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    The 10 Most Popular Spoken Languages in the World

     

    Here's a listing of the ten most popular languages spoken worldwide, along with the approximate number of primary or first language speakers for that language.

    1. Mandarin Chinese - 882 million
    2. Spanish - 325 million
    3. English - 312-380 million
    4. Arabic - 206-422 million
    5. Hindi - 181 million
    6. Portuguese - 178 million
    7. Bengali - 173 million
    8. Russian - 146 million
    9. Japanese - 128 million
    10. German - 96 million

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