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1
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Chinese
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1,300m
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People’s Republic of China (including self-governing Special Administrative Regions ), Republic of China (Taiwan ), Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
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2
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Spanish
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700m
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Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Andorra
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3
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English
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600m
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United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Northern Mariana Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, The Bahamas, Barbados, Guam, Islands, The, India, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Malta, Hong Kong, Botswana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe Also see List of countries by English-speaking population
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4
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Hindi
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490m (Khariboli dialect only)
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India, Fiji
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5
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Arabic
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280m
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Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Jordan, Mauritania, Palestinian territories, Israel, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Chad, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Somalia, Western Sahara
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6
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Malay
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260m
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Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Southern Thailand, Southern Philippines, East Timor
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7
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Portuguese
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203m
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Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Goa, Macau, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau
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8
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Bengali
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193m
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Bangladesh, India
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9
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Russian
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144m
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Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Israel, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkmenistan
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10
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French
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128m (2005)
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Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, CÙte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu, Andorra, Grenada, French overseas territories
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11
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Japanese
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122m
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Japan
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12
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Standard German
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90m (1994)
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
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13
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Punjabi
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88.5m (2000)
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Pakistan, India
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14
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Javanese
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75.5m (1989)
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Indonesia, Suriname, Malaysia
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15
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Telugu
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69.7m (1997)
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India, Malaysia, Singapore
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16
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Marathi
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68m (1997)
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India
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17
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Vietnamese
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67.4m (1999)
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Vietnam
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18
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Korean
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67m (1986)
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South Korea, North Korea
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19
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Tamil
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66m (1997)
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India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Canada
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20
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Italian
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65.5m
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Croatia, Eritrea, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
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