What are the most commonly spoken languages in the world?

Answer 1

English

Chinese

Japanese

Punjabi

urdu

jamaicain

Arabic

actually the most widely spoken janguage is mandarin, English is 3 or 4 most spoken language, second is spanish and then possibly french but jamaican is a country with a population of 2 million! the list already given is totally false and innacurate

Answer 2

This question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer. Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably. For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.

To further complicate matters, the definition of "speaker" can be vague. Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only. Others count both native speakers and secondary speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).

Lastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries. On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.

The Chinese with over 1 billion people speak many different dialects, India also has many different types of dialects.

In case you were wondering, here is a list of the 30 most spoken languages in the world and the areas in which they are spoken.

1. Mandarin / China, Malaysia, Taiwan
2. English / USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
3. Hindi / North and Central India
4. Spanish / The Americas, Spain
5. Arabic / Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
6. Russian / Russia, Central Asia
7. Portuguese / Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
8. Bengali / Bangladesh, Eastern India
9. Malay, Indonesian / Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
10. French Indo-European / France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa
11. Japanese / Japan
12. German / Germany, Austria, Central Europe
13. Farsi (Persian) / Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
14. Urdu / Pakistan, India
15. Punjabi / Pakistan, India
16. Vietnamese / Vietnam, China
17. Tamil / Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malyasia
18. Wu / China
19. Javanese / Indonesia
20. Turkish / Turkey, Central Asia
21. Telugu / Southern India
22. Korean / Korean Peninsula
23. Marathi / Western India
24. Italian / Italy, Central Europe
25. Thai / Thailand, Laos
26. Cantonese / Southern China
27. Gujarati / Western India, Kenya
28. Polish / Poland, Central Europe
29. Kannada / Southern India
30. Burmese / Myanmar

The Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:

(number of native speakers in parentheses)

1. Chinese* (937,132,000)

2. Spanish (332,000,000)

3. English (322,000,000)

4. Bengali (189,000,000)

5. Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)

6. Arabic* (174,950,000)

7. Portuguese (170,000,000)

8. Russian (170,000,000)

9. Japanese (125,000,000)

10. German (98,000,000)

11. French* (79,572,000)

1. Mandarin Chinese: 885 million

2. Spanish: 332 million

3. English: 322 million

4. Bengali: 189 million

5. Hindi: 182 million

Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language in the world.

Chinese

Answer 3

It's not quite clear what you are looking for. The language with the largest number of native speakers in Europe is almost certainly German; however, it's not widely spoken as one gets away from the German-speaking countries, and it is certainly not widely spoken internationally. The 'main' languages spoken in Europe itself are: * German * Russian * French * English * Italian * Spanish

Beyond these six languages one is down to languages of little international standing (with the exception of Portuguese): * Polish * Portuguese * Ukrainian * Romanian

Answer 4

By number of speakers

1. Russian is the language with the largest number of speakers in Europe, with 144 to 155 million speakers.
2. German is second, spoken by approximately 90-95 million people in Europe (as of 2004).
3. Third is French (66 to 68 million).
4. Fourth is English (64 to 66 million).
5. Fifth is Italian (65 million).

Different sources give different figures. The total for Russia also depends on which parts of Russia you count as 'Europe'.

English is the most widely spoken language. French, German and Italian are also widely spoken. Europe has many different countries which have their own languages, so you could not really say that any one language is the most usual one. Besides English, which European language was spoken in most European countries? and in which countries? I would like to know the top three.
the most spoken language in europe is english

Answer 5

i believe that the five main and most spoken languages are first English for it is the language of technologies nowadays, the second is thought to be Chinese thanks to their great human capital regardless of the sea language which is Spanish. Arabic also is counted for it is protected by the holy book Koran and as long as all Muslims must abide this book considering their number all around the world the language will remain the fifth and not for so very long is french tis known that the history of french about literature is valuable with a great importance since it gave birth to many great men who pleasured the world with their meaningful writings thus it is considered to be the language of literature.

Answer 6

If I were to make a list of the 10 most common languages in Europe, based on how widely spoken each language is, I would choose:

1. English
   
2. French
   
3. German
   
4. Italian
   
5. Spanish
   
6. Russian
7. Czech
8. Swedish
9. Portuguese
10. Dutch

Answer 7

Most Common by Native Speakers

1. Mandarin (1.1 billion)
2. Hindi (360 million)
3. Spanish (340 million)
4. English (322 million)
5. Arabic (206 million)


Most Common by Total Speakers*

1. English (2 billion)
2. Mandarin (1+ billion)
3. Spanish (500 million)
4. Hindustani (460 million)
5. Arabic (452 million)


Most Common Widely Spoken (in many countries)

1. English
2. French
3. Arabic
4. Spanish
5. Russian

More people in the world speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language. Its usage is mainly restricted to China. The most widely used language is English. It is the secondly most widely spoken language and the language most commonly used to conduct business. French is widely used. Spanish is widely used. Arabic is important. German is important. And Portuguese is important.

*These numbers include those who speak the language with only marginal fluency.

Answer 8

Manderin is the most used with 1151 million speakers

next is English with 1000 million speaks world wide.

Answer 9

English is the most widely spoken language, and Mandarin has the most native speakers.

Answer 10

By native speakers, it is German.

By total speakers, it is English.