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elleng

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Wed Sep 7, 2022, 09:24 PM Sep 2022

Most Common Languages Spoken Around the World and Their Native Speakers [View all]

'Previously we've looked at the most common second languages around the world, but what are people speaking on a daily basis? National Geographic senior graphics editor Alberto Lucas López has created a clear, effective infographic that shows us just how common different native languages are around the world.

His spherical design is cut into sections, with individual portions varying in size according to how widespread that language is. “There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people,” López writes. “The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people. We represent each language within black borders and then provide the numbers of native speakers (in millions) by country.”'>>>

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