The following table contains the top 100 languages by estimated number of native speakers in the 2007 edition of the Swedish encyclopedia Nationalencyklopedin.As census methods in different countries vary to a considerable extent, and given that some countries do not record language in their censuses, any list of languages by native speakers, or total speakers, is …

Published lists. SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages.; The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns codes for most languages; see ISO 639. List of ISO 639-1 codes – two-letter codes (184 major languages); List of ISO 639-2 codes – three-letter codes; ISO 639 macrolanguage – ISO 639-2 codes used …