This answer is in The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006.
1. Chinese, Mandarin
2. Spanish
3. English
4. Hindi
5. Portuguese
6. Bengali
7. Russian
8. Japanese
9. German, standard
10. Chinese, Wu
11. Javanese
12. Telugu
13. Marathi
14. Vietnamese
15. Korean
16. Tamil
17. French
18. Italian
19. Panjabi, Western
20. Urdu
21. Chinese, Yue
22. Turkish
23. Arabic, Egyptian spoken
24. Chinese, Min Nan
25. Gujarati
26. Chinese, Jinyu
27. Polish
28. Ukrainian
29. Chinese, Xiang
30. Malayalam
31. Kannada
32. Burmesee
33. Oriya
34. Chinese, Hakka
35. Panjabi
2006-07-15 09:49:58
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answer #1
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answered by maegical 4
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Most Widely Spoken Languages
in the World
LanguageApprox. number
of speakers
1. Chinese (Mandarin)1,075,000,000
2. English514,000,000
3. Hindustani496,000,000
4. Spanish425,000,000
5. Russian275,000,000
6. Arabic256,000,000
7. Bengali215,000,000
8. Portuguese194,000,000
9. Malay-Indonesian176,000,000
10. French129,000,000
2006-07-15 09:50:49
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answer #2
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answered by KATЯ 3
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I don't know about the other 25, but SoYouWanna.com has a top 10 list.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/languages/languages.html
2006-07-15 09:58:51
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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I am sure about English, Chinese, Russian, may be French, Spanish, German, then I have no idea.
2006-07-15 09:48:20
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answer #4
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answered by Like 2
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i'd say english spanish german itlatian, chinese and that;s all i can come up with have fun
2006-07-15 09:47:51
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answer #5
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answered by hoophunny51 2
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no idea
2006-07-15 09:46:41
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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