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9 months ago| Language | Native Speakers | Total Speakers | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ~380 million | ~1.5 billion | Wikipedia |
| German | ~76–95 million | ~155–220 million | Wikipedia |
| Mandarin | ~941 million–1.12 billion | ~1.1–1.3 billion | Wikipedia |
Well, it has 10x more speakers than German, but it still has fewer speakers than English and most of them are localised in a single country.
That’s not the joke.