Five Indian Languages Feature in 2025’s Top 20 Most Spoken Languages Globally.

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As per the recent research from Ethnologue, the most authoritative source on the languages of the world, 5 Indian languages — namely Hindi (3rd), Bengali (7th), Urdu (11th), Marathi (16th), and Telugu (18th) — are among the top 20 most-spoken languages worldwide in 2025.


      - Hindi, with 609.1 million speakers, emerged as the 3rd most widely spoken language globally and continues to be the most spoken language in India in 2025.

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) English is the most widely spoken language globally in 2025, as it is spoken either as a first or second language by 1.53 billion people across 188 countries.

      (ii) It is followed by Chinese Mandarin (the official language of China), which, while being the largest language by native speakers, is the 2nd most widely spoken language globally in 2025, with a total of 1.18 billion speakers.

(iii) The official language of Spain and 20 other countries, Spanish, has emerged as the 4th most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 558.5 million speakers.

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