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KamenRiderBlade posted...

I'm not the one you should be complaining to.

The Wikipedia article has authors behind everything, you should be telling them that.

I looked at the source they cited, it's pay-walled. Then I look at the Wikipedia article on Japanese language and the amount of native speakers increases by 2 million. Since that list says it is based on Ethnologue, and that source is pay-walled they likely have some criterion that we aren't aware of. My guess is the amont of Chinese second-language speakers is also underestimated, though I doubt English isn't still the most spoken language.

I am just saying that list clearly has issues.

Edit: The source of the data:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World (stylized as Ethnoloue) is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It was first issued in 1951, and is now published annually by SIL International, a U.S.-based, worldwide, Christian non-profit organization. SIL's main purpose is to study, develop and document languages for religious purposes and to promote literacy.