Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Languages

The

10 Most Spoken Languages

of the World

Pos Language Speakers
(Millions)
Where Spoken (Major)
1 Mandarin 1120 China, Malaysia, Taiwan
2 English 510 USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand
3 Hindi 490 North and Central India
4 Spanish 425 The Americas, Spain
5 Arabic 255 Middle East, Arabia, North Africa
6 Russian 254 Russia, Central Asia
7 Portuguese 218 Brazil, Portugal, Southern Africa
8 Bengali 215 Bangladesh, Eastern India
9 Malay, Indonesian 175 Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
10 French 130 France, Canada, West Africa, Central Africa

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