Search this site
Embedded Files

Business as usual. Telephone us on +1 5189476272

Idiomatic Translations
  • Home
    • IMS
    • Internal Management
  • Translation Services
    • Certified Translation Services
    • Services
    • Company Internationalisation
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Online interpretation services
    • Online notarization
  • Our offices
    • Login
    • Careers
  • Quality Standards
    • Company Policy
    • Employment
    • F.A.Q.
    • Privacy Policy
    • Idiomatic Translations: Our Ethos
    • Why work with Idiomatic Translations?
    • How do Idiomatic Translations work?
  • Blog
    • Recruitment Form
Idiomatic Translations
  • Home
    • IMS
    • Internal Management
  • Translation Services
    • Certified Translation Services
    • Services
    • Company Internationalisation
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Online interpretation services
    • Online notarization
  • Our offices
    • Login
    • Careers
  • Quality Standards
    • Company Policy
    • Employment
    • F.A.Q.
    • Privacy Policy
    • Idiomatic Translations: Our Ethos
    • Why work with Idiomatic Translations?
    • How do Idiomatic Translations work?
  • Blog
    • Recruitment Form
  • More
    • Home
      • IMS
      • Internal Management
    • Translation Services
      • Certified Translation Services
      • Services
      • Company Internationalisation
      • Terms and Conditions
      • Online interpretation services
      • Online notarization
    • Our offices
      • Login
      • Careers
    • Quality Standards
      • Company Policy
      • Employment
      • F.A.Q.
      • Privacy Policy
      • Idiomatic Translations: Our Ethos
      • Why work with Idiomatic Translations?
      • How do Idiomatic Translations work?
    • Blog
      • Recruitment Form

African languages

Languages of the Americas and Caribbean

Languages of Europe

Languages of Asia

Languages of Australia and the Pacific

world languages

Rank

Language

Speakers

(millions)

Percentage

of world pop.

(March 2019)[8]

Language family

Branch

1

Mandarin Chinese

918

11.922%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

2

Spanish

480

5.994%

Indo-European

Romance

3

English

379

4.922%

Indo-European

Germanic

4

Hindi (sanskritised Hindustani)[9]

341

4.429%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

5

Bengali

300

4.000%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

6

Portuguese

221

2.870%

Indo-European

Romance

7

Russian

154

2.000%

Indo-European

Balto-Slavic

8

Japanese

128

1.662%

Japonic

Japanese

9

Western Punjabi[10]

92.7

1.204%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

10

Marathi

83.1

1.079%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

11

Telugu

82.0

1.065%

Dravidian

South-Central

12

Wu Chinese

81.4

1.057%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

13

Turkish

79.4

1.031%

Turkic

Oghuz

14

Korean

77.3

1.004%

Koreanic

language isolate

15

French

77.2

1.003%

Indo-European

Romance

16

German (only Standard German)

76.1

0.988%

Indo-European

Germanic

17

Vietnamese

76.0

0.987%

Austroasiatic

Vietic

18

Tamil

75.0

0.974%

Dravidian

South

19

Yue Chinese

73.1

0.949%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

20

Urdu (persianised Hindustani)[9]

68.6

0.891%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

21

Javanese

68.3

0.887%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

22

Italian

64.8

0.842%

Indo-European

Romance

23

Egyptian Arabic

64.6

0.839%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

24

Gujarati

56.4

0.732%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

25

Iranian Persian

52.8

0.686%

Indo-European

Iranian

26

Bhojpuri

52.2

0.678%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

27

Min Nan Chinese

50.1

0.651%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

28

Hakka Chinese

48.2

0.626%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

29

Jin Chinese

46.9

0.609%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

30

Hausa

43.9

0.570%

Afroasiatic

Chadic

31

Kannada

43.6

0.566%

Dravidian

South

32

Indonesian (Indonesian Malay)

43.4

0.564%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

33

Polish

39.7

0.516%

Indo-European

Balto-Slavic

34

Yoruba

37.8

0.491%

Niger–Congo

Volta–Niger

35

Xiang Chinese

37.3

0.484%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

36

Malayalam

37.1

0.482%

Dravidian

South

37

Odia

34.5

0.448%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

38

Maithili

33.9

0.440%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

39

Burmese

32.9

0.427%

Sino-Tibetan

Lolo-Burmese

40

Eastern Punjabi[10]

