Major european languages language group number of native speakers (approx) official language in: west germanic 170 million germany, austria, united kingdom, ireland, european union, others romance 150 million france, italy, belgium, european union, others slavic 140 million russia, kazakstan, ukraine, european union, others based on this table, it can be concluded that a) most people in europe speak english. b) people do not speak english in russia. c) most people in europe speak one language. d) europeans likely speak more than just their native language.