What are the top 5 most spoken languages?

The most spoken languages in the world

  1. English (1.132 million speakers) Native speakers: 379 million.
  2. Mandarin (1.117 million speakers)
  3. Hindi (615 million speakers)
  4. Spanish (534 million speakers)
  5. French (280 million speakers)
  6. Arabic (274 million speakers)
  7. Bengali (265 million speakers)
  8. Russian (258 million speakers)

Which language was the most often spoken after English in 2011?

Polish
The remaining 7.7 per cent of the population (4.2 million) had a main language other than English. Polish was the most common language after English1 with 546,000 people (1.0 per cent of the population) reporting it as their main language.

What are the top 5 world languages in 2050?

According to the Engco model of language forecasting, by 2050 the top 5 languages in the world will be:

  1. Chinese.
  2. Spanish. English. Hindi-Urdu.
  3. Arabic.

What is the number 1 language in the world?

Which Languages Have the Most Speakers?

Rank Language Total Speakers
1 English 1,132 million
2 Mandarin Chinese 1,117 million
3 Hindi 615 million
4 Spanish 534 million

What are the top 3 languages spoken in the UK?

Top twenty languages spoken in England and Wales

  • English (English or Welsh if in Wales). 92.3%
  • Polish, 1.0%
  • Panjabi, 0.5%
  • Urdu, 0.5%
  • Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya), 0.4%
  • Gujarati, 0.4%
  • Arabic, 0.3%
  • French, 0.3%

What is the official language of Australia?

​People living in Australia should make an effort to learn English.

What is the most widely spoken language in the world?

1. Mandarin. Mandarin, the language of the most populated country of the world, China is the most spoken language, with more than 1030 million speakers.

What is the best language in the world?

Beauties of English Index. English is The Greatest Language of the World. Of some three thousand existing languages, large and small, English is second only to Chinese in number of speakers. It has well over 300 million native speakers, plus probably as many more who handle it in pidgin fashion or as an acquired tongue.

Which language has the most native speakers?

Mandarin Chinese. About 950 million native speakers speak Mandarin while a further 200 million users as a second language.

  • Spanish. Spanish is the second most spoken native language with approximately 450 million native speakers.
  • English. English is the most spoken language in the world.
  • Hindi. Hindi is the official language of India.
  • Arabic.
  • What are the 10 most popular languages in the world?

    Mandarin. Mandarin is spoken by almost a billion people,and is one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations.

  • English. Believe it or not,English is not at the first position,but,it closely follows Mandarin to acquire the 2nd position.
  • Spanish.
  • Hindi.
  • Bengali.
  • Portuguese.
  • Russian.
  • Urdu.
  • Indonesian.
  • Japanese.