Top 5 most-spoken native languages in the world

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The 5 most-spoken native languages in the world by number of native (L1) speakers: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, Portuguese.

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    Spanish

    ~485M

  3. 3

    English

    ~380M

  4. 4

    Hindi

    ~345M

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