Today the world speaks 6,500 tongues, but their popularity is different. For instance, the English language serves as a primary means of communication for people from different nations, while others are distributed within small communities. Therefore, let us know which the top 10 languages by several native speakers are. All figures are estimates as it can be challenging to determine how many speakers exist of any given language.
Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion speakers)
English (983 million speakers)
Hindustani (544 million speakers)
Spanish (527 million speakers)
Arabic (422 million speakers)
Malay (281 million speakers)
Russian (267 million speakers)
Bengali (261 million speakers)
Portuguese (229 million speakers)
French (229 million speakers)













