10: French
No of Speakers: 128 Million
French is a Latin language and is considered the most romantic language in the world. French is the official language of 29 countries worldwide and widely spoken in France, Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, Haiti, Andorra, Algeria, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Laos, Luxemburg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
9: Malaya
No of Speakers: 158 Million
Malaya is an official language of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesian language is a modified version of Malaya language. The native speakers of Malaya are more than 78 million and are widely used as a second language in Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
8: Bengali
No of Speakers: 211 Million
Bengali is the official language of Bangladesh. With more than 160 million speakers of Bangladesh it is also the language of eastern state of India, which is known as West Bengal. Bengali is written in Bengali script, which is associated with the Sanskrit and Hindi script.
7: Portuguese
No of Speakers: 240 Million
Portuguese is a Latin language and the most spoken language in South America. It is an official language of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, East Timor, Macau, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principle and Guinea Bissau. With over 220 million native speakers Portuguese is also spoken in France, USA, Canada, India, Madeira and Azores.
6: Arabic
No of Speakers: 242 Million
Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arab, U.A.E, Oman, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Jordon, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan and Algeria. It is one of the difficult languages to learn for English speakers. Arabic is the most important language in the Islamic countries, because it is the language of the Islam’s holy book Al-Quran.
5: Russian
No of Speakers: 277 Million
Russian is the Slavic language and written in Cyrillic alphabets. It is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Gayauzia but widely spoken in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Georgia and Magnolia.
4: Spanish
No of Speakers: 417 Million
Spanish is also known as Castilian, it is a Latin language which comes from Castile, a region of Spain. Spanish is the official language of Spain, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Equatorial Guinea and Puerto Rico. Spanish language also spoken in United States, Mexico, Belize, Andorra, Argentina, Algeria, Gibraltar, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Niger, Chile, Chad, Benin, Morocco, Mali, Tunisia, Togo and Madagascar.
3: Mandarin
No of Speakers: 1169 Million
Chinese language is also known as mandarin, it is the official language of China the country with the largest population in the world. It is also the official language of Taiwan and Singapore. Mandarin language is also spoken in Mongolia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and South Africa.
2: Hindi - Urdu
No of Speakers: 1240 Million
Hindi is the official language of India, with more standard modification it is also the official language of Pakistan and five Indian states, known as Urdu. Urdu is a Hindustani registered language and historically associated with Hindustani Muslims. Both languages are identical in basis, structure and grammar but different in writing. Hindi language has huge speakers in Nepal, Singapore, Fiji, Maldives, Uganda, Suriname, Guyana and South Africa.
1: English
No of Speakers: 1520 Million
English is the Latin language and widely spoken around the world, it has more than 360 millions native speakers. English is the official language of USA, Canada, Palau, UK, Australia and New Zealand. It is also spoken in Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Niue, Malawi, Malta, Marshal Islands, Mauritius, Pakistan, India, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Cameron, Cook Islands, Dominica, Botswana, Belize, Barbados, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tuvalu, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, Tanzania, Swaziland, Sudan, S. Africa, S. Sudan, Somaliland, Solomon Island, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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