what is the most used language other than English ?

Answer 1

English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.

The Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:
(number of native speakers in parentheses)

1. Chinese* (937,132,000)
2. Spanish (332,000,000)
3. English (322,000,000)
4. Bengali (189,000,000)
5. Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)
6. Arabic* (174,950,000)
7. Portuguese (170,000,000)
8. Russian (170,000,000)
9. Japanese (125,000,000)
10. German (98,000,000)
11. French* (79,572,000)

* The totals given for Chinese, Arabic, and French include more than one SIL variety.

The following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):
(number of native speakers in parentheses)

1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)
2. Hindi (333 million)
3. Spanish (332 million)
4. English (322 million)
5. Bengali (189 million)
6. Arabic (186 million)
7. Russian (170 million)
8. Portuguese (170 million)
9. Japanese (125 million)
10. German (98 million)
11. French (72 million)

So, basically, it depends on which 'expert' you ask.

Answer 2

Spanish is the 2nd most common/spoken language in the world. Everyone should be able to speak it, just like most of the world can get by with a little English. Actually, this depends on what you're asking, more specifically. There are more people in the world who speak Mandarin Chinese, simply because they have a large population. However, it is a difficult language to learn and, so, typically only Chinese people speak Chinese. Whereas, universally, English is the most common language (including English as a second Language), as MOST people in MOST cultures can communicate using English. Spanish would be second in that category. Spanish is a very common "second language" AND boasts a large population (Spain, Central and South America). So if we're speaking stricly numbers, Mandarin, but if we're speaking popularity, English and Spanish. Get it?

Answer 3

Newsflash: English is not the most spoke language, that goes to Mandarin chinese. Here is a table with the 5 most spoken languages and the number of speakers.

Pos Language Family Script(s) Used Speakers
(Millions) Where Spoken (Major)
1 Mandarin Sino-Tibetan Chinese Characters 1051 China, Malaysia, Taiwan
2 English Indo-European Latin 510 USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
3 Hindi Indo-European Devanagari 490 North and Central India
4 Spanish Indo-European Latin 425 The Americas, Spain
5 Arabic Afro-Asiatic Arabic 255 Middle East, Arabia, North Africa

Answer 4

According to Guinness World Records 2006, Chinese, with 915 million speakers in the Mandarin dialect alone, is the most commonly spoken language in the world, outnumbering English speakers by 561 million.

That means English is NOT the most used language

Answer 5

Spanish

Answer 6

Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world

Answer 7

Depends on where you living. Over here it is Spanish.

Answer 8

Probably either Chinese or Spanish

The reason why I say Chinese is that China has so many people.

Answer 9

My guess is Spanish

Answer 10

spanish