Arabic is part of the Semitic language family. Nearly 250 million speak Arabic, which makes it one of the most spoken languages on the planet. Over 600,000 people in the United States speak Arabic.

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About 1 out of 4 people in the world speak a form of Chinese. Most of them speak Mandarin. In total, there are over 870 million Chinese speakers worldwide. Over 2 million people in the United States speak Chinese.

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French is an official language for over 30 countries and territories. Nearly 270 million people around the world use French. About 1.6 million French speakers live in the United States.

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Korean is spoken by nearly 1 million people in the United States. There are 78 million Korean speakers worldwide.

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Russian is the most widely spoken Slavic language. Over 145 million people in the world speak Russian as their first language. There are about 700,000 Russian speakers in the United States.

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Somali is the official language of Somalia. Somali speakers total about 12.5 million worldwide. There are approximately 35,000 people in the United States who speak Somali.

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Over 28 million people in the United States speak Spanish, making it the country's most widely spoken language other than English. Worldwide, there are nearly 325 million Spanish speakers.

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Out of the more than 170 languages of the Phillipines, Tagalog is spoken by the most people. Approximately 1.2 million people in the United States speak Tagalog.

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Vietnamese is spoken by nearly 68 million people around the world. Most of them live in Vietnam. Over 1 million Vietnamese speakers live in the United States.

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