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Thursday 12 July 2012

Languages of the World ; Top ten Spoken Languages


There are total 6,900+ living languages. There are many countries in the world where more than one language is spoken. Several languages are spoken in some countries of Continent Asia and Continent Africa. All the languages which are spoken in a country are the parts of the culture of the country. Whereas one of these languages is used for the national contact. Through national language, people of different areas come close to each other and national unity is promoted.



Top 10 most spoken languages by Native Speakers:



1.   Mandarin Chinese  - 845 million



2.   Spanish - 329 million



3.   English - 328 million



4.   Hindi-Urdu - 240 million



5.   Arabic - 200+ million



6.   Bengali - 181 million



7.   Portuguese - 178 million



8.   Russian - 144 million



9.   Japanese - 122 million



10.     Punjabi - 109 million




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