashmir]] e.g. [[Mirpur District]], [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]]. Dialects include Pahari (Dhundi-Kairali), Pothwari (Potwari), Chibhali, Pindiwali, Punchhi (Poonchi), and Mirpuri.<ref>Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=phr "Ethnologue Report for Pahari-Potwari."] ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'', Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.</ref> (Mirpuri can also refer to [[Mirpur Punjabi]], a [[Lahnda languages|Lahnda language]]. Pahari-Potwari is related to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. ||  || 4.7 million, all varieties || 116
|-
| '''[[Tibetan language|Tibetan]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]],[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], Bodic || <small>Official in</small> [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]], [[Qinghae]], parts of [[Sichuan]], [[Gansu]]) || 1.3 million (2006) || 4.6 million, all varieties || 117
|-
| '''[[Kanuri language|Kanuri]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Saharan languages|Saharan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]], [[Nigeria]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Chad]] ([[Kanembu language|Kanembu]]) || || 4.4 million native, 0.5 million second language, = 4.9 million total (data mostly from 1985) (dated data) || 118
|-
| '''[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> and <small> native to</small> [[India]]. || 4.5 million (2006) || 4.6 million (1997) || 119
|-
| '''[[Bikol languages|Bikol]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 4.5 native, all varieties (2000 census), unknown number second language || 120
|-
| '''[[Yi language|Yi]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], Burmic || [[People's Republic of China]] || 4.2 million (2006)|| 7.8 million ethnic Yi (2000 census) || 121
|-
| '''[[Georgian language|Georgian]]''' ||[[Kartvelian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Israel]]. || 4.1 million (2006) || 4.2 million (1993 UBS) || 122
|-
| '''[[Qusqu-Qullaw]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || Official in [[Peru]] (Cusco and Puno departments) <small>Also spoken in [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]]</small> || 4 million || || 123
|-
| '''[[Tswana language|Tswana]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Botswana]], [[South Africa]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Namibia]] || 4 million (2006)|| 4.4 million native, 200,000 second language, = 4.6 million total (1993 Johnstone) (dated data) || 124
|-
| '''[[Umbundu language|Umbundu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]] || || ~4 million native, unknown number second language (1995 WA) || 125
|-
| '''[[Konkani language|Konkani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Goa]]).<small>Significant communities in</small> [[Uttara Kannada]],[[Dakshina Kannada]]. || 6 million (2006) || ~4 million (1999 WA) || 126
|-
| '''[[Balinese language|Balinese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Bali-Sasak languages|Bali-Sasak]]|| [[Indonesia]] ([[Bali]], [[Lombok]]) || 3.8 million (2006) || 3.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 127
|-
| '''[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]] (sePedi)''' ||[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Botswana]] || || 3.7 million (1996 census) || 128
|-
| '''[[Luyia language|Luyia]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 3.6 million (2006) || 3.6 million (1989 census) (dated data) || 129
|-
| '''[[Wolof language|Wolof]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[The Gambia]]. || 3.4 million (2006) || 3.6 million native (2002), unknown number second language || 130
|-
| '''[[Buginese language|Buginese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[South Sulawesi languages|South Sulawesi]]|| [[Indonesia]] || || 3.5 million native, 0.5 million second language, = ~4 million total (1991 SIL) || 131
|-
| '''[[Dholuo language|Luo]] (Dholuo)''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Kenya]] || 3.4 million (2006) || 3.5 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data) || 132
|-
| '''[[Maninka language|Maninka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Guinea]], [[Mali]]. <small>Significant numbers in [[Liberia]], [[Senegal]], [[Sierra Leone]]. || 2.5 million (2006) || 3.3 million, all varieties || 133
|-
| '''[[Mazanderani language|Mazanderani]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western]]|| [[Iran]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Gilaki) || 134
|-
| '''[[Gilaki language|Gilaki]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western]] || [[Iran]] || 3.3 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1993) (dated data) (numbers may be confused with or include Mazanderani) || 135
|-
| '''[[Shan language|Shan]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| [[Myanmar]] || 3 million (2006) || 3.3 million || 136
|-
| '''[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Mozambique]], [[Swaziland]]. ||3.2 million (2006) || 3.3 million (1989, 1996) (dated data) || 137
|-
| '''[[Galician language|Galician]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]. || <small> Official in</small> [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]]. || 3.2 million (2006) || 3.2 million (1986) (data dated) || 138
|-
| '''[[Lao language|Lao]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Laos]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Thaeland]]. || 3.2 million (2006) || ~19 million Lao-Phutai dialects (including [[Isan language|Isan]]) (data dated) || 139
|-
| '''[[Sukuma]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || 5 million (2006)|| 3.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 140
|-
| '''[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West]] || official in [[Russia]] ([[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]]) <small>Significant communities in [[Belarus]], [[Israel]], [[Latvia]], [[Ukraine]], [[USA]]. || 3 million (2006) || 3.2 million || 141
|-
| '''[[Jamaican Creole]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West]], [[creole language|Creole]]|| [[Jamaica]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Panama]], [[Costa Rica]] || 2.8 million (2006) || 3.2 million (2001) || 142
|-
| '''[[Piedmontese language|Piemonteis]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic languages|Italic]], [[Northern Italian languages|North]] || [[Italy]] <small>(official in the [[Piedmont]] region)</small>, [[Argentina]] || 3.1 million (2000) || 3.1 million (2000), might not include speakers in Latin America || 143
|-
| '''[[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Southern || <small>Official in</small> [[Kyrgyzstan]]. <small>Native to</small> [[Tajikistan]] || 3.1 million (2006) || 3.1 million (1993 UBS) (dated data) || 144
|-
| '''[[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 2.4 million|| 3.1 native (2000 census), unknown number second language || 145
|-
| '''[[Ewe language|Ewe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Togo]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]]. || 2.5 million (2006) || 3.1 million native, 500,000 second language, = 3.6 million total (2003)|| 146
|-
| '''[[South Bolivian Quechua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Official in [[Bolivia]], also spoken in [[Argentina]] || 3,637,500 (ethnologue)sout || || 147
|-
| '''[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Lithuania]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Latvia]]. || 4 million (2006) || 3.1 million (1998) || 148
|-
| '''[[Luganda language|Luganda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Uganda]] || || 3.0 million native (1991 census), ~1 million second language (1999 WA), = ~4 million total || 149
|-
| '''[[Lusoga language|Lusoga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Uganda]], <small>official status unclear/pending<small> || || +/- 3 million native speakers (2002 census), +/- 100,000 second-language speakers (dated data) || 150
|-
| '''[[Acehnese language|Acehnese]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Malayic languages|Malayic]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 3 million (2006) || ~3 million (1999 WA) || 151
|-
| '''[[Kimbundu language|Kimbundu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]] || || ~3 million (1999 WA) || 152
|-
| '''[[Hindko language|Hindko]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[Pakistan]] || 2.5 million (2006)|| ~3 million (1993) (dated data)|| 153
|-
