What are the main languages spoken in the EU?

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The European Union (EU), which currently excludes Norway, Switzerland and many eastern European countries, recognises 23 official languages as of 2007.[8] According to the same source, the seven most natively spoken languages in the EU are (percentage of total European population[9]):

  1. 19% German
  2. 13% French
  3. 12% English
  4. 11% Italian
  5. 9% Spanish
  6. 9% Polish
  7. 6% Romanian
  8. 5% Dutch
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