The top five most spoken languages are:
Mandarin is used by more than 1.3 billion people.
Hindi is used by more than 1.2 billion people.
English is used by more than 1 billion people.
Indonesian is used by more than 0.25 billion people.
Portuguese is used by more than 0.2 billion people.
Rounding out the top 10 would include:
Pakistani, Bangla, Hausa, Russian and Japanese which are all used by roughly between 0.11 and 0.19 billion people each.
All other languages are spoken by 0.10 billion or less
Language usage with country listings:
#1 Mandarin (China - Highest population country)
#2 Hindi (India - Second Highest population)
#3 English (USA - Third Highest population plus Nigeria - Eighth Highest population, plus dozens of other countries including Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, etc)
#4 Indonesian (Indonesia - Fourth Highest population)
#5 Portuguese (Brazil - Fifth Highest population plus Portugal and various islands and smaller countries)
#6 Pakistani (Pakistan - Sixth Highest population)
#7 Bangla (Bangladesh - Seventh Highest population)
#8 Hausa (Nigeria and surrounding regions - Eighth Highest population plus neighboring countries)
#9 Russian (Russia - Ninth Highest population)
#10 Japanese (Japan - Tenth Highest population)
Those 10 languages account for more than half of the worlds population with just over 4 billion people speaking them (in total).
The entire rest of the worlds hundreds of languages (in total) are spoken by less than half of the worlds population, with just under 3 billion people speaking them.
Other popular guesses to this question include:
Spanish; which would rank at #11 (Mexico, Spain and parts of South America and the Caribbean)
German; which would rank around #16 (Germany, and small groups of expatriates in other countries)
French; which would rank around #19 (France, Congo, parts of Canada and a few smaller countries)
Korean; which would rank around #23 (South Korea and North Korea)
5 of the most spoken languages are used in Asia.
The primary languages spoken in Region 5 are English and Filipino. Additionally, some indigenous languages are also spoken, such as Bicolano and Waray.
I think these are the 5 most common lanquages 1.english 2. spanish 3.indian 4.chienese 5.japanise
Assuming that you don't want five different dialects of Chinese listed off, the five most commonly spoken languages are Chinese, Hindi, English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Papua New Guinea is often cited as the country with the most spoken languages, with over 800 languages spoken throughout the country.
5 of the most spoken languages are used in Asia.
The primary languages spoken in Region 5 are English and Filipino. Additionally, some indigenous languages are also spoken, such as Bicolano and Waray.
I think these are the 5 most common lanquages 1.english 2. spanish 3.indian 4.chienese 5.japanise
Assuming that you don't want five different dialects of Chinese listed off, the five most commonly spoken languages are Chinese, Hindi, English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Papua New Guinea is often cited as the country with the most spoken languages, with over 800 languages spoken throughout the country.
Canada has two official languages: English and French. After these two languages, Chinese, Italian, and German are the most used languages.AnswerTop 5 languages spoken in Canada are:EnglishFrenchPunjabiSpanishChinese
The most commonly spoken languages in Bilbao are Spanish and Basque.
English and Spanish are the 2 most spoken languages in North America.
The most universal languages spoken worldwide are English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. These languages are widely spoken and understood in many countries around the world.
The most widely spoken language in Mysore is Kannada, spoken by about 60% of the population.Other languages include:Urdu 20%Telugu 6%Tamil 5%Malayalam 1.5%Hindi 1.7%Marathi 2.5%
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The two most widely spoken languages in the Caribbean are:EnglishFrench