Top Most Spoken Languages

Top 10 Spoken Languages In The World

Language plays an important part in any culture. It’s how people talk to each other, create a sense of community, and build relationships. There are around 6,500 languages spoken in the world today, each of which is unique in many ways. Language helps us express our feelings and thoughts, which is unique to our species because it expresses unique ideas and customs within various cultures and societies.

Learning a foreign language allows you to understand ideas and thoughts that may differ from your own culture. Rita Mae Brown has rightly said, “language is the road map of a culture. It lets you know where people come from and where they are going.” Today, Thetopfacts are here with the list of the top 10 most spoken languages in the world.

Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion speakers)

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese is one of the world’s biggest languages, which is also the official language in the Republic of China (Taiwan), the People’s Republic of China, and Singapore. Also, China is the world’s most populous country, and its native language ranked number 1 in the list of top 10 spoken languages in the world.

Mandarin Chinese is considered one of the oldest languages in the world. Characters of the Chinese language were first discovered in 1250 BC. Almost 3,000 years ago! They were written on animal bones. This language has no alphabet; it uses symbols also named Chinese characters. These symbols or characters represent the world’s oldest system of writing.

English (983 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (English)

The English language comes on number 2 in the list of top most spoken languages worldwide. The English language came into Britain between the 5th and 7th century A.D. In fact, it is a Western Germanic language, Anglo-Saxon settlers brought it to Britain. Whereas, English borrows words from several languages, including Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Greek, Russian, and more.

Furthermore, William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is famous for his most popular plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet; he invented over 1600 common words in the English language. In addition, he changed how the same words produce different meanings.

Hindi (615 million speakers)

Most Spoken Language (Hindi)

Hindi ranked 3 among the most spoken languages in the world. It is one of the biggest languages mostly spoken in the northern half of India and is the official language of India. It is also spoken In Nepal, Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad & Tobago, and Suriname. Further, Hindi words are easy to pronounce because the pronunciation of Hindi words is the same as written, making them easy to learn.

Spanish (527 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (Spanish)

Spanish comes on number 4 in the list of top 10 spoken languages in the world. After the Bible, the second most translated book and the first modern novel were written in Spanish. In addition, 527 million speakers speak Spanish worldwide; like most languages, it also has unique alphabet that can’t be translated into other languages.

Arabic (422 million speakers)

Spoken Languages (Arabic)

With 422 million native speakers, Arabic is the fifth most spoken language all over the world. It is an official language in 26 countries, including Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Arabic has a great influence on many languages, including most African and Asian languages and European languages.

Moreover, Arabic has at least eleven words for love, each expressing a different stage in the process of falling in love.

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Malay (282 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (Malay)

Malay ranked 6 among the most spoken languages in the world. It is an official language in Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. You can also hear it in some areas of the Philippines and Thailand. Malay has developed largely by borrowing from languages like Portuguese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, English dialects, and Dutch.

Russian (268 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (Russian)

With 268 million native speakers, Russian is the Seventh most spoken language in the world. It is the official language of four countries (Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan). People from many other countries of the former Soviet Union also speak Russian, and it also keeps an official status in many subnational territories.

Bengali (260 million speakers)

Spoken Language (Bengali)

Bengali comes on number 8 in the list of most spoken languages all over the world. It is the official language of Bangladesh, as well as many Indian states. Also, It is the second most common language in India.

Portuguese (230 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (Portuguese)

With 230 million native speakers, Portuguese is the ninth most spoken language in the world. It is often wrongly thought that Portuguese is spoken only in Brazil and Portugal. It is also the official language in nine different countries: Brazil, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Timor-Leste and Principe, and Sao Tome. Moreover, Portuguese is the official language of China’s independent territory of Macau.

French (228 million speakers)

Most Spoken Languages (French)

With 228 million native speakers, French is the tenth most spoken language in the world. It is also the only language, along with English, which is popular everywhere globally, with 2 million teachers and 100 million students. The United Nations works in six languages: Russian, English, Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish. But French is also the official language used in other international institutions.

Cristina Bugatty

Cristina Bugatty is Editor at The Top Facts. She has been a factual writer for the last eight years. She Enjoys writing about anything techy, nerdy, or factually interesting.