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NEEDS FURTHER VERIFICATION (2026-10-15, 2026-10-16)

English 1.5 billion total
Afrikaans South Africa + about 10% in Namibia
About 17 million total
Influences from Dutch, Malay, Portuguese and African languages
Arabic العربية
The Middle East, North Africa
Approximately 400 millions as first language
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Written right-to-left
Brasileiro
(Português)
About 210 million in Brazil
Chinese
(Simplified)
简体中文
Chinese:
China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau
About 1.2 billion
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Español Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea
About 560 million total
Farsi فارسی
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
About 110-130 million native speakers
Written right-to-left
Français France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and many African countries
About 310 million total
Hebrew עברית
Israel and Jewish communities worldwide
About 9 million
Hindi हिन्दी
India
About 610 million total
Íslenska Iceland
About 400,000
Retains many features of Old Norse
Italiano Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
About 65–70 million
Japanese 日本語
Japan
About 125 million
Korean 한국어
South Korea, North Korea
About 80–82 million
Kurdish
(Kurmanji)
کورمانجی
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Caucasus
About 15–20 million
Kurdish
(Sorani)
سۆرانی / کوردی
Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iran
About 6–8 million
Written right-to-left
Norsk Norway
About 5 million
Português Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
About 270 million total
Russian Русский
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
About 210 million total
One of the six official languages of the United Nations
Written in Cyrillic
Svenska Sweden and parts of Finland
About 10 million
Thai ภาษาไทย
Thailand
About 70 million
Ukrainian Українська
Ukraine
About 40 million
Written in Cyrillic