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Top 10 Languages By Number Of Native Speakers. When tallied according to number of native speakers only, these are the most spoken languages in the world. 1. Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers
We’ll break down the 10 most spoken languages in Europe so you can decide which one is the most practical for your travels. The Most Spoken Languages In Europe. 1. Russian. Perhaps a surprise for many individuals, Russian tops this list as the most spoken language in Europe with roughly 140 million native speakers on the continent! This is ...
The Most Spoken Languages In The U.S. 1. English – 254 million native speakers. While it should come as no surprise that English is the most spoken language in the United States, you may be surprised to learn it’s not the country’s official language.
Though the tally is close, Spanish is the most spoken language in South America, edging out Portuguese by a few million people. Nearly 210 million South Americans speak Spanish, with the largest number living in Colombia — about 47.2 million.
With approximately 334 million speakers, English easily comes in at number one on the list of most spoken languages in North America. As you might expect, the largest number of English speakers live in the United States (297 million), followed by Canada (30 million), Mexico (6.8 million) and a sprinkling of speakers across the Central American ...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, English and French are the most spoken languages in Canada, but they are by no means the only ones there. Did you know that there are more than 70 Aboriginal languages currently in use Canada? Or that Mandarin is the third most common mother tongue?
English is number one, but there are a lot of other languages represented throughout the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is, unsurprisingly, very English. Of the 65.1 million residents of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, over 98 percent speak English.
Every conversation, formal or informal, starts with a greeting. Here's how to say hello in different languages — 21 of them, to be exact.
The most widely spoken language in Switzerland is “Swiss German.” Spoken by just over 60 percent of the population, its speakers are concentrated in the northern, central and eastern parts of the country.
Most people expect to hear Dutch or French in Belgium, but what surprises many is that the country has not two, but three official languages. Flemish (Dutch) First off, there’s the Dutch-speaking Flemish community mostly found in the northern region of Flanders.