Any statistic of this sort has to be a fairly wild guess, since the languages spoken by individuals are seldom formally recorded in national statistics across the world. Also, the levels of competence in each language need to be addressed - do you count people who can 'get by' in a language with a couple of dozen words for daily living, or do you count only reasonably fluent speakers? For instance: Many questions turn up in Wikianswers written by people whose first language is obviously not English, the questions are usually understandable, but they are not in good English.
Approximately 440 million Spanish speakers in the world also speak English as a second language. This number includes individuals who are bilingual or speak English proficiently alongside Spanish. English is a commonly learned language among Spanish speakers due to its global importance and widespread use.
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.
There are approximately 460 million native Spanish speakers in the world, making Spanish the second most spoken language by number of native speakers. Additionally, there are around 75 million people who speak Spanish as a second language.
Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, with over 1 billion native speakers. Spanish and English are also widely spoken languages, with over 400 million native speakers each.
1. Chinese (845,000,000 speakers) 2. Spanish (350,000,000 speakers) 3. English (345,000,000 speakers)
Approximately 460 million people in the world speak Spanish as their native language. It is the second most spoken language in the world by native speakers.
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.
There are approximately 460 million native Spanish speakers in the world, making Spanish the second most spoken language by number of native speakers. Additionally, there are around 75 million people who speak Spanish as a second language.
If you are talking about native speakers, Spanish is tied with English as the number 2 language of the world. If you add all the people who speak spanish as a second language, then it is number 3. (Mandarin is 1 and English is 2).
Over 460 million people in the world speak Spanish as their native language, making it the second most spoken language in the world. Additionally, there are millions more who speak Spanish as a second language.
1. Chinese (845,000,000 speakers) 2. Spanish (350,000,000 speakers) 3. English (345,000,000 speakers)
Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, with over 1 billion native speakers. Spanish and English are also widely spoken languages, with over 400 million native speakers each.
Approximately 460 million people in the world speak Spanish as their native language. It is the second most spoken language in the world by native speakers.
Spanish is important because more than 1/3 billion speakers world wide speak it
By population the top five world languages are: Chinese (mandarin), Hindi/Urdu, English, Spanish and Arabic in that order. By total speakers the top five languages in the world, in order are 1. English (approx. 2 billion speakers.) 2. Mandarin (approx. 800million speakers) 3. Spanish (approx. 550million speakers) 4. Hindi (approx. 500million speakers) 5. Russian (approx. 400million speakers)
Mandarin Chinese is the most widespread language in the world after English, with over a billion native speakers and many more who speak it as a second language.
The difficulty of a language depends on many things. Native speakers of English can learn Spanish with less difficulty than Native Korean speakers, since English is closer to Spanish than Korean is. On top of that some languages are considered easy to learn to speak, but difficult to learn to write and vice versa. An example would be Mandarin Chinese, from the perspective of Native English speakers it is considered easy to learn to speak, but difficult to read and write.
There are approximately 460 million native Spanish speakers in the world, making it the second most spoken language globally. Additionally, there are around 75 million people who speak Spanish as a second language.