| ভাষা |
পরিবার |
এথ্নোলগ (২০০৫ সালের হিসাব)[১] |
এনকার্টা আনুমানিক হিসাব[২] |
অন্যান্য আনুমানিক হিসাব |
এথ্নোলগ আনুমানিক হিসাব আনুসারে অবস্থান |
| ম্যান্ডারিন |
সিনো-তিবেতান ভাষা, চীনা ভাষা |
৮৭৩,০০০,০০০ |
১,২১০,০০০,০০০ [২] |
৮৮২,০০০,০০০ স্থানীয়, ১৭৮,০০০,০০০ দ্বিতীয় ভাষা = মোট ১,০৫০,০০০,০০০ total [৩] |
১ |
| হিন্দি ভাষা + উর্দু ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
366,000,000 [৪] |
366,000,000 |
Standard Hindi 325,000,000, Ancient Hindi 100,000,000; as opposed to Urdu languages, does not include Maithili. |
2 |
| স্পেনীয় ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Italic, Romance |
358,000,000 [৫] |
322 to 358,000,000 [৬] |
Ethnologue lists 322[৭] (in 1986) to 358 (in 1999) million native speakers[৮]. Total of 417 million including second-language speakers (1999).[৯][১০] |
3 |
| ইংরেজি ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Germanic, West |
341,000,000 [১১] |
341,000,000 |
Over 1,500,000,000 worldwide.[১২] Also see List of countries by English-speaking population which numbers 850,000,000 worldwide (as a total of first and additional language spoken) . |
4 |
| আরবি ভাষা |
আফ্রো-এশিটিক ভাষাগোষ্ঠি।আফ্রো-এশিটিক, Semitic |
206,000,000 |
422,000,000 |
246 million as a second language[১৩].Total population of Arab countries: 323 million (CIA 2006 est). |
5 |
| পর্তুগিজ ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Italic, রোমাঞ্চ ভাষাগোষ্ঠি।রোমাঞ্চ |
177,500,000 |
250,000,000 |
176 million native [১৪].
|
6 |
| বাংলা ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
171,000,000 |
207,000,000 |
196 million native (2004 CIA) (includes ১ কোটি ৪০ লক্ষ Chittagonian এবং ১ কোটি ৩ লক্ষ Sylheti). |
7 |
| রুশ ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Slavic, East |
170,000,000 |
167,000,000 |
165 million native, 110 million second language = 275 million total |
8 |
| জাপানি ভাষা |
Japanese-Ryukyuan |
122,000,000 |
125,000,000 |
128 million native, 2 million second language = 130 million total |
9 |
| জার্মান ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Germanic, West |
100,000,000 |
100,100,000 |
101 million native (88 million Standard German, 5 million Swiss German, 8 million Austrian German), 60 million second language in EU[১৫] + 5 - 20 million worldwide. 101 million native, ~70 million second language, ~170 million total |
10 |
| পাঞ্জাবি ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, Indo-Iranian, ইন্দো-আর্য |
88,000,000 |
57,000,000 |
61–62 million (2000 WCD) (taken together with Eastern Punjabi (28 million) and Siraiki (14 million): 104 million total) |
11 |
| ফরাসি ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, ইটালিক, রোমাঞ্চ ভাষাগোষ্ঠি।রোমাঞ্চ |
79,572,000 [১৬]
|
78,000,000
|
260 million including second-language speakers[১৭], total of 500 million people around the globe including those with significant knowledge of the language. Wikipedia indicates that it has 160 million native speakers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language. |
12 |
| Wu |
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese |
77,200,000 |
-- |
77 million native |
13 |
| জাভানীস |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, সুন্দা-সুলাওেসি |
75,500,000 |
75,600,000 |
70-75 million |
14 |
| তেলেগু |
দ্রাবির, South Central |
69,700,000 |
69,700,000 |
70 million native, 5 million second language, = 75 million total (2001)[১৮] |
15 |
| মারাঠি |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, ইন্দো-ইরানী, ইন্দো-আর্য |
68,000,000 |
68,000,000 |
68 million native, 3 million second language, = 71 million total |
16 |
| ভিয়েতনামী |
Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Vietic |
67,400,000 |
68,000,000 |
70 million native, perhaps up to 16 million second language, = ~ 86 million total |
17 |
| কোরিয়ান |
Considered either language isolate or Altaic |
74,000,000 |
78,000,000 |
80,000,000 |
18 |
| তামিল ভাষা |
দ্রাবির, Southern |
66,000,000 |
66,000,000 |
68 million native, 9 million second language, = 77 million total[১৯] |
19 |
| ইতালীয় ভাষা |
ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয়ান, ইটালিক ভাষাগোষ্ঠি।ইটালিক, Romance |
61,500,000 |
62,000,000 |
Regarded as fourth or fifth most studied language in the world, therefore there are about 120 million italophones in the world. |
20 |
| Language |
Family |
Ethnologue (2005 estimate)[২০] |
Encarta estimate[২] |
Other estimates |
Ranking by Ethnologue estimate |
| Cantonese |
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese |
54.8 million |
-- |
66 million |
21 |
| Sindhi |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
Official in India, Pakistan. Significant communities in People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong) ?, Oman? and Gibraltar. |
54.5 million (2006) |
41.5 million native, 13 million second language, = 30 million total (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) |
22 |
| Turkish |
Altaic, Turkic, Oghuz |
Official in Turkey and North Cyprus 74 million |
61 million |
74 million (2006 estimate)[২১] + 15 million second language = 89 million |
23 |
| Min |
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese |
46.2 million |
-- |
Southern Min: 49m, Northern Min 10.43m |
24 |
| Gujarati |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
46.1 million |
46.1 million |
-- |
25 |
| Maithili |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