| '''[[Ibibio language|Ibibio]]-[[Efik language|Efik]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Cross River]]|| <small>Efik official in</small> [[Nigeria]] || 1.5 million (2006)|| ~3 million, including [[Anaang language|Anaang]] (1990; 1998 B. Connell) (dated data)|| 154
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively, or as an immigrant language, by more than 1% of the abaadi
! Number of speakers
! Ranking by number of native speakers
|-
| '''[[Rajbangsi language|Rajbangsi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 3.0 million (1991 census)||155
|-
| '''[[Garhwali]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 2.9 million (2000)||156
|-
| '''[[Bambara language|Bambara]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]] || 2.8 million native, 10 million second language, = 13 million total||157
|-
| '''[[Hmong language|Hmong]]''' ||[[Hmong-Mien]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]]. <small>Significant communities in [[France]] ([[French Guiana]]), [[Laos]], [[United States]] ([[Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin]]), [[Vietnam]]</small> || 2.8 million (2006) <br /> ~4 million (Lemoine, 2005) || 158
|-
| '''[[Ometo language|Ometo]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Omotic]]|| [[Ethiopia]] || 2.8 million, all varieties, including [[Welayta language|Welayta]] (1998 census)||159
|-
| '''[[Indian Sign Language]]''' || [[Language isolate]] ([[Sign language]]) || [[Bangladesh]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 2.7 million in India, plus unknown number in Bangladesh, Pakistan (2003). Same language as [[Pakistani Sign Language]]||160
|-
| '''[[Malay-based creoles#Betawian Malay|Betawi creole]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Creole language|Creole]] || [[Indonesia]] || 2.7 million (1993 Johnstone)||161
|-
| '''[[Karen people|Karen]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], [[Karenic languages|Karenic]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[Thaeland]], [[India]] || 2.6 million, all varieties (dated data)||162
|-
| '''[[Gondi people|Gondi]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]] || 2.6 million (1997)||163
|-
| '''[[Senufo languages|Senoufo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]]. <small>Native to [[Burkina Faso]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. || 2.6 million, all varieties (1991, 1993, 2001) ||164
|-
| '''[[Kalenjin language|Kalenjin]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Kenya]] ||2.5 million (1989 census)||165
|-
| '''[[Kumauni]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 2.4 million in India (1998)||166
|-
| '''[[Kamba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 2.4 million native, 600,000 second language, = 3.0 million total (1989 census)||167
|-
| '''[[Luri language|Luri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western]]|| [[Iran]] || 2.4 million (1999, 2001)||168
|-
| '''[[K'iche' language|K'iche']]''' ||[[Mayan languages|Mayan]]|| [[Guatemala]] || 2.3 million (2000 SIL)||169
|-
| '''[[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 2.3 million (2000 census)||170
|-
| '''[[Bemba language|Bemba]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Zambia]] || 2.2 million (2006)<br /> 3.6 million native, unknown number second language (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) || 171
|-
| '''[[Central Aymara]]''' ||[[Aymaran languages|Aymaran]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]]. <small>Significant numbers in [[Argentina]]. || 2.2 million Central Aymara (1987)||172
|-
| '''[[Tiv language|Tiv]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantoid]]|| [[Nigeria]] || 2.2 million native, unknown number second language (1991 UBS) ||173
|-
| '''[[Brahui language|Brahui]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] || 2.2 million||174
|-
| '''[[Gbaya language|Gbaya]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ubangian]] || [[Central African Republic]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || 2.2 million, all varieties, including [[Ngbaka language|Ngbaka]] (2000 WCD)||175
|-
| '''[[Zarma language|Zarma]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Songhae]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]] || 2.2 million (1998)||176
|-
| '''[[Baoulé language|Baoulé]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || 2.1 million (1993 SIL)||177
|-
| '''[[Dogri language|Dogri]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Jammu and Kashmir]] states) || 2.1 million (1997)||178
|-
| '''[[Lingala language|Lingala]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]]. || 2.1 million native (2000 WCD), 7 million second language in Congo-Kinshasa (1999 WA), unknown additional second-language speakers in Congo-Brazzaville, = 9+ million total. According to Britannica (2005 Yearbook) more than 36 million people speak Lingala as lingua franca.||179
|-
| '''[[Sasak]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 2.1 million (1989)||180
|-
| '''[[Kurux language|Kurux]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]], [[Nepal]] || 2.1 million (1997)||181
|-
| '''[[Mundari language|Mundari]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| [[India]] || 2.1 million (1997)||182
|-
| '''[[Dinka language|Dinka]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Southern Sudan]] || 2+ million||183
|-
| '''[[Slovene language|Slovene]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]]. || 2.0 million (1991 census) plus minorities in Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy; several hundred thousand (100 000 - 200 000) in US, Canada and Australia ||184
|-
| '''[[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi languages|Sunda-Sulawesi]], [[Sumatran languages|Northern Sumatra]]|| [[Indonesia]] || 2 million (2006)<br /> ~6.2 million, all varieties (c. 1991 UBS) (dated data). Includes [[Toba language|Toba]], [[Dairi language|Dairi]], [[Simalungun language|Simalungun]], etc. || 185
|-
| '''[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[South Slavic languages|South]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Republic of Macedonia]] <small>, also sizeable communities in [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Albania]] || 2.0 million (1995) [https://web.archive.org/web/19990421103931/http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Mace.html]||186
|-
| '''[[Buyei]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || ~2 million (1990 census) ||187
|-
| '''[[Beti-Pahuin]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Major language of</small> [[Gabon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Cameroon]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]. || ~2 million. Includes [[Fang language|Fang]], [[Ewondo language|Ewondo]], etc.||188
|}

== 1 to 2 million native speakers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=12%|[[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] estimate<ref name=autogenerated3 />
! Ranking by number of native speakers
|-
| '''[[Zazaki language|Zazaki]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Western Iranian languages|Western]] || [[Turkey]] || 1.5–2.5 million (all dialects) (1998 Paul)||189
|-
| '''[[Occitan language|Occitan]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Monaco]] || 1,939,000 ||190
|-
| '''[[Tulu language|Tulu]]''' ||[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]|| [[India]] || 1.9 million (1997)||191
|-
| '''[[Ligurian language (Romance)|Ligurian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Italic]] || [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Monaco]] || 1,920,848||192
|-
| '''[[Sidamo language|Sidamo]]''' || [[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East]] || [[Ethiopia]] || 1.9 million native, 100,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (1998 census)||193
|-
| '''[[Bashkir language|Bashkir]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak languages|Northwestern]], Northern || <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Bashkortostan]]) || 1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||194
|-
| '''[[Yao (ethnic group in Africa)|Yao]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Malawi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Mozambique]] || ~1.9 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||195
|-
| '''[[Chuvash language|Chuvash]]''' ||[[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Chuvashia]]) || 1.8 million native, 200,000 second language, = 2.0 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||196
|-
