Portuguese is a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and former Portuguese colonial territories. Galician, a dialect spoken in northwestern Spain, shares close linguistic ties with Portuguese.

In this article, we will look at the 25 most spoken native languages in the world. We will also be discussing an overview of the language-learning market. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, ...

Every year, Ethnologue mines the data on more than 7000 languages to see which ones are most popular across the globe. Read on to find out if your native language topped the 2023 list (and learn a fun ...

This chart shows the languages other than English spoken at home in the U.S. in 2024, in millions of speakers.