What's your native language?

See if your mother tongue makes it to the top 12 of the most spoken languages to mark International Mother Language Day 2017.

1. Data source: Ulrich Ammon, University of Düsseldorf, Population Reference Bureau | International Mother Language Day February 21st 2017 | 1 Two-thirds of the world’s population speak one of these 12 languages as their mother tongue English 527 million Chinese 1.39 billion Spanish 389 million Hindi / Urdu 588 million Bengali 250 million Arabic 467 million German 132 million Japanese 123 million Italian 67 million Portuguese 193 million French 118 million Russian 254 million