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What is the least spoken language and what is the most spoken language?

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The language with the most native speakers is Mandarin.
The language that is most widely spoken in the world is English.

The least spoken language is a tie of about 200 languages, with only 1 or 2 remaining speakers. Ter Sami is often listed as the least spoken, but there are languages all over Australia, Africa, and the Americas with only 1 speaker left.
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