Size of language speaker

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  Population ratio by language _Malaysia

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  More than half of the population is of Malay descent, and many of them speak Malay, the official language, as their mother tongue. English, a semi-official language, is also widely used. Some Chinese, who make up about 20% of the population, speak Cantonese, Fujianese, and other regional languages as their mother tongue, but Mandarin Chinese is the language of schooling, so it is the common language for many people.

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  Population ratio by language_Saudi Arabia

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  In Saudi Arabia, Arabic is spoken as an official language.

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  Population ratio by language _UAE

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  Arabic is spoken as the official language, but various foreign workers of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Filipino descent also use their own languages, and English is widely used as a common language.

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  Population ratio by language _ Germany

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  In Germany, most of the population speaks German as their mother tongue.

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  Population ratio by language _United Kingdom

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  In the whole of the United Kingdom, about 90% of the population speaks English as their mother tongue.

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  Population ratio by language _ United States

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  Across the United States, English is the native language of about 80% of the population. Spanish is also the mother tongue of about 10% of the population.

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  Population ratio by language _ India

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  The federal government of India has designated Hindi as the official language of the Union and English as a semi-official language. Hindi is spoken by the largest number of people in the country (about 40%) as their mother tongue, but many other languages are also spoken, such as Bengali (West Bengal, etc.) and Telugu (Ayodhya Pradesh, Telangana, etc.).

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  Population ratio by language _ Philippines

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  The official languages are Filipino (almost synonymous with Tagalog) and English. Tagalog is the most common mother tongue spoken by 29.3% of the population, but various other languages are also spoken, including Cebuano and Ilocano.

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  Population ratio by language _Viet Nam

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  Vietnamese, the official language of the country, is widely spoken.

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  Population ratio by language _Singapore

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  The languages most used at home are English and Mandarin (Mandarin), both official languages, at around 35% each. Other Chinese dialects and Malay (the official language) are used the most by about 10% each.

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  Population ratio by language _ Indonesia

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  In Indonesia, "Indonesian" is the official language of the majority of the population, but a variety of languages are spoken as mother tongues, including Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese.

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  Population ratio by language _ Thailand

  calendar_monthAug 04, 2020

  In Thailand, about 90% of the population speaks Thai as their mother tongue.