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Fact File: Hausa Is The 11th Most Widely Spoken Language In The World by Antoeni(m): 6:59am On Sep 13, 2018
FACT FILE: HAUSA IS THE 11TH MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

New research has found that Hausa language, which is widely spoken in Northern Nigeria and other African nations, is the world’s 11th most spoken language.

According to Spectator Index, there are 150 million speakers of Hausa language all over the world, two million more than speakers of Punjabi (mainly in India) and 21 million more than German speakers.

Mandarin, which is spoken mainly in China, is the world’s most spoken language at 1.09 billion speakers, while English follows in second at 983 million speakers.

See full list of leading languages by number of speakers in million:

1. Mandarin: 1090
2. English: 983
3. Hindustani: 544
4. Spanish: 527
5. Arabic: 422
6. Malay: 281
7. Russia: 267
8. Bengali: 261
9. Portuguese: 229
10. French: 229
11. Hausa: 150
12. Punjabi: 148
13. German: 129
14. Japanese: 129
15. Persian: 121
16. Swahili: 107
17. Telugu: 92

Source: The HERALD.
Re: Fact File: Hausa Is The 11th Most Widely Spoken Language In The World by Nobody: 7:45am On Sep 13, 2018
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Re: Fact File: Hausa Is The 11th Most Widely Spoken Language In The World by frankfrancis871: 6:12pm On Sep 13, 2018
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