What are the top 10 widely spoken languages around the world? Plz provide me the details
2006-08-09 07:19:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
1. Chinese (Mandarin)= 1,000,000,000 +
2. English = 508,000,000
3. Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu)= 497,000,000
4. Spanish = 392,000,000
5. Russian = 277,000,000
6. Arabic = 246,000,000
7. Bengali = 211,000,000
8. Portuguese = 191,000,000
9. Malay-Indonesian = 159,000,000
10. French = 129,000,000
2006-08-09 07:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by prizzma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think English is definitely the TOP since most countries speak it or have it as a second language. French I wouldn't say is second cause well to be honest besides Canada and France not many countries speak it except a few small ones and soem islands. I think Chinese is 2nd cause well 1/3rd of the world speaks some form of it if you think about it. I think german would be third like you have it. Spanish is defiantly moving up. I'd say English Chinese German Russian French/Spanish/Italian I'm not sure about Arabic, Persian, Indonesia, Japanese, Korean.
2016-03-27 05:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Mandarin 1051million speakers China, Malaysia, Taiwan
2 English 510 million USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
3 Hindi 490 million North and Central India
4 Spanish 425 million The Americas, Spain
5 Arabic 255 million Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
6 Russian 254 million Russia, Central Asia
7 Portuguese 218 million Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
8 Bengali 215 million Bangladesh, Eastern India
9 Malay, Indonesian 175 million Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
10 French 130 million
2006-08-09 07:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by erin7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 - Chinese. But they speak many dialects. The comunists made the Pekinese the official language ( although a Chinese girl told me it was the Mandarin ) to try to have a common language for the whole country.
2 - Russian. The largest country in the world. Situation similar to China.
3 - English.
4 - Spanish. Spoken in most Latin America, Spain, and some areas of Africa.
5 - German. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and center of Europe.
6 - French. France, Switzerland, Belgium, east part of Canada, Haiti. Common in Europe
7 - Arab
8 - Japanese. Japan
9 - Portuguese. Brasil, Portugal, areas of Asia and Africa
10 - Maybe in Indonesia, with a situation similar to China, or perhaps Italy
2006-08-10 10:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ahem. Whoever forgot Chinese? Chinese is the number one spoken language--1/4 of the world speaks it. English, Spanish, French, and some other stuff would rank after it.
2006-08-09 07:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by ♪Grillon♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mandarin, English, Urdu, Spanish, German, French, Italian,Russian, Portugese
2006-08-09 07:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by imhm2004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
Spanish
French
Italian
Chinese
Japanese
Hebrew
German
Cantonese
Sign Language
2006-08-09 07:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Italian, Swahili, Swedish.
2006-08-09 07:24:15 · answer #8 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#1 English
spanish
french
espaniol
latin
german
italian
korean
chinease
russian
2006-08-09 07:25:04 · answer #9 · answered by Lashly P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure but id have to say
English
french
Italian
Chinese
Cantonese
Spanish
Punjabi
Japanese
Fijian
German
2006-08-09 07:26:31 · answer #10 · answered by fuzzycakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