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World Languages Details - YAML

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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- 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)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 1520000000
  nativeSpeakers: 380000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 1140000000
- 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)"
  writingSystem: "Chinese characters (Simplified/Traditional)"
  totalSpeakers: 1180000000
  nativeSpeakers: 940000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 240000000
- code: "3"
  slug: "hindi"
  name: "Hindi"
  description: "A major language of India belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)"
  writingSystem: "Devanagari script"
  totalSpeakers: 610000000
  nativeSpeakers: 350000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 260000000
- code: "4"
  slug: "spanish"
  name: "Spanish"
  description: "A Romance language widely used in Spain and Latin America."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Romance)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 560000000
  nativeSpeakers: 490000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 70000000
- code: "5"
  slug: "french"
  name: "French"
  description: "A Romance language with growing speakers, particularly in Africa."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Romance)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 320000000
  nativeSpeakers: 80000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 240000000
- code: "6"
  slug: "arabic"
  name: "Arabic"
  description: "An Afro-Asiatic language widely used in the Middle East and North Africa."
  languageFamily: "Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)"
  writingSystem: "Arabic script"
  totalSpeakers: 340000000
  nativeSpeakers: 320000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 20000000
- code: "7"
  slug: "bengali"
  name: "Bengali"
  description: "An Indo-Aryan language used in Bangladesh and eastern India."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)"
  writingSystem: "Bengali script"
  totalSpeakers: 280000000
  nativeSpeakers: 230000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 50000000
- code: "8"
  slug: "portuguese"
  name: "Portuguese"
  description: "A Romance language used in the Lusophone world including Brazil."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Romance)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 270000000
  nativeSpeakers: 230000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 40000000
- code: "9"
  slug: "russian"
  name: "Russian"
  description: "A Slavic language widely used in former Soviet countries."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Slavic)"
  writingSystem: "Cyrillic script"
  totalSpeakers: 260000000
  nativeSpeakers: 150000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 110000000
- code: "10"
  slug: "urdu"
  name: "Urdu"
  description: "An Indo-Aryan language and the national language of Pakistan."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)"
  writingSystem: "Perso-Arabic script"
  totalSpeakers: 250000000
  nativeSpeakers: 70000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 180000000
- code: "11"
  slug: "indonesian"
  name: "Indonesian"
  description: "An Austronesian language and the official language of Indonesia."
  languageFamily: "Austronesian"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 250000000
  nativeSpeakers: 40000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 210000000
- code: "12"
  slug: "german"
  name: "German"
  description: "A Germanic language widely used in Central Europe."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Germanic)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 135000000
  nativeSpeakers: 80000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 55000000
- code: "13"
  slug: "japanese"
  name: "Japanese"
  description: "A language spoken in Japan, considered a language isolate in terms of classification."
  languageFamily: "Japonic"
  writingSystem: "Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana"
  totalSpeakers: 125000000
  nativeSpeakers: 124000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 1000000
- code: "14"
  slug: "nigerian-pidgin"
  name: "Nigerian Pidgin"
  description: "An English-based creole widely used in Nigeria."
  languageFamily: "English-based Creole"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 120000000
  nativeSpeakers: 5000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 115000000
- code: "15"
  slug: "egyptian-arabic"
  name: "Egyptian Arabic"
  description: "A variety of Arabic widely used in Egypt."
  languageFamily: "Afro-Asiatic (Semitic)"
  writingSystem: "Arabic script"
  totalSpeakers: 120000000
  nativeSpeakers: 100000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 20000000
- code: "16"
  slug: "marathi"
  name: "Marathi"
  description: "An Indo-Aryan language of India, primarily used in Maharashtra state."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Indo-Aryan)"
  writingSystem: "Devanagari script"
  totalSpeakers: 99000000
  nativeSpeakers: 83000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 16000000
- code: "17"
  slug: "telugu"
  name: "Telugu"
  description: "A Dravidian language widely used in southern India."
  languageFamily: "Dravidian"
  writingSystem: "Telugu script"
  totalSpeakers: 96000000
  nativeSpeakers: 83000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 13000000
- code: "18"
  slug: "turkish"
  name: "Turkish"
  description: "A Turkic language primarily used in Turkey and Cyprus."
  languageFamily: "Turkic"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 91000000
  nativeSpeakers: 84000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 7000000
- code: "19"
  slug: "tamil"
  name: "Tamil"
  description: "A classical Dravidian language used in southern India and Sri Lanka."
  languageFamily: "Dravidian"
  writingSystem: "Tamil script"
  totalSpeakers: 86000000
  nativeSpeakers: 75000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 11000000
- 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)"
  writingSystem: "Chinese characters"
  totalSpeakers: 86000000
  nativeSpeakers: 85000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 1000000
- code: "21"
  slug: "vietnamese"
  name: "Vietnamese"
  description: "An Austroasiatic language and an East Asian language using the Latin alphabet."
  languageFamily: "Austroasiatic (Viet-Muong)"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet (Quoc Ngu)"
  totalSpeakers: 97000000
  nativeSpeakers: 85000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 12000000
- 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)"
  writingSystem: "Chinese characters"
  totalSpeakers: 83000000
  nativeSpeakers: 83000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 0
- code: "23"
  slug: "tagalog"
  name: "Tagalog (Filipino)"
  description: "An Austronesian language and the official language of the Philippines."
  languageFamily: "Austronesian"
  writingSystem: "Latin alphabet"
  totalSpeakers: 83000000
  nativeSpeakers: 30000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 53000000
- 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)"
  writingSystem: "Hangul"
  totalSpeakers: 82000000
  nativeSpeakers: 80000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 2000000
- code: "25"
  slug: "farsi"
  name: "Persian (Farsi)"
  description: "An Indo-European language spoken in Iran."
  languageFamily: "Indo-European (Iranian)"
  writingSystem: "Perso-Arabic script"
  totalSpeakers: 79000000
  nativeSpeakers: 55000000
  secondLanguageSpeakers: 24000000