The table below gives information about languages with the most native speakers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below gives information about languages with the most native speakers.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates data on how many
people
speak the top 6 native languages (Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, and
Portuguese
).
Overall
, individuals who speak Mandarin Chinese were in the top position,
whereas
the least
number
of
people
speak in the
Portuguese
language
among those 6 languages. The total
number
of
speakers
of Mandarin Chinese is 1090
million
, where 900
million
from native and 190
million
speakers
of an additional
language
.
Although
339
million
people
speak English as a first
language
, their
speakers
as a second or third
language
603
million
, almost double their native
speakers
, made them the 2nd highest
number
of
speakers
altogether. Hindi is in the 3rd position in terms of total speaking citizens (490
million
), where 120
million
people
do not speak as their primary
language
, even though 370
million
people
use it as a first
language
as a medium of communication. The Spanish native speaker is 350, which is 5 times higher than its 2nd or 3rd
language
speakers
.
On the other hand
, the total
number
of
people
who speak Arabic and
Portuguese
are not significantly different 230
million
and 213 respectively. Among them majority of the
people
speak in their native languages both in Arabic and
Portuguese
.
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