Talk:List of languages by total number of speakers

French second language is over calculated
It looks like French second language was taking account for anyone knowing the "oui" word. 2806:103E:2A:6538:75A3:3A3B:88C5:9D42 (talk) 19:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Why separate Iranian Persian from Afghan and Tajiki Persian?
Iranian Persian, Afghani Persian, and Tajiki Persian should be counted as one language in the list (Persian). They are all mutually intelligible dialects of Persian, akin to British English and American English. Thewikixx (talk) 03:48, 11 June 2024 (UTC)


 * The source does so, so we have to do so. Also, Tajiki Persian uses a different alphabet so all sources consider it a different language for this reason (the same goes for Hindi and Urdu, Serbian and Croatian, and Southern and Northern Azeri). For Dari and Farsi, it's all about politics, unfortunately. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 07:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)