English.
English has the most speakers with approximately 2 billion speakers worldwide or 30% of the world's population. Most people mistake Mandarin for having the most speakers with 935,000,000 speakers, but Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers. English has the most speakers total. Only about 600,000,000 native speakers for English.
By native speakers, the fourth most spoken language is Hindi. By total speakers, again, the fourth most spoken language is Hindi.
Most widely/Most spoken language- English (spoken virtually everywhere on Earth, number of speakers range from 1.5-2 billion speakers) Most number of Native (1st language) speakers- Mandarin (spoken generally in China, number of native speakers are about 800 million)
Chinese Mandarin is the most widely spoken language with roughly 840 million speakers. The second most used language is Spanish with about 330 million, and English is the third most spoken language in the World with just over 320 million speakers.
A nonnative speaker is someone who speaks a language that is not their first or native language. They may have learned the language through study, practice, or immersion in a different linguistic environment.
A global language used by nonnative speakers in order to still participate intelligently in the areas of, and not limited to finance, politics and science without having complete comprehension of the entire English language. English as a lingua franca is suggested in its use because in the areas of globalization, most, not all, but most countries are able to understand and communicate with some limited English. It was therefore derived as a separate language that is different than English and is taught entirely to nonnative English speakers.
English has the most speakers with approximately 2 billion speakers worldwide or 30% of the world's population. Most people mistake Mandarin for having the most speakers with 935,000,000 speakers, but Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers. English has the most speakers total. Only about 600,000,000 native speakers for English.
By native speakers, the fourth most spoken language is Hindi. By total speakers, again, the fourth most spoken language is Hindi.
Most widely/Most spoken language- English (spoken virtually everywhere on Earth, number of speakers range from 1.5-2 billion speakers) Most number of Native (1st language) speakers- Mandarin (spoken generally in China, number of native speakers are about 800 million)
Chinese Mandarin is the most widely spoken language with roughly 840 million speakers. The second most used language is Spanish with about 330 million, and English is the third most spoken language in the World with just over 320 million speakers.
Spanish.
A nonnative speaker is someone who speaks a language that is not their first or native language. They may have learned the language through study, practice, or immersion in a different linguistic environment.
Mandarin Chinese is the language with the most native speakers in the world. It is spoken by over 1 billion people globally as their first language.
English with 2 billion speakers it doubles the next highest, Mandarin, with 900million speakers.
English is the most wide-spread language, but as a native language there are more Chinese speakers.
Mandarin Chinese is the language with the most native speakers.
The most spoken language in Europe is Russian, both by native and total speakers.