2006-08-17 03:37:53 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
mandarin chinese(most common)
hindi(second most)
english(third)
arabic(fourth)
In all honesty, i don't know where people get off saying spanish is popular, mostly spoken in the americas.... and of coz spain ;p Most popular languages in the US is for sure english and spanish tho.
Reasons why the first two are so popular is because most of the world's population is locked up in china and india... arabic because of the muslim population.(one has to speak alittle to even pray)
2006-08-17 03:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteHat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Language of speakers / Approx. number
1. Chinese (Mandarin)1,075,000,000
2. English514,000,000
3. Hindustani496,000,000
4. Spanish425,000,000
5. Russian275,000,000
6. Arabic256,000,000
7. Bengali215,000,000
8. Portuguese194,000,000
9. Malay-Indonesian176,000,000
10. French129,000,000
2006-08-20 19:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by PK LAMBA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
2006-08-17 16:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by laughing_room 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No doubt. It is chinese. Here is the 1996 statistics..
There are 6,912 known living languages in the world today. 347 (or approximately 5%) of the world's languages have at least one million speakers and account for 94% of the world's population. By contrast, the remaining 95% of languages are spoken by only 6% of the world's people. Languages spoken by the most people are Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, English, Bengali, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German (standard).
1 CHINESE, MANDARIN China 885,000,000
2 SPANISH Spain 332,000,000
3 ENGLISH United Kingdom 322,000,000
4 BENGALI Bangladesh, india 189,000,000
5 HINDI India 182,000,000
6 PORTUGUESE Portugal 170,000,000
7 RUSSIAN Russia 170,000,000
8 JAPANESE Japan 125,000,000
9 GERMAN, STANDARD Germany 98,000,000
10 CHINESE, WU China 77,175,000
English is also most spoken but only as secondary language.
2006-08-17 05:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The language of Love
2006-08-17 19:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Indian_Male 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most widespread language (that is spoken in most countries) is english, followed by arabic and spanish; the language spoken by most people (native and secondary language) is mandarin chinese, followed by english and spanish.
2006-08-17 05:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by greyMatter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top 5 Most Important Languages to Learn:
English
Japanese
Spanish
Chinese
Hebrew
2006-08-17 03:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by tecsklls9 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Spanish
2006-08-17 03:43:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read daily is of course Chines "letters" some also understood by Japanese.
Spoken language is Mandarin.
second largest language is Castillion/Spanish.
Third might be English.
2006-08-18 07:56:46 · answer #9 · answered by Realname: Robert Siikiniemi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most native speakers is Chinese by a long shot. But the most widely used is probably English and then Spanish.
2006-08-17 03:44:38 · answer #10 · answered by Kai 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