| '''[[Ijaw languages|Ijaw]]''' ([[Izon language|Izon]]) ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ijoid languages]]|| Indigenous in [[Nigeria]] || 1.8 million (all varieties) (Izon 1 million)||197
|-
| '''[[Fon language|Fon]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Benin]] <small>Significant communities in [[Togo]] || 1.7 million native (2000 Hoddenbagh), unknown number second language||198
|-
| '''[[SiSwati language|SiSwati]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Lesotho]] || 1.7 million (1996 census, 1993 Johnstone)||199
|-
| '''[[Irish language|Irish]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]]|| Official in the [[Republic of Ireland]]; [[Northern Ireland]], Small communities in [[USA]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] || 1,656,790 (2006 Irish Census) [http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/PDR%202006%20Tables%2031-40.pdf]||200           
|-
| '''[[Latvian language|Latvian]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Latvia]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Australia]], [[USA]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[Brazil]]. || 1.6 million<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lav Ethnologue: Latvian]</ref>||201
|-
| '''[[Runyankole language|Nyankore]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Uganda]] || 1.6 million (1991 census)||202
|-
| '''[[Makasar language|Makasar]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || 1.6 million native, 400,000 second language, = 2 million total (1989) ||203
|-
| '''[[Gusii language|Gusii]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 1.6 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL)||204
|-
| '''[[Khandeshi language|Khandeshi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]] || 1.6 million (1997)||205
|-
| '''[[Ndebele language|Ndebele]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Zimbabwe]]. || 1.6 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||206
|-
| '''[[Chin people|Chin]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[India]] || 1.6 million (1990 BAP, 1996 UBS). All varieties, but ''not'' including [[Mizo language|Mizo]] etc.||207
|-
| '''[[Limburgish language|Limburgish]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]], [[Meuse-Rhenish]] ||<small>Official in</small> [[Netherlands]] (as a [[regional language]]). [[Belgium]] and [[Germany]] (no official status) || 1.6 million || 208
|-
| '''[[Vlax Romani language|Vlax Romani]]''' || Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan || [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Romania]], [[Albania]], [[Colombia]], [[Hungary]] || 1.5 million||209
|-
| '''[[Sara language|Sara]]''' || [[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]], [[Bongo-Bagirmi languages|Bongo-Bagirmi]] || <small>National language of</small> [[Chad]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Central African Republic]]. || 1.5 million native, all varieties, large number second-language speakers (dated data)||210
|-
| '''[[Pangasinan language|Pangasinan]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 1.5 million (2000 census)||211
|-
| '''[[Tonga language|Tonga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Zambia]], [[Zimbabwe]] || 1.5 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||212
|-
| '''[[Lampung language|Lampung]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || ~1.5 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) ||213
|-
| '''[[Sardinian language|Sardinian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Italy]] ([[Sardinia]]) || ~1.5 million (1977 M. Ibba, Rutgers University) ||214
|-
| '''[[Scots language|Scots]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic languages|West]] || [[Scotland]], <small>Significant communities in [[Northern Ireland]] || ~1.5 million native (General Register Office for Scotland, 1996)||215
|-
| '''[[Dong language|Dong]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Kam-Sui]] || [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.5 million||216
|-
| '''[[Mende language|Mende]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Sierra Leone]] || 1.5 million native, unknown number second language (1987 UBS) ||217
|-
| '''[[Tày language|Tày]]''' ||[[Kradai]], [[Kam-Tai]], [[Tai languages|Tai]] || [[Vietnam]] || 1.5 million in Viet Nam (1999 census)||218
|-
| '''[[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]]''' ||[[Uto-Aztecan]], isolate|| [[Mexico]] || 1.4 million (all varieties) (dated data)||219
|-
| '''[[Afar language|Afar]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]], [[East Cushitic languages|East]] || [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Djibouti]] || 1.4 million (1998 census)||220
|-
| '''[[Dagbani language|Dagbani]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur languages|Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]] || 1.4 million, including [[Kusaal language|Kusaal]], [[Mampruli language|Mampruli]] (2004 SIL)||221
|-
| '''[[Koli]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 1.4 million, all varieties (some data dated)||222
|-
| '''[[Chiga language|Chiga]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Uganda]] || 1.4 million (1991 census) ||223
|-
| '''[[Chechen language|Chechen]]''' ||[[Caucasian languages|Caucasic]], [[North Central Caucasian|Nakh]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Chechnya]]). || 1.33 million (2002 census) ||224
|-
| '''[[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malawi]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Zambia]] || 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||225
|-
| '''[[Iu Mien language|Iu Mien]]''' ||[[Hmong-Mien]], [[Yao people|Yao]]|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.3 million, all varieties (1995 Wang and Mao)||226
|-
| '''[[Meru language|Meru]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Kenya]] || 1.3 million (1994 I. Larsen BTL) (dated data)||227
|-
| '''[[Gogo language|Gogo]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || ~1.3 million (1992 UBS) (dated data)||228
|-
| '''[[Teso language|Teso]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]]|| [[Uganda]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Kenya]] || 1.3 million (1991 census)||229
|-
| '''[[Meithei]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[India]] ([[Manipur]]) || 1.3 million (1997)||230
|-
| '''[[Tamang language|Tamang]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Nepal]] || 1.3 million||231
|-
| '''[[Makonde]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]], [[Mozambique]] || 1.3 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||232
|-
| '''[[Bai]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]], unclassified|| [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 1.2 million (2003)||233
|-
| '''[[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]], [[Tamasheq languages|Southern]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Niger]]. <small>National language of</small> [[Mali]]. || 1.2 million (1991–1998)||234
|-
| '''[[Mandinka language|Mandinka]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]]. || 1.2 million (2002)||235
|-
| '''[[Dioula language|Jula]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>Native to</small> [[Burkina Faso]], <small>Significant communities in [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || ~1.2 million native, 3–4 million second language||236
|-
| '''[[Temne language|Temne]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Sierra Leone]] || ~1.2 million native, 200,000 second language, = ~1.4 million total (1989 J. Kaiser)||237
|-
| '''[[Haya language|Haya]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]] || ~1.2 million (1991 UBS)||238
|-
| '''[[Serer]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Gambia]]. || 1.2 million (2002)||239
|-
| '''[[Beja language|Beja]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Cushitic]] or isolate|| [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] || 1.2 million (1982 SIL) ||240
|-
| '''[[Nyamwezi language|Nyamwezi]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || [[Tanzania]] || 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||241
|-
| '''[[Abron language|Abron]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]|| [[Ghana]] || 1.2 million (2003)||242
|-
| '''[[Alur language|Alur]]''' || [[Nilo-Saharan]], [[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]], [[Nilotic]] || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || 1.2 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||243
|-
| '''[[Sena language|Sena]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] || [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]] || 1.2 million, all varieties||244
