Languages of the European Union Languages (2006) Language L1 Total English 13% 51% German 18% 32% French 13% 26% Italian 13% 16% Spanish 9% 15% Polish 9% 10% Romanian 7% 8% Dutch 5% 6% Greek 3% 3% Hungarian 3% 3% Swedish 2% 3% Czech 2% 3% Portuguese 2% 2% Bulgarian 2%