500,000,000
(500 million)
2010
Spanish is the most frequently spoken foreign language in the US.
Spanish is spoken by more people around the world than French. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers, while French is seventh. Additionally, Spanish is widely spoken in Latin America, which has a larger population than French-speaking regions.
English is definitely spoken more around the world then Spanish but in Latin and Spanish speaking areas, Spanish is spoken more often.
The third most spoken language in the world is Spanish.
Spanish is the 4th spoken language in the world.
Chinese
Based on population, Chinese Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language in the world. Spanish is 2nd, followed by English and Bengali.
Spanish is spoken more widely throughout the world compared to French. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, with over 460 million native speakers. French has around 80 million native speakers globally.
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Spanish is currently more widely spoken as a first or second language, but French has close to as many speakers with good proficiency as Spanish.
The four most frequently spoken branches of the Indo-European language family are Indo-Iranian, Romance, Germanic, and Slavic. These branches contain languages spoken by billions of people around the world, including Hindi, Spanish, English, and Russian.
Hindi-Urdu