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THE TEN MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGES
IN THE WORLD
year of 2008/2009
School Dr. Augusto Cesar da Silva Ferreira
English
The list of ten most spoken languages
1º. Mandarin 2º. English 3º. Hindi
4º. Spanish 5º. Arab
6º. Portuguese 7º. Russian 8º. Bengali
9º. Japanese 10º. German
The ten languages with more native speakers
1º. Mandarin – 1210 millions (=)
2º. Hindi – 487 millions (+1)
3º. Spanish – 358 millions (+1)
4º. English - 341 millions (-2)
5º. Arab – 320 millions (=)
6º. Portuguese - 250 millions (=)
7º. Bengali – 207 millions (+1)
8º. Russian – 160 millions (-1)
9º. Japanese – 125 millions (=)
10º. German – 100 million (=)
1º. Mandarin
Official language of : China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore
Total speakers: 1388 millions
Native speakers: 1210 millions Other speakers: 178 millions
Where Mandarin are learnt: China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
Reason why they are in top ten: Because China is a country that has got lots of population.
Official language
2º. English
Official language of: U. K., U.S.A., India, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada
and the Philippines
Where they are spoken: in 56 countries like Australia, South Africa,
Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria …
Total speakers: 1211 millions
Native speakers: 341 millions
Other speakers: 870 millions
Where English are learnt: All around the world.
Reason why they are in top ten: Because almost everybody speaks
english.
Countries where English is a majority language are dark blue; countries where it is an official language but not a majority
language are light blue. English is also one of the official languages of the European Union.
3º. HindiOfficial language of: India, Fiji
Where they are spoken: Pakistan, Guyana, Malaysia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Myanmar
Total speakers: 900 millions
Native speakers: 487 millions Other speakers : 413 millions
Where Hindi are learnt: India, Fiji, Pakistan , Mauritius, Nepal, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.
Reason why they are in top ten: Because it’s spoken in India
Official language
4º. SpanishOfficial language: in 20 countries like Mexico, Spain, Colombia,
Argentina, Peru ...
Where they are spoken: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, U.S.A. ...
Total speakers: 458 millions
Native speakers: 358 millions Other speakers: 100 millions
Where Spanish are learnt: All around the world.
Reason why they are in top ten:
Official language
Co-Official language
Significant languages / not Official
5º. ArabOfficial language: in 26 countries like Tunisia, Qatar, Libya, Syria,
Egypt ...
Where they are spoken: Israel, Brazil, USA …
Native speakers: 320 millions
Other speakers: a few people
Are they learnt:
Reason why they are in top ten:
Distribution of the countries which official language is just arab (green), and those which is one of the official languages (blue).
6º. PortugueseOfficial language: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea Equatorial, Mozambique, Macau, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe, Timor-Leste
Where they are spoken: Andorra, Luxembourg, Canada …
Total speakers: 270 millions Native speakers: 250 millions Other speakers: 20 millions
Are they learnt: Uruguay
Reason why they are in top ten:
Official language
7º. RussianOfficial language: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Moldova ...
Where they are spoken: Mongolia, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic ...
Total speakers: 270 millions
Native speakers: 160 millions Other speakers: 110 millions
Are they learnt:
Reason why they are in top ten:
8º. BengaliOfficial language: Bangladesh and India
Where they are spoken: Canada, USA, Australia ...
Native speakers: 207 millionsOther speakers: (almost anybody)
Are they learnt:
Reason why they are in top ten:
More than 10000 speakers
Main language spoken
Official status, number of native speakers
More than 100000 speakers
9º. Japanese
Official language: Japan
Where they are spoken:
Total speakers: 127 millions
Native speakers: 125 millions Other speakers: 2 millions
Are they learnt:
Reason why they are in top ten:
Official language
10º. GermanOfficial language: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland
Where they are spoken: Hungary, Denmark, Romania ...
Native speakers: 100 millions Other speakers: (almost anybody)
Are they learnt:
Reason why they are in top ten:
Major German-speaking communities
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