Inari Sami Uralic Finland 400 Skolt Sami Uralic Finland, Russia (Karelia) 400 Ingrian Uralic Russia (Ingria) 300 Washo Hokan United States (Washoe County, Nevada) 252[19] Comanche Uto-Aztecan United States (Oklahoma) 200 Livonian Uralic Latvia (Livonia) 150 Pite Sami Uralic Sweden, Norway 20 Ume Sami Uralic Sweden, Norway 20 Votic Uralic Russia ≥20 Ter Sami Uralic Russia (Murmansk Oblast) 10
5 of the most spoken languages are used in Asia.
In the Philippines over 170 languages are spoken. Of all of these languages, only 2 (filipino and English) are official languages. At least 10 are considered major and at least 8 are considered co-official.There are 13 native languages with at least one million native speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon,Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Albay Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug.
Saint John XXIII was known to be a polyglot and was believed to have spoken at least 10 languages fluently. These include Italian Latin French Spanish German Portuguese English Croatian Ukrainian and Slovenian. He also had a working knowledge of several other languages.
1) Mandarin 2) English 3) Hindustani 4) Spanish 5) Russian 6) Arabic 7) Bengali 8) Portuguese 9) Malay-Indonesian 10) French
Probably Kayardil, which is spoken by less than 10 people. It is a language spoken in Queensland, Australia.
5 of the most spoken languages are used in Asia.
In the Philippines over 170 languages are spoken. Of all of these languages, only 2 (filipino and English) are official languages. At least 10 are considered major and at least 8 are considered co-official.There are 13 native languages with at least one million native speakers: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon,Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Albay Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug.
By native speakers, the twenty most common languages in Europe are:RussianGermanTurkishEnglishItalianSpanishUkrainianPolishRomanianDutchKazakhGreekCzechPortugueseBelarusianHungarianSwedishAzerbaijaniBulgarianSerbian
The 1 official language of Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is French, which is widely spoken as a second language; however, it is spoken natively by less than 10% of the population.The most widely spoken native languages are:WallisianFutunanWallisian is spoken by about 86% of the people on Wallis Island.Futunan is spoken by about 95% of the people on Futuna.
Saint John XXIII was known to be a polyglot and was believed to have spoken at least 10 languages fluently. These include Italian Latin French Spanish German Portuguese English Croatian Ukrainian and Slovenian. He also had a working knowledge of several other languages.
Here is a rather complete list of the most common languages traditionally spoken from Botswana down to the south coast:!XóõAfrikaansAniBirwaCamthoDamaraEnglishFanagaloGailGanaGcirikuGwiHereroHuaJu|'hoanKalangaKgalagadiKhweKoranaKuaKuhaneKx'au'einLoziMbukushuNamaNama-damaraNambyaNaroNdebeleOorlamsOshivamboOvamboRongaShuaSotho, NorthernSotho, SouthernSouth African Sign LanguageSwahiliSwatiTsoaTsongaTswaTswanaTswapongVendaXhosaXiri (this one is traditional, but nearly extinct)Xoi-sanYeyiZezuruZulu
As of 2011, the 10 languages with the largest number of native speakers are: 1. Mandarin 2. English 3. Spanish 4. Hindi-Urdu 5. Arabic 6. Bengali 7. Portuguese 8. Russian 9. Japanese 10. Punjabi
One record claims that Caspar Mezzofanti was able to speak 88 languages. Another is José Mezzofanti who spoke 50. No fluency tests were ever given to either person. The truth is, the maximum that can be spoken as a "native language" is 4, because a child must be exposed to a language for at least 25% of the time in order to adopt it as a native language. As far as second languages, it depends on level of fluency, but the maximum number of languages spoken with reasonable fluency appears to be 8-10 languages.
1) Mandarin 2) English 3) Hindustani 4) Spanish 5) Russian 6) Arabic 7) Bengali 8) Portuguese 9) Malay-Indonesian 10) French
The most widely spoken languages include not only native speakers, but second language speakers, third language speakers, etc. The ten most spoken languages in the world are: 1. English (1.5 billion) 2. Mandarin (1.2 billion) 3. Spanish (500 million) 4. Hindu (490 million) 5. Arabic (452 million) 6. Bengali (300 million) 7. Russian (250 million) 8. Portuguese (240 million) 9. French (200 million) 10. Japanese (123 million)
Probably Kayardil, which is spoken by less than 10 people. It is a language spoken in Queensland, Australia.
mandarin english hindustani spanish russian arabic bengali potuguese malay-indonesian french