|-
| '''[[Azande]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Ubangian]]|| [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Southern Sudan]], [[Central African Republic]] || 1.1 million (dated data)||245
|-
| '''[[Walloon language|Walloon]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| [[Belgium]] || 1.1 million (1998)||246
|-
| '''[[Anyi language|Anyi]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]], [[Kwa]] || [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Ghana]] || 1.2 million (1993 SIL)||247
|-
| '''[[Malvi language|Malvi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[India]] || 1.1 million (1997)||248
|-
| '''[[Hiraya|Kinaray-a]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]] || [[Philippines]] || 1.1 million native (2000 census)||249
|-
| '''[[Soninke language|Soninke]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language in</small> [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Senegal]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Burkina Faso]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Gambia]]. || 1.10 million (1991) ||250
|-
| '''[[Ho language|Ho]]''' ||[[Austro-Asiatic]], [[Munda languages|Munda]]|| [[India]] || 1.08 million (1997)||251
|-
| '''[[Estonian language|Estonian]]''' ||[[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]], [[Finnic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Estonia]] || 1.08 million (1989 census)||252
|-
| '''[[Nyakyusa]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]] || 1.05 million (1992 UBS)||253
|-
| '''[[Gwari language|Gwari]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Nupoid languages|Nupe]]|| [[Nigeria]] || 1.05 million (1991 SIL, 2002 SIL)||254
|-
| '''[[Lugbara language|Lugbara]]''' ||[[Nilo-Saharan]], [[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]], [[Moru-Madi languages|Moru-Madi]] || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]], [[Uganda]] || 1.04 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL) ||255
|-
| '''[[Basque language|Basque]]''' ||[[Language isolate]], [[Euskadi]] and [[Navarre]] ([[Spain]]) and [[Iparralde]] ([[France]]) || [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]] || 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk, 1983 SIL)||256
|-
| '''[[Naga (people)|Naga]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[India]] || 1.03 million, all varieties (1997)||257
|-
| '''[[Susu language|Susu]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Mande]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Guinea]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Sierra Leone]]. || 1.03 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||258
|-
| '''[[Tausug language|Tausug]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine || [[Philippines]] <small>Significant communities in [[Indonesia]] ([[Kalimantan]]), [[Malaysia]] ([[Sabah]]) || 1.02 million native (2000 census)||259
|-
| '''[[Chokwe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Angola]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || 1.01 million (1990 UBS)||260
|-
| '''[[Kabardian language|Kabardian]]''' ||[[Caucasian languages|Caucasic]], [[Northwest Caucasian|Circassian]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Russia]] ([[Kabardino-Balkaria]]). <small>Significant communities in [[Karachay-Cherkessia]], [[Turkey]] || 1.01 million (1993 UBS, 2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) ||261
|-
| '''[[Ryūkyū language|Ryūkyū]]''' ||[[Japonic languages|Japonic]], [[Ryūkyūan languages|Ryūkyūan]]|| [[Japan]] || 1.01 million, all varieties (2000 WCD)||262
|-
| '''[[Maguindanao language|Magindanaw]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine|| [[Philippines]] || 1.0 million native (2000 census), unknown number second language||263
|-
| '''[[Maranao language|Maranao]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], Borneo-Philippine || [[Philippines]] || 1.0 million native (2000 census)||264
|-
| '''[[Ancash Quechua]]''' || [[Waywash]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 1.0 million speakers||265
|-
| '''[[Welsh language|Welsh]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Brythonic]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Wales]] <small> Also spoken by isolated abaadis in</small> [[Argentina]] <small>and</small> [[England]] and</small> [[United States]].|| 1.0 million speakers ||266
|-
| '''[[Songe language|Songe]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]] || ~1 million (1991 WA) ||267
|-
| '''[[Rejang language|Rejang]]''' ||[[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[Indonesia]] || ~1 million (1981 Wurm and Hattori) ||268
|-
| '''[[Edo language|Bini]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Edoid languages|Edoid]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Nigeria]] || ~1 million (1999 WA)||269
|-
| '''[[Ebira]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Nupoid languages|Nupe]]|| [[Nigeria]] || ~1 million (1989 J. Adive) ||270
|-
| '''[[Dagaare language|Dagaare]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Gur]]|| <small>National language of</small> [[Ghana]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Burkina Faso]]. || ~1 million (2003)||271
|-
| '''[[Gujari language|Gujari]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Afghanistan]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] || 0.99 million (2000 WCD)||272
|-
| '''[[Tharu]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]|| [[Nepal]] || 0.99 million, all varieties||273
|-
| '''[[Venda language|Venda]]''' ||[[Niger-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[South Africa]] || 0.96 million (1996 census)||274
|-
| '''[[Arakanese language|Arakanese]]''' ||[[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]|| [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]] || 0.95 million (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk)||275
|}

== 100,000 to 1 million speakers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Yucatán Maya]]''' || [[Mayan languages|Mayan]], [[Yucatecan]], [[Yucatec-Laca]] || [[Mexico]], [[Belize]] || 705,000
|-
| '''[[Ossetic language|Ossetic]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Iranian languages|Iranian]], [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern]], [[Northeastern Iranian languages|Northeastern]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] <small>Official in [[North Ossetia]], [[South Ossetia]])</small>, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]] || ~700,000
|-
| '''[[Ndonga language|Ndonga]]''' || Bantu || Spoken in [[Namibia]], [[Angola]] || 690,000
|-
| '''[[Kwanyama]]''' || [[Niger-Congo]] || Angola, Namibia || 671,000
|-
| '''[[Mari language|Mari]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]] || [[Russia]] <small>(Official in [[Mari El]])</small> || 600,569
|-
| '''[[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Netherlands]] ([[Friesland]]).|| 600,000 fluent speakers in 2004<br />700,000 (Ethnologue 1976)
|-
| '''[[Avar language|Avar]]''' || [[North Caucasian]] (disputed), [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Avar-Andic]] || Official in [[Russia|Russia's]] [[Republic of Dagestan]] <small> Also spoken in the rest of Russia, [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Turkey]] || ~600,000
|-
| '''[[Friulian language|Friulian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]] || [[Italy]] || ~600,000
|-
| '''[[Lozi language|Lozi]]''' || Niger-Congo || Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe || 550,000
|-
| '''[[Udmurt language|Udmurt]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-Permic]], [[Permic]] || [[Russia]] <small>(Official in [[Udmurtia]])</small>, [[Kazakhstan]] || 550,000
|-
| '''[[Kalmyk language|Kalmyk]]''' || [[Altaic]] (controversial), [[Mongolic]], [[Kalmyk-Oirat]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] ([[Kalmykia]]), [[China]], [[Mongolia]] || 518,500
|-
| '''[[American Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]]|| <small>No official status, used in [[USA]], [[Canada]] and [[Guatemala]]. Also used in varying degrees in [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Chad]], [[Gabon]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Mauritania]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Zimbabwe]].</small> || 100,000 to 500,000 in the USA [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ase]
|-
| '''[[Breton language|Breton]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Brythonic]] || <small>Native in [[Brittany]], no official status</small> || ≤ 500,000
