English dominates globally with 1.5 billion speakers, nearly 300 million more than Mandarin Chinese.
Asian languages are highly represented, with Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Indonesian, Urdu, Japanese, Marathi, Vietnamese, Telugu, and Turkish making up over half of the top 20.
Spanish and French stand out as major global languages, reflecting both native speakers and strong international adoption. African languages are emerging on the global stage, with Nigerian Pidgin (120.7M) and Hausa (94.4M) among the top 20.
The gap between top and bottom languages in the ranking is wide. English has over 15 times more speakers than Turkish, which closes the top 20 list.
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