Top 50 Most Spoken Languages In the World (2018)

40. Yoruba (Nigeria)

The West African countries (mainly Nigeria) use Yoruba as common tongue. It has around 42 million speakers.
39. Tagalog (Philippines)

Tagalog or Filipino is the official language of Philippines and it is popular globally too due to the popularity of Filipino movies. It is spoken by 45 million people.
38. Bhojpuri (India)

Bhojpuri is a local language of India that is spoken in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh state. Even though it is considered as funny language by several other states of India yet it has more than 45 million speakers.
37. Ukrainian (Ukraine)

The native language of Ukraine was banned by Russia during the Russian Revolution. However it is widely regarded as little sister of Russian language and it has more than 46 million speakers.
36. Hakka (China)

Hakka is the world’s most populated country’s least popular language but still it is among the most spoken languages in the world. It has 47 million speakers.
35. Burmese (Burma)

Myanmar use Burmese as their official language and it is popular in Thailand too. It has 48 Million speakers.
34. Oriya (India)

Odiya Language found its base in East Indian States mainly in Odisa, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chattishgarh. It has around 50 million speakers.
33. Hausa (Nigeria)

Hausa Language is popular in Nigeria and other West African countries and has approx. 50 million speakers.
32. Sundanese (Indonesia)

Sundanese is mainly spoken in Indonesia and it has more than 50 million speakers.
31. Malayalam (India)

Malayalam is mainly spoken in Southern states of India. Due to its use in movies it is popular in north states as well. It has 52 million speakers.