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The top 20 oral languages by population (i.e., those with the most native speakers), according to the Ethnologue,were, in November 2000, as follows (numbers in millions):

  1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)
  2. Hindi (333 million)
  3. Spanish(332 million)
  4. English(322 million)
  5. Bengali(189 million)
  6. Arabic (186 million)
  7. Russian(170 million)
  8. Portuguese(170 million)
  9. Japanese(125 million)
  10. German (98 million)
  11. French (72 million)

  1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)
  2. Hindi (333 million)
  3. Spanish(332 million)
  4. English(322 million)
  5. Bengali(189 million)
  6. Arabic (186 million)
  7. Russian(170 million)
  8. Portuguese(170 million)
  9. Japanese(125 million)
  10. German (98 million)
  11. French (72 million)

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