45 million |
(included in "Hindi") |
|
26 |
| Polish |
Indo-European, Slavic, West |
42.7 million |
52 million |
-- |
27 |
| Ukrainian |
Indo-European, Slavic, East |
39.4 million |
47 million |
-- |
28 |
| Persian |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian |
39.4 million [২২] |
31.3 million |
ca. 72 million;[২৩] sometimes taken to include all of Southwestern Iranian (Luri, Tati, and other); ca. 62 million second language[তথ্যসূত্র প্রয়োজন], ca. 134 million total |
29 |
| Malayalam |
Dravidian, Southern - India |
35.8 million |
35.7 million |
38 million native, 10 million second language = 48 million |
30 |
| Kannada |
Dravidian, Southern |
35.4 million |
35.4 million |
55 million native, 9 million second language, = 64 million total[তথ্যসূত্র প্রয়োজন] |
31 |
| Tamazight (Berber) |
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern |
National language in Algeria, Mali and Niger (Tuaregs); unrecognized in Morocco, Libya and Tunisia. Large migrant communities in France, Benelux, Spain and Germany . |
32.3 million (2006) |
37+ million (1998) |
32 |
| Oriya |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
31.7 million |
32.3 million |
-- |
33 |
| Azerbaijani |
Altaic, Turkic, Oghuz |
31 million |
31.4 million |
25–35 million native, including Qashqai (data for Iran uncertain); 8 million second language (outside Iran) |
34 |
| Hakka |
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese |
29.9 million |
-- |
34 million |
35 |
| Bhojpuri |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
26 million |
(included in "Hindi") |
126 million total |
36 |
| Burmese |
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Lolo-Burmese |
22 million (1996) |
32.3 million (2006) |
32 million native, 10 million second language, = 42 million total |
37 |
| Gan |
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese |
21 million |
-- |
48 million, 29 million in Jiangxi[২৪] |
38 |
| Thai |
Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai |
20.05 million (1996) |
46.1 million (2006) |
~31 million native (1983 SIL, 1990 Diller, 2000 WCD) (dated data), = ~60 million first and second language (2001 A. Diller). Includes Southern Thai, Northern Thai/Western Lao, but not Shan, Isan, or Lao. |
39 |
| Language |
Family |
Official status and where spoken natively, or as an immigrant language, by more than 1% of the population |
SIL estimate[২] |
Other estimates |
Ranking by SIL estimate |
| Sundanese |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi |
Native to Indonesia (origin in western Java) |
27 million (2006) |
27 million (1990) |
40 |
| Romanian |
Indo-European, Italic, Romance |
Official in Moldova, Romania, Serbia (Vojvodina). Significant communities in Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, USA. |
26.3 million (2006) |
26 million native,[২] 4 million second language. The total is about 30 million.[২৫] |
41 |
| Hausa |
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West |
Official in Niger, north Nigeria. Significant communities in Chad, Benin, Ghana, Sudan |
24.2 million (2006) |
24 million native, ~15 million second language, = ~40 million total |
42 |
| Pashto |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern |
Official in Afghanistan. Native to Pakistan. Significant communities in Iran, United Arab Emirates. |
60 million (2006) |
65-70 million (data uncertain; ethnic population ~60 million) |
43 |
| Serbo-Croatian |
Indo-European, Slavic, South |
Official in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, under names Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian respectively. Significant communities in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia. |
21.1 million (2006) |
17 million |
44 |
| Uzbek |
Altaic, Turkic, Eastern |
Official in Uzbekistan. Native to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan |
20.1 million (2006) |
20 million (1995) |
45 |
| Dutch |
Indo-European, Germanic, West |
Official in Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Suriname. Significant communities in South Africa, Bonaire island and Sint Maarten island |
20 million (2006) |
25 million[২৬][১৫] |
46 |
| Yoruba |
Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid |
Official in Nigeria. |
20 million (2006) |
19 million native, 2 million second language, = 21 million total (1993) |
47 |
| Amharic |
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South |
Official in Ethiopia. Significant communities in Israel. |
17.4 million (2006) |
27 million native (32.7% Ethiopia [1994 census] and 2.7 million emigrants), 10% (7 million) as a second language = 34 million total |
48 |
| Oromo |
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic |
National language of Ethiopia. Significant communities in Kenya |
17.2 million (2006) |
24 million native (31.6% of Ethiopia [1994 census]), ~2 million second language, = 26 million total (1998 census) |
49 |
| Indonesian |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
23.1 million, national language in Indonesia |
17.1 million |
140 million second language |
50 |
| Filipino |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines |
Official and Native in Philippines. Significant communities in Canada, People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States (Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands). |
