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    It has been said that Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. Is this true? How many more people speak Mandarin than the second-most spoken language?

    Question #88198. Asked by BRY2K. (Nov 06 07 6:38 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Apparently, this is true.

    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


    http://www.aneki.com/languages.html

    Nov 06 07, 7:57 PM
    billythebrit

    		Please note that the above list (as far as I can make out) refers to first languages only. All those native Spanish, French, Japanese etc speakers that also speak English are not counted in the above list.

    Nov 07 07, 5:06 AM

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