|-
| '''[[Erzya language|Erzya]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]], [[Mordvinic]] || <small>Spoken in [[Russia]]</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Maltese language|Maltese]]''' ||[[Afro-Asiatic]], [[Semitic languages|Semitic]], South Central|| <small>Official in</small> [[Malta]], [[European Union]]. <small>Significant communities in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Gibraltar]]|| ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Moksha language|Moksha]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Finno-Ugric]], [[Finno-permic]], [[Finno-Volgaic]], [[Mordvinic]] || <small>[[Russia]] ([[Mordovia]])</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Zapotec language|Zapotec]]''' || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Zapotecan]] || Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla Guerrero) <small>Also spoken in [[USA]]</small> || ~500,000
|-
| '''[[Fiji Hindi]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]||[[Fiji]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[USA]], [[Canada]]||460,000
|-
| '''[[Fijian]]''' ||[[Austronesian Languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]||[[Fiji]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Other Pacific Islands]]||455,000
|-
| '''[[Lezgian language|Lezgian]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Lezgic]] || Spoken in [[Russia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkey]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Uzbekistan]] || 450,000
|-
| '''[[Hakha-China language|Hakha-Chin]]''' || Sino-Tibetan || Burma, India, Bangladesh || 446-264
|-
|-
| '''[[Limbu language|Limbu]]''' || Sino-Tibetan || official in [[Nepal]], [[India (Sikkim)]], significant communities in [[Bhutan]], [[Assam (India)]]|| 441,633
|-
| '''[[Mapudungun]]''' || [[language isolate]] || <small>Significant communities in [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]</small>|| 440,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Dargin language|Dargin]]''' || [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]] (geographical convention), [[North Caucasian languages|North]] (disputed), [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast]] || <small>Spoken in [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]]</small> || 439,000
|-
| '''[[Ingush language|Ingush]]''' || [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian]] ''(disputed)'', [[North Caucasian languages|North]] ''(disputed)'', [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast]], [[Nakh languages|Nakh]], [[Veinakh (Chechen-Ingush)]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] ([[Ingushetia]], [[Chechnya]]) || 415,000
|-
| '''[[Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Huasteca]] || [[Mexico]] || 410,000
|-
| '''[[Karachay-Balkar language|Karachay-Balkar]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak]], [[Kypchak-Cuman]] || Official languages of Russian areas of [[Kabardino-Balkaria]] and [[Karachay-Cherkessia]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Buryat language|Buryat]]''' || Altaic, Mongolic, Northern || [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Russia]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Western Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Huasteca]] || [[Mexico]] || 400,000
|-
| '''[[Corsican language|Corsican]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], [[Italo-Dalmatian]] || <small>Native in</small> [[Corsica]].|| 100,000-402,000
|-
| '''[[Aklanon language|Aklanon]]''' ||[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Borneo-Philippines languages|Borneo-Philippines]], [[Central Philippine languages|Central Philippine]], [[Visayan languages|Visayan]], [[Western Visayan languages|Western Visayan]], [[Aklan languages|Aklan]], || <small>Native in</small> the [[Philippines]]. <small>|| 394,545
|-
| '''[[Dhivehi]]''' / '''[[Mahl language|Mahl]]''' ||[[Indo-Aryan]]|| Official in[[The Maldives]], [[Minicoy Island]](India).|| 379,200
|-
| '''[[Samoan language|Samoan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Nuclear MP]] || Official in [[Samoa]] and [[American Samoa]] (United States) || 370,337
|-
| '''[[Sakha language|Sakha]]''' || Altaic, Turkic, Northern Turkic || Russia || 363,000
|-
| '''[[Awngi language|Awngi]]''' || Afro Asiatic, Cushitic, Central || Ethiopica (Agew Awi Zone, Amhara Region) || 356,980
|-
| '''[[Irish language|Irish]]''' || [[Gaelic languages|Gaelic]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]] || Official in the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]], spoken by communities in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]]. || 350,000
|-
| '''[[Komi language|Komi]]''' || [[Uralic]], [[Permic]] || Spoken in [[Russia]] <small>([[Komi Republic]], [[Perm Krai]]</small> || 350,000
|-
| '''[[Mazahua language|Mazahua]]''' || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Otopamean]], [[Otomian]] || [[Mexico]] || 350,000
|-
| '''[[Papiamento]]''' || [[Portuguese Creole]] || Official in [[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]] || 329,000
|-
| '''[[Pontic Greek]]''' || [[Indo-European]], [[Greek language|Greek]] || Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey || 324,535
|-
| '''[[Japanese Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || <small>no official status</small> || 320,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic|North]] || <small>Official in</small> [[Iceland]]. <small>Small community in</small> [[Gimli, Manitoba|Gimli]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]].|| 310,000
|-
| '''[[Wayuu language|Wayuu]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Northern Maipuran]], [[Caribbean]] || <small>Significant communities in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]]</small> || 305,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Aromanian language|Aromanian]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Eastern Romance]] || [[Greece]], [[Albania]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] || 300,000-700,000
|-
| '''[[Adyghe language|Adyghe]]''' || Caucasian (disputed), [[North Caucasian]] (disputed), [[Northwest Caucasian]], [[Circassians|Circassian]] || Official in [[Russia|Russia's]] [[Republic of Adygea]], <small>Significant communities in the rest of Russia, [[Turkey]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]], [[Israel]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Iraq]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[Laz language|Laz]] || [[Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]] || [[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Germany]], [[Adjaria]], [[Greece]] || 300,000-500,000
|-
| '''[[Wanka Quechua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[Luxembourgish]]''' || [[West Central German]] group of [[High German languages]] || Official in [[Luxembourg]] || 300,000
|-
| '''[[French Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || <small>spoken in [[France]], no official status. French Sign Language is related to [[Dutch Sign Language]] (NGT), [[German Sign Language]] (DGS), [[Flemish Sign Language]] (VGT), [[Belgian-French Sign Language]] (LSFB) [[Irish Sign Language]] (ISL), [[American Sign Language]] (ASL), and [[Quebec Sign Language]] (LSQ).</small> || 80,000 - 300,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Kumyk language|Kumyk]]''' || [[Altaic]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], [[Kypchak]], [[Kypchak-Cuman]] || [[Russia]] <small>[[Dagestan]]</small> || 282,000
|-
| '''[[Nama language|Nàmá]]''' ||[[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]], [[List of Khoisan languages|Khoe]], Khoekhoe, North Khoekhoe|| <small>Official in</small> [[Namibia]]. <small>|| 250,000
|-
| '''[[Central Huasteca Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 200,000
|-
| '''[[Kenyan Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]]|| [[Kenya]] || ~200,000
|-
| '''[[Tuvan language|Tuvan]]''' || Altaic, Turkic, Northeastern || Mongolia, Russia, China || 200,000
|-
| '''[[Miskito language|Miskito]]''' || [[Misumalpan]] || Nicaragua, Honduras || 183,400
|-
| '''[[Navajo language|Navajo]]''' || [[Na-Dené]], [[Athabaskan]], [[Southern Athabaskan]] || Spoken in the [[USA]] <small>(Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)</small> || 178,000
|-
| '''[[Māori language|Maori]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Oceanic]], [[Tahitic languages]] ||<small>Official language of</small> [[New Zealand]]/[[Aotearoa]] || 165,000 fluent speakers (New Zealand Census, 2006. [[Statistics New Zealand]]).
