phil on 13 December 2007
| ChichiriMuyo said: For those who were curious about languages spoken around the world... Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Chinese (Mandarin) 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 6 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 Source: University of Washington |
