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English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family. It emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire and the United States. It is the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. However, English is only the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

West Germanic language native to Central Europe

Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula

Romance language

East Slavic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as ( "the eloquent Arabic") or simply '''' ().

Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, including English, having contributed many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin roots appear frequently in the

Romance language

language spoken in East Asia

Western Romance language

Esperanto () is the world's most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as "the International Language" (), it is intended to be a universal second language for international communication. He described the language in ''Dr. Esperanto's International Language'' (known as , the "first book"), which he published under the pseudonym . Early adopters of the language liked the name and soon used it to describe his language. The word translates into English as "one who hopes".

Western Iranian language

Indo-European language

Northwest Semitic language

West Germanic language

West Slavic language

North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and Finland

Oghuz Turkic language of the Turkish people

East Slavic language

Finno-Ugric language mostly spoken in Finland

Modern Standard Hindi (), commonly referred to as Hindi, is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the government of India, and is the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India.

language spoken in Korean Peninsula and some parts of North-eastern China

Urdu (, , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official Eighth Schedule language in India, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of India — alongside having official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states).

West Slavic language

Western Romance language

North Germanic language spoken in Northern Europe

Romance language

Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). Estimates of the number of Swahili speakers, including both native and second-language speakers, generally range from 150 million to 200 million. Most native speakers reside in Tanzania and Kenya.

Uralic language

Indo-Aryan language mostly spoken in Bangladesh and India

South Slavic language spoken in Croatia

Indo-Aryan language

North Germanic language spoken in Norway

Oghuz Turkic language

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Finnic language

language native to Ireland

South Slavic language

East Slavic language

official language of Indonesia

North Germanic language mainly spoken in Iceland

Baltic language spoken in Lithuania

Indo-European language

West Slavic language spoken in Slovakia

Dravidian language native to South India and Sri Lanka

Indo-European language, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro

language of the Basque people

Kartvelian language

standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian language used by Serbs

Baltic language, official in Latvia and the European Union

Tai language

South Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovenia

Austroasiatic language originating in Vietnam

Romance language of Western Europe

Brittonic language spoken natively in Wales

Turkic language in Central Asia, state language of Kazakhstan

Austronesian macrolanguage, basis for Malaysian Malay and Indonesian

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South Slavic language mostly spoken in North Macedonia

language of Kurds