summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant

The table compares the numbers of native
speakers
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,
speakers
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as an additional language, and the total number of
speakers
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in 6 different
languages
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. Overall, the total of Chinese
speakers
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outraces the other five groups, while people who speak Portuguese make up the smallest language used.
Languages
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are spoken more by
natives
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than by additional
speakers
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, except English
speakers
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. Mandarin and English have the biggest
speakers
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: 1.090
million
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and 942
million
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people, respectively. The Chinese
natives
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outnumber non-
natives
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with 900
million
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natives
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.
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, non-native English numbers are almost double the native number, at 603
million
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and 339
million
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. In comparison, the
speakers
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of Hindi and Spanish account for 490
million
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and 420
million
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. Non-
natives
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who speak Hindi are 120
million
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, or around one-
third
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of the original
speakers
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. Meanwhile, non-native Spanish only make up one-sixth of the original
speakers
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. The Arabic and Portuguese
speakers
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are 230
million
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and 213
million
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, the less spoken language than the above groups. Both
languages
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have similar total
natives
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at 206
million
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for Arabic and 203
million
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for Portuguese. Non-native numbers of these
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are
also
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extremely smaller than other
languages
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.

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