2006-09-30 07:12:41 · 18 answers · asked by qualok 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Mandarin Chinese, because there are so many of them
2006-09-30 07:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mandarin has the most speakers, but I personally wouldn't call it "widely spoken", since the vast majority of its speakers are in one country (albeit a huge country). Spanish is spoken as a first language by large numbers of people on at least three continents, as I believe is French, and English is a national or official language of countries on five different continents; those to me are "widely spoken". Arabic is also widely spoken, especially as a second language.
2006-09-30 07:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spanish is most widely spoken language in the world not English.More people speak Spanish in the world than any other language, Mandarin is only spoken in China not all over the world.
2006-09-30 07:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Technically the most widely used languages are English, Chinese and Spanish respectively.
Though Mandarin Chinese is the widest spoken dialect with Cantonese second amoung the many variations, the common written language is why it gets second place.
Spanish is spoken in many countries, many south american and a few Austra-Asian have spannish source.
2006-09-30 07:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a list of the five most spoken languages (of native speakers) in the world:
1. Mandarin Chinese
2. English
3. Hindi
4. Spanish
5. Arabic
2006-09-30 07:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by YahooAnswers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worldwide: French and Spanish
2006-10-01 05:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian,Chinese,Spanish,french,Portuguese,
2006-09-30 18:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by italiana mocha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's Mandarin Chinese, then I think it's English, then Spanish and French, and then Indian. I think.
2006-09-30 07:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese Spanish and French and UH ALBERTO----China is in the world
2006-09-30 19:39:13 · answer #9 · answered by leviathia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Spanish, French and Chinese.
2006-09-30 07:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by Sab S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