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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)
1. Chinese (845,000,000 speakers) 2. Spanish (350,000,000 speakers) 3. English (345,000,000 speakers)
There are many languages that are considered endangered with very few speakers, making it difficult to determine definitively the least spoken language in the world. Some examples of endangered languages with very few speakers include languages like Njerep in Nigeria and Lemerig in Vanuatu.
Ter Sami, originally spoken in the Kola peninsula of Russia, had only 2 speakers remain in 2009. It has no oficial writing system. The decline of this language was caused by its prohibition of use during Soviet Collectivisation.
There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most popular language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 1,213,000,000 people in the world that speak that language.
1. English - 2 billion speakers 2. Mandarin - 900 million speakers
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)
Ainu, a Japanese dialect actively spoken by 15 people, though 300 people know how to use it.Answer:The previous answer is incorrect. There are dozens of known languages with only 1 or 2 remaining speakers, such as Ter Sami, which is known to have only 2 speakers.
1. Chinese (845,000,000 speakers) 2. Spanish (350,000,000 speakers) 3. English (345,000,000 speakers)
Europe has the most speakers of Celtic languages.
By native speakers, German and French are the largest. By total speakers, English and German are the largest.
Top 5 languages spoken in Alabama are: 1 English; 3,989,795 speakers 2 Spanish; 89,730 speakers 3 German; 14,890 speakers 4 French; 13,410 speakers 5 Chinese; 4,655 speakers 45 languages are spoken in the biggest county (Jefferson County)
There are many languages that are considered endangered with very few speakers, making it difficult to determine definitively the least spoken language in the world. Some examples of endangered languages with very few speakers include languages like Njerep in Nigeria and Lemerig in Vanuatu.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages was created in 1966.
The term multilingual can refer to an individual speaker who uses two or more languages, a community of speakers in which two or more languages are used, or speakers of different languages.
chinese,english,hindu-urba,spanish. The 5 languages with the most speakers are: 1. English 2. Mandarin 3. Spanish 4. Hindi 5. Arabic The 5 languages with the most 1st language speakers are: 1. Mandarin 2. Spanish 3. English 4. Hindi 5. Arabic
The language with the most native speakers is Mandarin.The language that is most widely spoken in the world is English.The least spoken language is a tie of about 200 languages, with only 1 or 2 remaining speakers. Ter Sami is often listed as the least spoken, but there are languages all over Australia, Africa, and the Americas with only 1 speaker left.