|-
| '''[[Amis language|Amis]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 137,651
|-
| '''[[Ngäbere]]''' || [[Chibchan]], [[Guaymi]] || Spoken in [[Panamá]] || 133,092 (1990 Panama Census)
|-
| '''[[Herero language|Hererro]]''' || Niger-Congo || Namibia, Botswana || 130,000
|-
| '''[[Chamula Tzotzil]]''' || [[Maya languages|Mayan]], [[Cholan-Tzeltalan]], [[Tzeltalan]] || [[Mexico]] || 130,000
|-
| '''[[Abkhaz]]'''|| ([[North Caucasian]], linked closely to Indo-European, or possibly related to Hattic) (all disputed)), [[Northwest Caucasian]], [[Abkhaz-Abaza]]|| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Abkhazia]], diasporal communities elsewhere|| about 125000
|- 
| '''[[Highland Puebla Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 125,000
|-
| '''[[Highland Totonac]]''' || [[Totonacan]], [[Totonac]] || [[Mexico]] || 120,000
|-
| '''[[Lak language|Lak]]''' || [[North Caucasian]], [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]] || [[Russia]] <small>([[Southern Dagestan]])</small> || 120,000
|-
| '''[[Orizaba Nahuatl]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]], [[Southern Uto-Aztecan]], [[Aztecan]], [[General Aztec]], [[Aztec]] || [[Mexico]] || 120,000
|-
| '''[[P'urhépecha language|P'urhépecha]]''' || [[Language isolate]] || [[Mexico]] <small>Michoacán</small> || ~120,000
|-
| '''[[Tahitian language|Tahitian]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Central-Eastern MP]], [[Eastern MP]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]], [[Central E. Polynesian]], [[Tahitic]] || [[France]] <small>([[French Polynesia]])</small>|| 120,000
|-
| '''[[Karelian language|Karelian]]''' || [[Uralic]] || [[Russia]] || 118,000
|-
| '''[[Komi-Permyak language|Komi-Permyak]] || [[Uralic]] || [[Russia]] || 116,000
|-
| '''[[Pardhan language|Pardhan]] || [[Gondi language|Gondi]] || No official status, spoken in [[India]] || 116,919
|-
| '''[[Franco-Provençal language|Franco-Provençal]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]] (SIL), [[Oïl]] (SIL), [[Southeastern]]{{dn}} (SIL) || [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[France]] || ~113,000
|-
| '''[[Tongan language|Tongan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]]... || Official in [[Tonga]] || 105,319
|-
| '''[[Bachajón Tzeltal]]''' || [[Mayan languages|Mayan]], [[Cholan-Tzeltalan]], [[Tzeltalan]] || [[Mexico]] || 100,000
|-
| '''[[Ladino language|Ladino]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Ibero-Romance]], [[West Iberian Romance|West Iberian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [[Israel]], [[Turkey]] ||109,000
|-
| '''[[Gilbertese language|Gilbertese]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]]... || Official in [[Kiribati]] || 102,000
|-
| '''[[Spanish Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || [[Spain]] || more than 100,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Mezquital Otomi]] || [[Oto-Manguean]], [[Otopamean]], [[Otomian]] || [[Mexico]], [[USA]] || 100,000
|-
| '''[[Tabasaran language|Tabasaran]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], [[Lezgian]] || [[Russia]] <small>([[Southern Dagestan]])</small> || 95,905
|-
| '''[[Mexican Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]]|| <small>no official status</small> || 87,000-100,000 signers
|-
| '''[[Esperanto]]||Vocabulary from [[Romance languages|Romance]] and [[Germanic languages]]; phonology from [[Slavic languages]]||[[International auxiliary language]]|| estimated 100,000 to 2 million fluent speakers
|}

== 10,000 to 100,000 speakers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Mara language|Mara]]''' || [[Sino-Tibetan]], [[Kuki-Chin]](Central) || India- <small>Official in [[Mara Autonomous District Council]] </small> and Chin state, Myanmar || 94,000
|-
| '''[[Atayal language|Atayal]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 84,330
|-
| '''[[South Estonian language|South Estonian]]''' || Uralic || Estonia || 80,000
|-
| '''[[Altay language|Altay]]''' || Altaic, Turkic || Russia, Mongolia, China || 71,600
|-
| '''[[Võro language|Võro]]''' || [[Uralic languages|Uralic]], [[Baltic-Finnic languages|Baltic-Finnic]] [[South Estonian language|South Estonian]] || Estonia || 70 000
|-
| '''[[Nogai language|Nogai]]''' || Altaic, Turkic || Russia || 67,800
|-
| '''[[Faroese language|Faroese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[North Germanic|North]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Faroe Islands]]. <small>|| 60,000 - 80,000
|-
| '''[[Santiago del Estero Quichua]]''' || [[Quechuan]] || <small>Spoken in [[Argentina]]</small> || 66,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Paiwan language|Paiwan]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 61,000
|-
| '''[[Chamorro language|Chamorro]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Nuclear MP]], [[Sunda-Sulawesi]] || [[USA]] <small>([[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]])</small> || 60,000+
|-
| '''[[Khakas language|Khakas]]''' || Altaic || Russia || ~60,000
|-
| '''[[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Celtic languages|Celtic]], [[Goidelic]]|| <small>Official in</small> [[Scotland]]. <small>|| 58,652 speakers. Although 92,400 people aged three and over in Scotland had some Gaelic language ability in 2001<ref name="2001census">[http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/press/news2005/scotlands-census-2001-gaelic-report.html "News Release - Scotland's Census 2001 - Gaelic Report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522110328/http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/press/news2005/scotlands-census-2001-gaelic-report.html |date=2013-05-22 }} from General Registrar for Scotland website, 10 October 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2007</ref>
|-
| '''[[Thae Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || [[Thaeland]] || 56,000
|-
| '''[[Anishinaabe language|Ojibwe]]''' || [[Algonquian]]|| Canada and northern United States || 55,000
|-
| '''[[Leonese language|Leonese]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Iberian]], [[Leonese]], || Spain and Portugal || 55,000
|-
| '''[[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]]''' || [[Eskimo-Aleut]], [[Inuit]] || Official in Denmark (Greenland) || 54,000
|-
| '''[[Kashubian language|Kashubian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Slavic languages|Slavic]], [[West Slavic languages|West]], [[Pomeranian language|Pomeranian]] || Poland || 53,000
|-
| '''[[Quebec Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || Canada (Quebec) || 50,000-60,000
|-
| '''[[Cree language|Cree]]''' || [[Algonquin]] || Canada, United States || 50,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Sanskrit]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] ||chiefly [[India]], but also [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]]; <small>Used in religious practices in </small> [[Hinduism]]. || 49,736 fluent speakers ([[1991 Indian census]])
|-
| '''[[Western Argentine Guaraní]]''' || [[Guaranean]] || <small>[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 48,974 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Eastern Bolivian Guaraní]]''' || [[Tupi]], [[Tupi-Guarani]], [[Tupi-Guarani Subgroup I|Subgroup I]] || Official in [[Bolivia]], <small>Also spoken in [[Argentina]]</small> || 48,974 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Cook Islands Maori]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP), [[Central-Eastern MP]], [[Eastern MP]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]], [[Central E. Polynesian]], [[Tahitic]] || [[New Zealand]] </small>([[Cook Islands]])</small> || 42,669
