|speakers='''15.6 million'''<ref name="ethnologue.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.org/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=size|title=Statistical Summaries|last=Lewis|first=M. Paul|year=2009|work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World|publisher=SIL International|accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref>