Top Ten Most Spoken Languages in the World

  • April 7, 2011
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China.org counts down the top ten most spoken languages in the world; and there are some surprises. German stands at number 10 with over 90 million native speakers, followed by Japanese and Russian at numbers 9 and 8.

English, which we learn is the official language of 53 countries, expectedly has its largest majority of speakers in the United States. Although, it is beat out by two other languages as the number one most spoken language in the world. Arabic holds its ground in the middle of the list at number 6 with 221 million speakers, mostly in the Middle East, but with its second highest majority of speakers in North America.

To read the complete report from China.org, please click here.

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