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, 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. 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.
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>
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.
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.
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, 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. 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.
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.
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>
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.
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 .
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.
Yes, there are more non-native English speakers than native speakers. Estimates suggest that there are around 1.5 billion non-native speakers compared to approximately 370 million native speakers. The widespread use of English as a global lingua franca in business, education, and media contributes to this disparity.