32.6

0.423%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

41

Sunda

32.4

0.421%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

42

Sudanese Arabic

31.9

0.414%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

43

Algerian Arabic

29.4

0.382%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

44

Moroccan Arabic

27.5

0.357%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

45

Ukrainian

27.3

0.355%

Indo-European

Balto-Slavic

46

Igbo

27.0

0.351%

Niger–Congo

Volta–Niger

47

Northern Uzbek

25.1

0.326%

Turkic

Karluk

48

Sindhi

24.6

0.319%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

49

North Levantine Arabic

24.6

0.319%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

50

Romanian

24.3

0.316%

Indo-European

Romance

51

Tagalog

23.6

0.306%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

52

Dutch

23.1

0.300%

Indo-European

Germanic

53

Saʽidi Arabic

22.4

0.291%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

54

Gan Chinese

22.1

0.287%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

55

Amharic

21.9

0.284%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

56

Northern Pashto

20.9

0.271%

Indo-European

Iranian

57

Magahi

20.7

0.269%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

58

Thai

20.7

0.269%

Kra–Dai

Tai

59

Saraiki

20.0

0.260%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

60

Khmer

16.6

0.216%

Austroasiatic

Khmer

61

Chhattisgarhi

16.3

0.212%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

62

Somali

16.2

0.210%

Afroasiatic

Cushitic

63

Malaysian (Malaysian Malay)

16.1

0.209%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

64

Cebuano

15.9

0.206%

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

65

Nepali

15.8

0.205%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

66

Mesopotamian Arabic

15.7

0.204%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

67

Assamese

15.3

0.199%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

68

Sinhalese

15.3

0.199%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

69

Northern Kurdish

14.6

0.190%

Indo-European

Iranian

70

Hejazi Arabic

14.5

0.188%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

71

Nigerian Fulfulde

14.5

0.188%

Niger–Congo

Senegambian

72

Bavarian

14.1

0.183%

Indo-European

Germanic

73

South Azerbaijani

13.8

0.179%

Turkic

Oghuz

74

Greek

13.1

0.170%

Indo-European

Hellenic

75

Chittagonian

13.0

0.169%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

76

Kazakh

12.9

0.168%

Turkic

Kipchak

77

Deccan

12.8

0.166%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

78

Hungarian

12.6

0.164%

Uralic

Finno-Ugric

79

Kinyarwanda

12.1

0.157%

Niger–Congo

Bantu

80

Zulu

12.1

0.157%

Niger–Congo

Bantu

81

South Levantine Arabic

11.6

0.151%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

82

Tunisian Arabic

11.6

0.151%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

83

Sanaani Spoken Arabic

11.4

0.148%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

84

Min Bei Chinese

11.0

0.143%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

85

Southern Pashto

10.9

0.142%

Indo-European

Iranian

86

Rundi

10.8

0.140%

Niger–Congo

Bantu

87

Czech

10.7

0.139%

Indo-European

Balto-Slavic

88

Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic

10.5

0.136%

Afroasiatic

Semitic

89 Uyghur

10.4 0.135% Turkic Karluk 90

Min Dong Chinese 10.30.134%

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic 91

Sylheti 10.3 0.134%

Indo-European

Indo-Aryan

Idiomatic.net is part of the Idiomatic Translations Group. To contact Idiomatic USA, Idiomatic Translations Limited and Idiomatic Language Services S.L. Idiomatic Australia  Idiomatic Canada Idiomatic Translations  Dubai
Idiomatic Traslations uses green energy
Care for people, care for the environment, fair share.
Privacy Policy  | Terms and Conditions 
Medical e-learning translation

Read our latest blog posts:

Case study: Medical E-Learning Translation

Machine Translation versus Human Translation, what is best?

Machine Translation vs Human Translation

Hyper-localization



What is hyperlocalization?

Translation Blog

Read our latest blog posts:

Lost in translation: causes and solutions


Soil glossary

AI's Impact on Content Translation and Subtitling


What is Industry 4.0?

idiomatic translations twitter
idiomatic translations linkedin
idiomatic translations youtube
idiomatic translations instagram
idiomatic translations pinterest
idiomatic translations facebook

Mayan Languages

Join Our Translation Affiliates Plan
Lost in Translation?
Report abuse
Page details
Page updated
Report abuse