Spanish and English are tied for that slot. Some studies list Spanish as the second largest language, and some list English.
Both Languages have about 400-450 million native speakers.
Según creo es el español el primero es el ingles que además es el lenguaje usado en la comunidad internacional tanto políticamente como comercialmente
No, English is not the most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers. Mandarin Chinese has the highest number of native speakers. However, English is the most widely spoken second language and is commonly used in many parts of the world for communication and business purposes.
English has the most speakers with approximately 2 billion speakers worldwide or 30% of the world's population. Most people mistake Mandarin for having the most speakers with 935,000,000 speakers, but Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers. English has the most speakers total. Only about 600,000,000 native speakers for English.
If you are talking about native speakers, English and Spanish are about tied. If you are talking about total speakers, then English has the most.
Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas. It is the world's second-most spoken native language.
English today is probably the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. However, when combining native and non-native speakers it is probably the most commonly spoken language in the world, though possibly second to a combination of the Chinese languages (depending on whether or not distinctions in the latter are classified as “languages” or “dialects”). Estimates that include second language speakers vary greatly from 470 million to over a billion depending on how literacy or mastery is defined and measured. Linguistics professor David Crystal calculates that non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1.
Mandarin has the most native speakers, but is second in terms of total speakers. English is the most spoken. It has fewer native speakers, but is used almost world-wide as a second or third language., while Mandarin is rarely spoken outside China. Spanish is third.
No, English is not the most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers. Mandarin Chinese has the highest number of native speakers. However, English is the most widely spoken second language and is commonly used in many parts of the world for communication and business purposes.
Either English or Spanish--Spanish if you're counting native speakers, English if you're counting native and non-native.
English has the most speakers with approximately 2 billion speakers worldwide or 30% of the world's population. Most people mistake Mandarin for having the most speakers with 935,000,000 speakers, but Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers. English has the most speakers total. Only about 600,000,000 native speakers for English.
The reason why is because there are over 300 million native Spanish speakers. It is the second most widely spoken language in the world.
Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas. It is the world's second-most spoken native language.
If you are talking about native speakers, English and Spanish are about tied. If you are talking about total speakers, then English has the most.
The five most-spoken languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi/Urdu, and Arabic.The most taught second language is English, with the most non-native speakers.
Tagalog, if you include native speakers and people who speak it as a second language.
English today is probably the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. However, when combining native and non-native speakers it is probably the most commonly spoken language in the world, though possibly second to a combination of the Chinese languages (depending on whether or not distinctions in the latter are classified as “languages” or “dialects”). Estimates that include second language speakers vary greatly from 470 million to over a billion depending on how literacy or mastery is defined and measured. Linguistics professor David Crystal calculates that non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1.
English is the second most common language after Mandarin Chinese, if you include both primary and secondary speakers, but if you only count native learners, then it's Hindi.
Mandarin has the most number of native speakers and English is the most widely spoken.