Hindi third most spoken language in the world after English, Mandarin
- Hindi is the third most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers, according to the 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue, published by U.S.-based, Christian non-profit organization Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL).
- English is the topmost spoken language in the wotld with 1,132 million speakers.
- Chinese Mandarin is at the second position with 1,117 million speakers.
- Bangla is the 7th most spoken language of the world having 228 million native speakers.
- The 2020 database report covers 7,111 living languages of the world.
- In addition to living languages, Ethnologue also contains data on languages which have gone out of use in recent history. This edition lists 348 such languages.
- “Ethnologue: Languages of the World” is an ultimate source of information in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.
- It was first issued in 1951, and is now published annually by SIL International.