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Who Speaks Indo-European?

Who Speaks Indo-European?

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Indo-European is the most widely spoken language family on Earth.

Of the 29 languages with 10M+ native speakers on the Ethnologue list, 15 are Indo-European, together about 2.46 billion people.

Indo-Aryan (941M) and Romance (875M) lead. Iranian languages, Persian included, account for ~65M.

Short takes

Guess before you scroll: which Indo-European branch has the MOST speakers, Romance or Indo-Aryan? (Answer is in the chart.)