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World Languages Details - INI

World Languages Details provides comprehensive information about major languages spoken worldwide, based on linguistic research such as Ethnologue. For each language, it includes language family classification, writing system (script), number of native speakers (L1), second language speakers (L2), and total speaker statistics. While there are currently over 7,000 languages in the world, this dataset focuses primarily on major languages with 50 million or more speakers. It can be utilized in various fields including linguistic research, international business, education, and translation services.

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[item.english]
code=1
slug=english
name=English
description=The most widely spoken language in the world, functioning as an international lingua franca.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Germanic)
nativeSpeakers=380000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=1140000000
totalSpeakers=1520000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.mandarin-chinese]
code=2
slug=mandarin-chinese
name=Mandarin Chinese
description=The language with the most native speakers worldwide, primarily used in mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore.
languageFamily=Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)
nativeSpeakers=940000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=240000000
totalSpeakers=1180000000
writingSystem=Chinese characters (Simplified/Traditional)

[item.hindi]
code=3
slug=hindi
name=Hindi
description=A major language of India belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)
nativeSpeakers=350000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=260000000
totalSpeakers=610000000
writingSystem=Devanagari script

[item.spanish]
code=4
slug=spanish
name=Spanish
description=A Romance language widely used in Spain and Latin America.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Romance)
nativeSpeakers=490000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=70000000
totalSpeakers=560000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.french]
code=5
slug=french
name=French
description=A Romance language with growing speakers, particularly in Africa.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Romance)
nativeSpeakers=80000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=240000000
totalSpeakers=320000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.arabic]
code=6
slug=arabic
name=Arabic
description=An Afro-Asiatic language widely used in the Middle East and North Africa.
languageFamily=Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)
nativeSpeakers=320000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=20000000
totalSpeakers=340000000
writingSystem=Arabic script

[item.bengali]
code=7
slug=bengali
name=Bengali
description=An Indo-Aryan language used in Bangladesh and eastern India.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)
nativeSpeakers=230000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=50000000
totalSpeakers=280000000
writingSystem=Bengali script

[item.portuguese]
code=8
slug=portuguese
name=Portuguese
description=A Romance language used in the Lusophone world including Brazil.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Romance)
nativeSpeakers=230000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=40000000
totalSpeakers=270000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.russian]
code=9
slug=russian
name=Russian
description=A Slavic language widely used in former Soviet countries.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Slavic)
nativeSpeakers=150000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=110000000
totalSpeakers=260000000
writingSystem=Cyrillic script

[item.urdu]
code=10
slug=urdu
name=Urdu
description=An Indo-Aryan language and the national language of Pakistan.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)
nativeSpeakers=70000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=180000000
totalSpeakers=250000000
writingSystem=Perso-Arabic script

[item.indonesian]
code=11
slug=indonesian
name=Indonesian
description=An Austronesian language and the official language of Indonesia.
languageFamily=Austronesian
nativeSpeakers=40000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=210000000
totalSpeakers=250000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.german]
code=12
slug=german
name=German
description=A Germanic language widely used in Central Europe.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Germanic)
nativeSpeakers=80000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=55000000
totalSpeakers=135000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.japanese]
code=13
slug=japanese
name=Japanese
description=A language spoken in Japan, considered a language isolate in terms of classification.
languageFamily=Japonic
nativeSpeakers=124000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=1000000
totalSpeakers=125000000
writingSystem=Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana

[item.nigerian-pidgin]
code=14
slug=nigerian-pidgin
name=Nigerian Pidgin
description=An English-based creole widely used in Nigeria.
languageFamily=English-based Creole
nativeSpeakers=5000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=115000000
totalSpeakers=120000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.egyptian-arabic]
code=15
slug=egyptian-arabic
name=Egyptian Arabic
description=A variety of Arabic widely used in Egypt.
languageFamily=Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)
nativeSpeakers=100000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=20000000
totalSpeakers=120000000
writingSystem=Arabic script

[item.marathi]
code=16
slug=marathi
name=Marathi
description=An Indo-Aryan language of India, primarily used in Maharashtra state.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)
nativeSpeakers=83000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=16000000
totalSpeakers=99000000
writingSystem=Devanagari script

[item.telugu]
code=17
slug=telugu
name=Telugu
description=A Dravidian language widely used in southern India.
languageFamily=Dravidian
nativeSpeakers=83000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=13000000
totalSpeakers=96000000
writingSystem=Telugu script

[item.turkish]
code=18
slug=turkish
name=Turkish
description=A Turkic language primarily used in Turkey and Cyprus.
languageFamily=Turkic
nativeSpeakers=84000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=7000000
totalSpeakers=91000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.tamil]
code=19
slug=tamil
name=Tamil
description=A classical Dravidian language used in southern India and Sri Lanka.
languageFamily=Dravidian
nativeSpeakers=75000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=11000000
totalSpeakers=86000000
writingSystem=Tamil script

[item.cantonese]
code=20
slug=cantonese
name=Cantonese (Yue Chinese)
description=A Chinese variety primarily used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong Province.
languageFamily=Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)
nativeSpeakers=85000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=1000000
totalSpeakers=86000000
writingSystem=Chinese characters

[item.vietnamese]
code=21
slug=vietnamese
name=Vietnamese
description=An Austroasiatic language and an East Asian language using the Latin alphabet.
languageFamily=Austroasiatic (Viet-Muong)
nativeSpeakers=85000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=12000000
totalSpeakers=97000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet (Quoc Ngu)

[item.wu-chinese]
code=22
slug=wu-chinese
name=Wu Chinese (Shanghainese)
description=A Chinese variety used in the Yangtze River Delta region centered on Shanghai.
languageFamily=Sino-Tibetan (Sinitic)
nativeSpeakers=83000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=0
totalSpeakers=83000000
writingSystem=Chinese characters

[item.tagalog]
code=23
slug=tagalog
name=Tagalog (Filipino)
description=An Austronesian language and the official language of the Philippines.
languageFamily=Austronesian
nativeSpeakers=30000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=53000000
totalSpeakers=83000000
writingSystem=Latin alphabet

[item.korean]
code=24
slug=korean
name=Korean
description=A language spoken on the Korean Peninsula with its own writing system called Hangul.
languageFamily=Koreanic (language isolate)
nativeSpeakers=80000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=2000000
totalSpeakers=82000000
writingSystem=Hangul

[item.farsi]
code=25
slug=farsi
name=Persian (Farsi)
description=An Indo-European language spoken in Iran.
languageFamily=Indo-European (Iranian)
nativeSpeakers=55000000
secondLanguageSpeakers=24000000
totalSpeakers=79000000
writingSystem=Perso-Arabic script