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This is a list of languages ordered by number of native-language speakers, with some data for second-language use. Only languages spoken natively by more than one million are listed, and then they are listed for secondary locations only when spoken by more than 1% of the population. For practical reasons in compiling this list, some listings are not single languages in the sense of being mutually intelligible, such as Chinese or Arabic; while in other cases mutually intelligible idioms with separate national standards or self identification have been listed separately, such as Scandinavian , Hindustani , and Malay . This should not be taken as an endorsement of any side of Language Versus Dialect debates. For the purposes of this article, a ' Native Language ' is a language a person was raised with, while a ' Second Language ' is a language of instruction or everyday communication. A person may be natively bilingual. Countries that are not Sovereign State s are listed according to the corresponding sovereign states. Data are not all up to date. For a comparison of various estimates, see Language Speaker Data . For languages spoken by very few people, and so in danger of extinction, see List Of Endangered Languages . 100 million native speakers or more 30–100 million native speakers 10–30 million native speakers 3–10 million native speakers 1–3 million native speakers Notes ''Major Source'': Ethnologue , 15th edition online
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