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Putting it all into perspective

There is a serious problem with the all the data listed here in this arcticle due to two reasons: First: Survey years are not given. Second: Number of speakers should be put into perspective by also showing how large percentage did speakers of any particular language form in the year when the survey was taken, something like: 1. English 1,400 - 1,800 million; 23% - 30% of worlds population in 1997 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.29.94 (talk) 05:00, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I'd like to know if I'm counted in as an engrish speaker? Does my Maghrebi arabic include french? 88.195.46.112 (talk) 04:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the reason to state that figures for French include the Maghreb Area... It is right to say that the figure include French Creole because it is a variant of French but... the data include French-speaker of the 3 french-speaking (and it is French, not a variant of the language as a creole is) Maghreb states and rightly so...it doesn't mean anything... Easyboy82 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.222.27.206 (talk) 21:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where is Dutch? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.144.100.44 (talk) 16:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

German seems a little high at 229 million. The country of Germany only has about 82 million people, and Switzerland and Austria each have about 8 million. I'm not sure where the rest of the 130 million plus German speakers are supposed to come from. 70.176.120.225 (talk) 07:05, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Long time listener, first time caller: Given what appears to be many discrepancies listed below (especially, for example, Ukrainian) should Ethnologue be treated as a reliable source?NotYourLawyer (talk) 22:25, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NotYourLawyer, yes per Ethnologue#Reception,_reliability,_and_use. But it would be amazing to have another source though. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:33, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is very racist

This is very racist why Arabic not adding like a language it has more than 400 millions native speakers and they can understand each other even though they have different dialect but still same language they understand each other from country to contry that's super weird tha statistics in this article not fair and not valid in reality 77.232.123.20 (talk) 22:05, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic is the 6th most spoken language according to the CIA ranking. According to Ethnologue, Modern Standard Arabic is 6th, Egyptian Arabic is 26th, Sudanese Arabic is 42nd and Algerian Arabic is 44th. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:22, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

better sources needed

Is there no better source available than paywall protected Ethnologue. Readers of this article are not able to view the remainder of the top 200 spoken languages. Paywall sources really shouldn't be used on wikipedia. Blario (talk) 22:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paywalled sources are used all the time on Wikipedia. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 08:11, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

only Ethnologue? Just a question, no problem at all Manlleus (talk) 22:59, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Manlleus: I don't understand your question. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 15:51, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What other primary sources of the list are out there? Manlleus (talk) 17:58, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Manlleus The CIA and Ethnologue are secondary (or tertiary?) sources. I don't know other reliable sources. Please let me know if you know some. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 21:54, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the article (table) is based from Ethnologue. I'm not the one to provide a better, non-payable or more accesible source but we agree on the source issue Manlleus (talk) 22:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Numbering

There’s an error with the numbering. It shows the title as #1 instead of English. GamerKlim9716 (talk) 07:51, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please send a screenshot @GamerKlim9716? No issues on my computer (Chrome, MacOS). a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 08:25, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’m using the iOS app and it won’t let me add screenshots. GamerKlim9716 (talk) 08:50, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::::What other primary sources of the list are out there? [[User:Manlleus|Manlleus]] ([[User talk:Manlleus|talk]]) 17:58, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 :::::[[User:Manlleus|@Manlleus]] The CIA and Ethnologue are secondary (or tertiary?) sources. I don't know other reliable sources. Please let me know if you know some. [[User:A455bcd9|a455bcd9 (Antoine)]] ([[User talk:A455bcd9|talk]]) 21:54, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
-::::::Most of the article (table) is based of Ethnologue. I'm not the one to provide a better, non-payable or more accesible source but we agree on the source issue [[User:Manlleus|Manlleus]] ([[User talk:Manlleus|talk]]) 22:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
+::::::Most of the article (table) is based from Ethnologue. I'm not the one to provide a better, non-payable or more accesible source but we agree on the source issue [[User:Manlleus|Manlleus]] ([[User talk:Manlleus|talk]]) 22:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 == Numbering ==