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Top ten spoken languages?

What are the top 10 spoken languages in the world?

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Mother-tongue speakers

    Official-language populations

    1 Chinese (1,000) 1 English (1,400)

    2 English (350) 2 Chinese (1,000)

    3 Spanish (250) 3 Hindi (700)

    4 Hindi (200) 4 Spanish (280)

    5 Arabic (150) 5 Russian (270)

    6 Bengali (150) 6 French (220)

    7 Russia (150) 7 Arabic (170)

    8 Portuguese (135) 8 Portuguese (160)

    9 Japanese (120) 9 Malay (160)

    10 German (100) 10 Bengali (150)

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    the excellent ten maximum spoken languages contained in the international: a million. Mandarin: a million billion+ 2. English: 508 million 3. Hindustani: 497 million 4. Spanish: 392 million 5. Russian: 277 million 6. Arabic: 266 million 7. Bengali: 211 million 8. Portuguese: 191 million 9. Malay - Indonesian: 159 million 10. French: 129 million

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Language Approx. number

    of speakers

    1. Chinese (Mandarin) 1,075,000,000

    2. English 514,000,000

    3. Hindustani 496,000,000

    4. Spanish 425,000,000

    5. Russian 275,000,000

    6. Arabic 256,000,000

    7. Bengali 215,000,000

    8. Portuguese 194,000,000

    9. Malay-Indonesian 176,000,000

    10. French 129,000,000

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    English

    Chinese

    German

    Spanish

    Italian

    French

    Arabic

    Russian

    Hindi

    Japanese

    Up there are language population, but not exactly spoken, they didnt include the most spoken language in europe.

    example; German language is higly spoken and understood in most european countries.

  • 2 decades ago

    English,Spanish,German,french,chines

  • 2 decades ago

    Chinese (mandrian), English, Spanish, French....

  • 2 decades ago

    Chinese and English

  • 2 decades ago

    國語...<<chinese

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