Theres many languages around the world. I dont know how stupid this question is, but recently I was just wondering what language most people around the world speak. What do you think the most known language is around the world?
2006-07-13 12:50:32 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
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i can't believe how many stupid responses there are to this question. The most spoken (most number of speakers) language is Mandarin Chinese (user DJ is ignorant- the Communists have every student learning Mandarin) hands down. The most widely spoken (most countries and most people who speak it as a 2nd language) language though is English.
2006-07-13 15:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jacky1 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
English. Second is French, the language of Diplomacy.
First of all, it's the language of the Internet and will become by far the dominate language of the future.
English is actually a fairly new language. It's an amalgamation of most European language groups and it changes very dramatically and very rapidly and it will continue to be very flexible.
You would have a hard time communicating with King Henry VIII for example and that was about 500 years ago and he spoke "English".
There is no "Chinese" language as a previous poster mentioned. There are dozens of languages in present day China under three main language groups. Not even the Communist have managed to get them all speaking the same language........but they all learn English!
2006-07-13 13:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually if we are to count per person in the world, with China being the most populated country in the world, I would say Chinese, and Arabic being the second. But actually it could be a tie between English and Spanish, then French, German and Italian, then portuguese.
On the other hand, English is the language of commerce and you can find someone who speaks English in every single country in the world.
2006-07-13 12:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by imagineworldwide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
2006-07-13 12:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
2006-07-13 12:54:10 · answer #5 · answered by blueeyz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
2006-07-13 12:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surprisingly enough the most widely spoken language is Madarin in this world when China is becoming a major superpower...Undoubtly though the most known language in the world might be English in my opinion...As i say usually....some chinese ppl know at least some English while Americans or English speaking ppl definitely do not know some Chinese words beyong that or chow mein
2006-07-13 13:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by bunny go splat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know, before this, i would've said English. I was wrong.
Based on what everyone else said, it must be Mandarin Chinese (we learned about China and Chinese History last year) first and English with a close second, since it's a kinda versatile language. People from foreign countries i guess would have to get the hang of the language before being able to speak it fluently.
2006-07-14 00:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by Elizabeth S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many languages though the most known one is english. The second most known language is Spanish. It is spoken in many countries including the United States.
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2006-07-13 13:07:13 · answer #9 · answered by Yup, Yup. It's me!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the language most spoken in the world is Chinese...but if you're asking which languague is most widely spoken...then its Spanish. Its spoken in 20 something countries, i believe. then English...when is a very common language for people to want to learn
2006-07-13 16:17:22 · answer #10 · answered by nenadcal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