1) CHINESE: 1197 million native speakers (MANDARIN: 848 million) ...

2) SPANISH: 399 million. ...

3) ENGLISH: 335 million. ...

4) HINDI: 260 million. ...

5) ARABIC: 242 million. ...

6) PORTUGUESE: 203 million. ...

7) BENGALI: 189 million. ...

8) RUSSIAN: 166 million.

9) JAPANESE: 128 million

10) LAHNDA: 88.7 million

11) JAVANESE: 84.3 million

12) GERMAN: 78.1 million

13) KOREAN: 77.2 million

14) FRENCH: 75.9 million

15) AND 16. TELUGU: 74 MILLION AND MARATHI: 71.8 MILLION

17) TURKISH: 70.9 million

18) TAMIL: 68.8 million

19)VIETNAMESE: 67.8 million

20) URDU: 64 million