|-
| '''[[Ticuna language|Ticuna]]''' || [[Language isolate]] || Peru, Brazil, Colombia || 40,000
|-
| '''[[Meänkieli]]''' || Dialect of [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Baltic-Finnic languages|Baltic-Finnic]], [[Uralic languages|Uralic]] || Sweden || 40,000—70,000
|-
| '''[[Aguaruna language|Aguaruna]]''' || [[Jivaroan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 38,290 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Bunun language|Bunun]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 38,000
|-
| '''[[Romansh language|Romansh]] ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]] || <small> Official in</small> [[Switzerland]]. || 35,000 native
|-
| '''[[Rutul language|Rutul]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia, Azerbaijan || +30,000
|-
| '''[[Ladin]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Italo-Western]], Western, [[Gallo-Iberian]], [[Gallo-Romance]], [[Gallo-Rhaetian]], [[Rhaetian]] || [[Italy]] || 30,000
|-
| '''[[Inuktitut]] || [[Eskimo-Aleut]], [[Inuit]] || Official in [[Canada]] || ~30,000
|-
| '''[[Llanito]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic|West]]|| <small>Vernacular of</small> [[Gibraltar]]. <small>Although widely understood in the surrounding </small> [[Campo de Gibraltar]] <small>area, in Spain.</small>|| 30,000 (Ethnologue 2006)
|-
| '''[[Evenki language|Evenki]]''' || Altaic, Tungusic || Russia, China, Mongolia || 29,000
|-
| '''[[Nenets language|Nenets]] || Uralic || Russia || 27,273
|-
| '''[[Mbyá Guaraní]]''' || [[Tupian]], [[Tupí-Guaraní]], [[Guaraní (I)]] || <small>[[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 27,000
|-
| '''[[Sioux language|Sioux]]''' || [[Siouan-Catawban]], [[Siouan]], [[Mississippi Valley]], [[Dakotan]] || [[USA]], [[Canada]] || 26,300
|-
| '''[[Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Argentina]]</small> || 25,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Asháninka language|Asháninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official language of [[Peru]] || 23,750 - 28,500 (2000 SIL)
|-
| '''[[Huichol language|Huichol]]''' || [[Uto-Aztecan]] || Mexico <small>(Nayarit, Zacatecas, Jalisco)</small> || 20,000
|-
| '''[[Taba language|Taba]]''' || Austronesian || Indonesia || 20,000
|-
| '''[[Warao language|Warao]]''' || [[Warao language|Warao]] || <small>[[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]]</small> || 18,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Nivaclé]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Paraguay]]</small> || 18,200 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Agul language|Agul]]''' || Northeast Caucasian, Lezgian || [[Russia]], [[Azerbaijan]] || 17,373 (1989 Census)
|-
| '''[[Kaiwá]]''' || || <small>[[Brazil]]</small> || 15,512 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Cherokee language|Cherokee]]''' || [[Iroquoian]], [[Southern Iroquoian]] || [[USA]] <small>(Oklahoma)</small> || 15,000-22,000
|-
| '''[[Northern Sami]]''' || Uralic || Norway, Finland, Sweden || 15,000—20,000
|-
| '''[[Mahl language|Mahl]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]], [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]], [[Insular Indo-Aryan]] || [[India]] || 15,000-20,000
|-
| '''[[Mirandese language|Mirandese]]''' || Indo-European,Italic,Romance,Italo-Western,Gallo-Iberian,Ibero-Romance,West Iberian, Astur-Leonese|| <small>[[Portugal]]</small> || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Tsez language|Tsez]]''' || North Caucasian || Russia || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay]]''' || [[Mataco-Guaicuru]] || <small>[[Argentina]]</small> || 15,000 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[ǃKung language|!Kung]]''' || Khoisian || Namibia, Angola || 15,000
|-
| '''[[Norwegian Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || Norway|| 4,000-15,000
|-
| '''[[Tuamotuan language|Tuamotuan]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]]... || [[France]] <small>([[French Polynesia]])</small> || 14,400
|-
| '''[[South Ucayali Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 13,000
|-
| '''[[Yaghnobi]] || [[Eastern Iranian]] || [[Tajikistan]] || 12,500
|-
| '''[[South African Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || [[South Africa]] || 12,200
|-
| '''[[Pajonal Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Pichis Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Khanty language|Khanty]]''' || Uralic || Russia || 12,000
|-
| '''[[Chiripá]]''' || [[Tupi]], [[Tupi-Guarani]], [[Tupi-Guarani Subgroup I|Subgroup I]] || <small>[[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]]</small> || 11,500 (ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Chayahuita]]''' || Cahuapanan || Official in [[Peru]] || 11,384 (2000, WCD)
|-
| '''[[Tuvaluan language|Tuvaluan]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern Oceanic]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific]], [[East Fijian-Polynesian]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Samoic]], [[Ellicean]] || [[Tuvalu]], [[Fiji]], [[Kiribati]], [[Nauru]], [[New Zealand]] || 10,670
|-
| '''[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]]''' ||[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Romance languages|Romance]]|| [[Huesca (province)|Huesca province]] ([[Spain]]).<small> No official status.</small> || 10,000 native, 30,000-50,000 with some knowledge (Dated data)
|-
| '''[[Central Alaskan Yup'ik language|Central Alaskan Yup'ik]]''' || [[Eskimo-Aleut]] || United States (Alaska) || ~10,000
|-
| '''[[North Frisian language|North Frisian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || Germany <small>(recognized minority language in [[Nordfriesland]])</small> || 10,000 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Míkmaq language|Míkmawísimk]]''' || [[Eastern Algonquian]]|| Canada and United States || About 10,000
|}

== Below 10,000 ==
{{See|list of endangered languages}}
{{Split section|list of endangered languages|date=September 2008}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Israeli Sign Language]]''' || Sign Language || Israel || ~10,000
|-
| '''[[Shor language|Shor]]''' || Altaic || Russia || 9,800
|-
| '''[[Zuni language|Zuñi]]''' || Isolate || United States (Arizona) <small>[[Zuni Pueblo|Zuñi pueblo]]</small> || 9,651
|-
| '''[[Huambisa]]''' || Jivaroan || Spoken in [[Peru]] || 9,333 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Lakota language|Lakota]]''' || [[Siouan-Catawban]], [[Siouan]], [[Mississippi Valley]], [[Dakotan]], [[Sioux]] || [[USA]] || 8,000-9,000
|-
| '''[[Chukchi language|Chukchi]]''' || Chukotko-Kamchatkan || Russia || 7,742
|-
| '''[[Huitoto languages|Huitotot]]''' || Bora-Huitoto, Huitoto-Ocaina || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in Colombia</small> || 7,378-8,162 <small>(Adelaar, 2004)</small>
|-
| '''[[Southern Aymara]]''' || [[Aymaran]] || Official in [[Peru]] <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 7,212 (2001 SIL)
|-
| '''[[Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka]] || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in [[Peru]] <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 7,212
|-
