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  2. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...

  3. Cross-border language - Wikipedia

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    40% French- or Spanish- (erdara -, that is, non-Basque-) dominant bilinguals. 29% balanced bilinguals. 32% Basque-dominant bilinguals. Passive bilinguals. These are people who understand written and/or spoken Basque but who have little speaking ability. They represent 15.3% of the population. Official language or lingua franca monolinguals.

  4. List of multilingual countries and regions - Wikipedia

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    Falkland Islands, English is the official & dominant language. Spanish is spoken by a minority of the population who comes from Chile and Argentina. Guyana, English (official), Guyanese Hindustani (now mostly used among elders only from Indo-Guyanese community), Chinese, indigenous languages, and a small Portuguese-speaking community. The ...

  5. List of languages by number of native speakers - Wikipedia

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    The following languages are listed as having at least 50 million first-language speakers in the 27th edition of Ethnologue published in 2024. [7] This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties, such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese.

  6. Spanish language - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Romance language "Castilian language" redirects here. For the specific variety of the language, see Castilian Spanish. For the broader branch of Ibero-Romance, see West Iberian languages. Spanish Castilian español castellano Pronunciation [espaˈɲol] ⓘ [kasteˈʝano ...

  7. Spanish language in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Spanish language heritage in Florida dates back to 1565, with the founding of Saint Augustine, Florida. Spanish was the first European language spoken in Florida. In 1821, [16] after Mexico's War of Independence from Spain, Texas was part of the United Mexican States as the state of Coahuila y Tejas. A large influx of Americans soon followed ...

  8. List of official languages - Wikipedia

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    Number of countries language spoken English: 101 French: 60 ... (as a "subsidiary official language"} and 20 other official ... Spanish: New Mexico (spoken with ...

  9. English language - Wikipedia

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    The countries where English is spoken can be grouped into different categories according to how English is used in each country. The "inner circle" [72] countries with many native speakers of English share an international standard of written English and jointly influence speech norms for English around the world. English does not belong to ...