17 million (2006) |
22 million native (2000 census), ~65 million second language, = 85 million total |
51 |
| Kurdish |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern |
Official in Iraq. Native to Armenia, Iran, Syria, Turkey. Significant communities in Germany, Lebanon. |
16 million (all varieties) |
~31,417,000[তথ্যসূত্র প্রয়োজন] (see article for full list) |
52 |
| Language |
Family |
Official status and where spoken natively, or as an immigrant language, by more than 1% of the population |
SIL estimate[২] |
Number of speakers |
Ranking by number of native speakers |
| Somali |
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East |
Official in Somalia. Native to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya. Significant communities in Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen. |
9.8 million (2006) |
10-16 million native and at least 500,000 second-language speakers.million (2004 WCD) |
49 |
| Lao |
Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Tai |
Official in Laos. Native to Thailand. |
3.2 million (2006) |
~19 million Lao-Phutai dialects (including Isan) (data dated) |
50 |
| Cebuano |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines |
Native to Philippines |
15 million (2006) |
18.5 million native, ~11.5 million second language, = 30 million total (2000 census) |
51 |
| Greek |
Indo-European, Greek |
Official in Cyprus, Greece. Significant communities in Albania, Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA. |
15 million (2007) |
12 million (2004), up to 10–12 million more second language |
52 |
| মালয় ভাষা |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi, Malayic |
Official in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore. Native to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. Significant communities in Australia, Bahrain. |
23.6 million (2006) |
18 million native, 3 million second language, = 21 million total (not counting Indonesian) |
53 |
| Igbo |
Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Igboid |
Official in Nigeria |
18 million (2006) |
18 million native (1999 WA), unknown number second language. |
54 |
| Malagasy |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo-Philippines, Barito |
Official in Madagascar. Significant communities in Mayotte, Réunion. |
10.5 million (2006) |
17 million |
55 |
| Nepali |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
Official in Nepal, India (Sikkim). Significant communities in Bhutan. |
approx. 30 million in Nepal, 16 million as native tongue and 15 million as a second language (2006) |
40 million (2006) |
56 |
| Assamese |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
Official in India (Assam). Significant communities in Bhutan and Bangladesh. |
15.4 million (2006) |
15 million (1997). Assamese is spoken and/or understood by most everyone in the state of Assam. Assam had a population of 26.7 million in 2003-04. So, Assamese has another 8-10 million second language speakers. Assamese is also understood and spoken widely in Arunachal Pradesh with a population of 1.1 million. These are mostly second or third language speakers. Various tribes in Nagaland with a population 2 million use Nagamese, a variant of Assamese, for communication. Thus, a total of approximately, 28-30 million people speak and understand Assamese. |
57 |
| Shona |
Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantu |
National language of Zimbabwe. Significant communities in Botswana, Mozambique. |
14 million (2006) |
15 million native, 1.8 million second language, = 16–17 million total, including Ndau, Manyika (2000 A. Chebanne) |
58 |
| Khmer |
Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Khmer |
Official in Cambodia. Significant communities in Thailand, United States (California), Vietnam |
8 million (2006) |
14 million native, 1 million second language, = 15 million total (2004) |
59 |
| Zhuang |
Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Tai |
Official in People's Republic of China (Guangxi) |
14 million (2006) |
14 million native (1992), unknown number second language |
60 |
| Madurese |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sunda-Sulawesi |
Native to Indonesia (Originally Java, Madura) |
13.7 million (2006) |
14 million (1995) |
61 |
| Hungarian |
Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric |
Official in Hungary, Serbia (Vojvodina), Slovenia, Austria. Significant communities in Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States, Israel |
14.5 million (2006) |
14 million native (1995) |
62 |
| সিংহলী ভাষা |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
Official in Sri Lanka. Significant communities in United Arab Emirates |
13.2 million (2006) |
13 million native, 2 million second language, = 15 million total (1993) |
63 |
| Fula |
Niger-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian |
Official in Niger, Nigeria. National language in Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal. Significant communities in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone. |
11.4 million (2006) |
~13 million (all varieties) |
64 |
| চেক ভাষা |
Indo-European, Slavic, West |
Official in Czech Republic. |
12 million (2006) |
12 million (1990 WA). |
65 |