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Data source: Ulrich Ammon, University of Düsseldorf, Population Reference Bureau
| International Mother Language Day February 21st 2017 |
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Two-thirds of the world’s population speak one of these 12 languages as their mother tongue
English527 million
Chinese1.39 billion
Spanish 389 million
Hindi / Urdu588 million
Bengali250 million
Arabic467 million
German132 million
Japanese123 million
Italian67 million
Portuguese193 million
French118 million
Russian254 million