Languages spoken in the world, all statistics. Languages play a big role in a culture, and are inseparable.
Statistics on the languages spoken in the world
– 6 000 languages spoken in the world
– 50% of the languages in the world are endangered
– 4% of the world’s population speak 96% of the languages
-only 15 languages are spoken by more than 50 million people
– 90% of languages are not represented on the Internet.
Top 12 most spoken languages in the world
According to the Human Development Report 2002 (precise numbers are difficult to estimate) :
1. English
2. Chinese (Mandarin)
3. Hindi and Urdu
4. Spanish
5. French
6. Arabic
7. Malay-Indonesian
8. Bengali
9. Russian
10. Portuguese
11. Japanese
12. German
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