WebTop languages by population Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition). The following languages are listed as having at least 50 million first language speakers in the 2022 edition of Ethnologue, a language reference published by SIL International. Entries identified by Ethnologue as macrolanguages (such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese, …

WebOct 23, 2022 · Adding native and non-native speakers, Mandarin is the second most widely spoken language in the world. However, it's the most spoken language in the world if you count only first language (native) speakers due to China's significant population. Mandarin is not actually a language, but a set of dialects of the Chinese language.

WebIt’s estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages ...

WebAug 30, 2021 · Mandarin Chinese takes the cake as the world's most spoken language based on its tremendous number of native speakers. Mandarin is the standard official and literary form of Chinese based on the Beijing dialect, and is one of the official languages of the United Nations. Mandarin is the second most popular online language, and it …

WebAccording to the 2000 population census, Mandarin and other varieties of Chinese are the most common languages spoken at home. They are used by 51% of the population. The table below shows the change in distribution of Mandarin and other Chinese varieties, as well as English, as home languages of the resident Chinese population of Singapore in …

Webco-official with Filipino, and with regional languages as auxiliary official languages Qatar: significant minority Singapore: co-official with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay United Arab Emirates: significant minority Bangladesh: de facto co-official with Bengali Sri Lanka: de facto co-official with Tamil and Sinhala Malaysia

WebJun 22, 2021 · 2-Mandarin Chinese. ... It is one of the classic languages of the world and its history dates back thousands of years. 68 million people in Suriname and Indonesia speak this language. Java is the ...

WebAug 30, 2020 · The top five to ten spoken languages in the world are very close in number of speakers, ranging from 199-280 million speakers. Languages have historically spread through trade, conquests, colonization, immigration, and cultural interactions. ... Mandarin Chinese is the second most popular spoken language in the world with a total of 1.12 ...

WebMegalanguages around the World - List of Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and French speaking countries. Languages around the World with International Language Codes Languages of the World and where they are spoken, a list of Language Names in English and French with ISO 639-2 Alpha-3 as well as some of the Alpha-2 language ...

WebApr 25, 2017 · Chinese is a group of languages spoken by the people of China. The most common of them is Mandarin which is the most spoken language in the world. English speakers find the language very difficult to learn, primarily because it is a tonal language. Each and every sound in Mandarin has four distinct pronunciations.