Rank It: Language Speakers

Put five entries from language speakers in order, highest first, across five rounds. Only an exact position counts, so a near miss scores nothing.

Five entries a round, five rounds, highest first. Only an exact position scores, so a near miss is worth nothing.

Each round draws five of 36 entries and asks you to order them. Values are native speakers. First-language speakers, in millions, per Ethnologue. Notes give the total including second-language speakers.

What is in this set

Bengali, Burmese, English, German, Hindi, Italian, Javanese, Korean, Marathi, Odia, Polish, Russian, Tamil, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and 20 more.

Reference: language speakers — every value. Spoils the game.

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