No. While English is the most widely spoken language around the world, Chinese is still the language spoke by the most people in the world. This is due to the large population of China, Taiwan and Singapore where Chinese is considered their national language...over 1.3 billion (in 2011). Not to mention the population of Chinese scattered throughout the world.
Yes, there are more native speakers of Chinese (Mandarin) than English in the world. Chinese is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers, with over 1 billion speakers. English has around 360 million native speakers.
Yes, Chinese is spoken by more people than English. Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, with over 1.2 billion native speakers, while English has around 360 million native speakers.
No, there are more speakers of Chinese than English. Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, with over a billion speakers, while English is the third most spoken language, with around 1.5 billion speakers worldwide.
This would depend on what one means by "Speak English." Certainly many Chinese and Indians study English and by pure population advantage should have more "speakers," but this "speaking" is often quite limited in scope and certainly could never be considered fluent. To use the definition of "English" and fluent loosely, there is no country with more fluent English speakers than the US. Here's a list from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population>
There are more English speakers in the world than Spanish speakers. English is the third most spoken language globally, while Spanish is the fourth most spoken language.
No, there are more English speakers in Canada than Spanish speakers in the US. English is one of the official languages of Canada and is spoken by the majority of the population. While Spanish is widely spoken in the US, it is not the most prevalent language.
No, not by far, there are approximately 1.1 billion mandarin/Chinese speakers worldwide, and around 300 million Spanish speakers, there are also 330 million English speakers.
No. Even if you include people who speak English as a second language, there are more English speakers in the U.S.
This is false. The language with the largest number of speakers is Chinese.
There are some Chinese-speakers in Korea, but there are many more Korean-speakers in China. Chinese is spoken by roughly 900,000 South Koreans and less than 20,000 North Koreans.
No, there are more English speakers in Canada than Spanish speakers in the US. English is one of the official languages of Canada and is spoken by the majority of the population. While Spanish is widely spoken in the US, it is not the most prevalent language.
English is more widely spoken as a first language, with approximately 360 million native speakers. However, Spanish is more widely spoken overall, including second language speakers, with around 460 million speakers worldwide.
This would depend on what one means by "Speak English." Certainly many Chinese and Indians study English and by pure population advantage should have more "speakers," but this "speaking" is often quite limited in scope and certainly could never be considered fluent. To use the definition of "English" and fluent loosely, there is no country with more fluent English speakers than the US. Here's a list from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population>
This would depend on the reason you are learning each language. If you were planning to go to live in France then Chinese would probably not be the correct choice. However if you have an eye to better carreer prospects in the future then I would say Chinese. There are probably many more English to French speakers for employers to choose from than Chinese to English speakers .
Cantonese speakers may be able to understand some Mandarin Chinese due to similarities in vocabulary and grammar, but the two languages are distinct. Differences in pronunciation and tones can make it challenging for Cantonese speakers to fully understand Mandarin, and vice versa.
none India is the 2nd country with the most English speakers, about 110,000,000, the US is the most with about 305,000,000 speakers.
English and Mandarin
No, there are more speakers of Chinese than English. Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, with over a billion speakers, while English is the third most spoken language, with around 1.5 billion speakers worldwide.