List of LanguagesWhat is Language?Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics. Number of Languages SpokenThe number of languages spoken in the world ranges anywhere from 3000 to 6000 different languages. List of Languages Spoken in the WorldFollowing is a list of languages spoken in the world and the approximate number of people that speak the language: | Language | Approximate number of people
that speak the language | | Chinese Mandarin | 1 billion + | | English | 512 million | | Hindi | 501 million | | Spanish | 399 million | | Russian | 285 million | | Arabic | 265 million | | Bengali | 245 million | | Portuguese | 196 million | | Malay-Indonesian | 140 million | | Japanese | 125 million | | German | 100 million | | Korean | 78 million | | French | 77 million | | Chinese, Wu | 77 million | | Javanese | 75 million | | Chinese. Yue | 71 million |
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