| '''[[Megleno-Romanian language|Megleno-Romanian]]''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Italic]], Romance, [[Eastern Romance]] || [[Greece]], [[Romania]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] || 5,000-12,000
|-
| '''[[Veps language|Veps]]''' || Uralic || Russia || 6,355
|-
| '''[[Western Desert Language]] || [[Pama-Nyungan]] || Australia || 6,103 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Flemish Sign Language]] || [[Sign Language]] || Belgium ([[Flanders]] and [[Brussels-Capital Region]]) || 6,000
|-
| '''[[Perené Ashéninka]]''' || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]], [[Southern Maipuran]], [[Pre-Andine]] || Official in Peru || 5,500
|-
| '''[[Achuar-Shiwiar]]''' || [[Jivaroan]] || Official in [[Peru]], <small>Also spoken in [[Ecuador]]</small> || 5,000
|-
| '''[[Cashibo-Cacataibo]]''' || [[Panoan]] || [[Peru]] || 5,000 (Ethnologue, 1999)
|-
| '''[[Finnish Sign Language]]''' || [[Sign Language]] || [[Finland]] || 5,000 (estimate)
|-
| '''[[Dolgan language|Dolgan]]''' || Altaic || Russia || ~5,000
|-
| '''[[Saisiyat language|Saisiyat]]''' || Austronesian || Taiwan || 4,750
|-
| '''[[Rapa Nui language|Rapa Nui (Easter Islander)]] || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Central Pacific]], [[East]], [[Polynesian languages|Polynesian]], [[Nuclear Polynesian]], [[Eastern Polynesian]] || [[Chile]] <small>([[Rapa Nui|Rapa Nui (Easter Island)]]) || 4,650
|-
| '''[[!Xóõ language|!Xóõ]]''' || Khoisian || Namibia, Botswana || 4,200
|-
| '''[[Ajyíninka Apurucayali]] || [[Arawakan]], [[Maipuran]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 4,000
|-
| '''[[Akhvakh]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 3,500
|-
| '''[[Koryak language|Koryak]]''' || Chukotko-Kamchatkan || Russia || 3,019
|-
| '''[[Jaqaru]]''' || Aymaran || Official in Peru || 3,009
|-
| '''[[Candoshi-Shapra]]''' || Language Isolate || Official in Peru || 3,000 (1991, SIL)
|-
| '''[[Yagua language|Yague]]''' || [[Peba-Yaguan]] || Official in [[Peru]] || 3,000-4,000 (''dated'')
|-
| '''[[Kala Lagaw Ya]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 3,000-4,000
|-
| '''[[Khinalug]]''' || [[Northeast Caucasian languages]] || Azerbaijan || 1,500 ~ 4,000
|-
| '''[[Ludic language|Ludic]] || [[Uralic]] || Russia <small>(Karelia)</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Inupiaq language|Inupiaq]]''' || [[Aleut]] || Canada || 3,500
|-
| '''[[Mansi language|Mansi]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>Khantia-Mansia</small> || 3,184
|-
| '''[[Carolinian language|Carolinian]]''' || [[Austronesian]], [[Malayo-Polynesian]], [[Central Eastern]], [[Eastern]], [[Oceanic]], [[Central-Eastern]], [[Remote Oceanic]], [[Micronesian]], [[Micronesian Proper]], [[Ponapeic-Trukic]] || [[United States]] <small>Official in [[Northern Mariana Islands]]</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Godoberi]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 3,000
|-
| '''[[Murui Huitoto]]''' || Witotoan, Witoto, Witoto Proper, Minica-Murui || Official in Peru, also spoken in Colombia || 2,900 (SIL, 1995)
|-
| '''[[Bora language|Bora]] || Witotan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in [[Colombia]] || 2,828
|-
| '''[[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]]<br /> (East Frisian)''' || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Germanic languages|Germanic]], [[West Germanic]], [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] || Germany <small>(recognized minority language in [[Saterland]], [[East Frisia]])</small> || 2,250<br />11,000 (Ethnologue)
|-
| '''[[Kven language|Kven]] || Uralic || Norway || 2,000-8,000
|-
| '''[[Cashinahua]]''' || Panoan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in Brazil</small> || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Inuinnaqtun]]''' || Aleut || Canada || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Lule Sami]]''' || Uralic || Norway, Sweden || 2,000
|-
| '''[[Arrernte language|Arrernte]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 1,500
|-
| '''[[Manx language|Manx Gaelic]]''' || Indo-European, Celtic, [[Goidelic]]|| Isle of Man || 1,750
|-
| '''[[Minica Huitoto]]''' || Witotoan || Official in Peru, <small>Also spoken in Colombia</small> || 1,705 (2000 WCD)
|-
| '''[[Selkup language|Selkup]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Yamalia)</small> || 1,570
|-
| '''[[Culina language|Culina]] || Arauan || Official in Peru <small>Also spoken in [[Brazil]]</small> || 1,303
|-
| '''[[Chipaya language|Chipaya]] || Uru-Chipaya || Official in Peru || 1,200
|-
| '''[[She language|She]] || Hmong-Mien || China || 1,200
|-
| '''[[Chickasaw language|Chickasaw]]''' || Muskogean || United States || 1,000
|-
| '''[[Walmajarri language|Walmajarri]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || 1,000
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Language
! Family
! width=35%|Official status and where spoken natively by more than 1% of the abaadi
! width=35%|Number of speakers
|-
| '''[[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman]]''' || Altaic-Turkic || Turkey || 900
|-
| '''[[Kildin Sami]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Murmansk Oblast, Karelia)</small> || 500
|-
| '''[[Nganasan language|Nganasan]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Taymyria)</small> || 500
|-
| '''[[Southern Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 500
|-
| '''[[Inari Sami]]''' || Uralic || Finland || 400
|-
| '''[[Skolt Sami]]''' || Uralic || Finland, Russia <small>(Karelia)</small> || 400
|-
| '''[[Ingrian language|Ingrian]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Ingria)</small> || 300
|-
| '''[[Washo language|Washo]]''' || Hokan || United States <small>([[Washoe County]], [[Nevada]])</small> || 252<ref name="washomla">[http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=99&county_id=&mode=state_tops&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&a=&ea=&order=a&ll=all Language Map Data Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
| '''[[Comanche language|Comanche]]''' || Uto-Aztecan || United States <small>(Oklahoma)</small> || 200
|-
| '''[[Hinukh]]''' || Northeast Caucasian || Russia <small>(Dagestan)</small> || 200
|-
| '''[[Livonian language|Livonian]]''' || Uralic || Latvia <small>(Livonia)</small> || 150
|-
| '''[[Tobian]] || Trukic || [[Palau]] (In the states of [[Hatohobei]] and [[Sonsorol]] and in the southern areas of Palau) || ≥100
|-
| '''[[Enets language|Enets]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Krasnoyarsk Krai)</small> || 70
|-
| '''[[Pitkern]] (Or Pitcairnese)'''|| Caribbean Creole || Pitcairn Island (and New Zealand)|| ≥70
|-
| '''[[Manchu language|Manchu]]''' || Altaic || Northern China (Heilongjian province), Southern Russia || ≥60
|-
| '''[[Pite Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 20
|-
| '''[[Ume Sami]]''' || Uralic || Sweden, Norway || 20
|-
| '''[[Votic language|Votic]]''' || Uralic || Russia || ≥20
|-
| '''[[Kayardild language|Kayardild]]''' || Pama-Nyungan || Australia || <10
|-
| '''[[Ter Sami]]''' || Uralic || Russia <small>(Murmansk Oblast)</small> || 10
|}

== Duusra websites ==
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp Ethnologue language name index]
* [http://www.info-facts.net Articles and Information on the Languages of the world] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129180845/http://www.info-facts.net/ |date=2009-11-29 }}
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== References ==

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