Language | Native name | Native speakers | ISO 639-1 | ISO 639-3 | Language family | Writing system |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | 汉语/漢語 or 中文 | 1,300,000,000 | zh | zho | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters |
Spanish | español | 400,000,000 | es | spa | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
Arabic | العربية | 310,000,000 | ara | ara | Semitic | Arabic alphabet |
Portuguese | português | 236,000,000 | pt | por | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
Japanese | 日本語 | 130,000,000 | ja | jpn | Japonic | Kanji, Kana, Latin alphabet |
French | français | 115,000,000 | fr | fra | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
German | Deutsch | 98,000,000 | de | deu | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
Italian | italiano | 80,000,000 | it | ita | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
Wu | 吴语 / 吳語 | 77,000,000 | wuu | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese characters | |
Dutch | Nederlands | 23,000,000 | nl | nld | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |
Swedish | svenska | 10,000,000 | sv | swe | Indo-European | Latin alphabet |