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| Cantonese Romanisation | Letter for /j/ |
|---|---|
| Yale | y |
| Jyutping | j |
Top 20 most spoken languages in the world
| Rank | Language | Speakers(millions) | Letter for /j/ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandarin | 1051 | y |
| 2 | English | 840 | y |
| 3 | Spanish | 570 | y |
| 4 | Arabic | 422 | y |
| 5 | Hindi | 490 | y |
| 6 | Malay + Indonesian | 281 | y |
| 7 | Russian | 275 | j |
| 8 | French | 272 | y |
| 9 | Portuguese | 262 | y |
| 10 | Bengali | 245 | y |
| 11 | German | 100 | j |
| 12 | Urdu | 162 | y |
| 13 | Hausa | 150 | y |
| 14 | Punjabi | 146 | y |
| 15 | Japanese | 130 | y |
| 16 | Persian | 110 | y |
| 17 | Swahill | 98 | y |
| 18 | Telugu | 92 | y |
| 19 | Italian | 85 | i |
| 20 | Turkish | 85 | y |