Language is a structure of words we use to communicate with others. There are thousands of languages spoken globally. A list of
top 10 most spoken languages (2016) are listed below according to the
number of speakers (including first language and second language).
#
|
Name of the Language
|
Number of Speakers (Approx)
|
1st | Mandarin (Chinese) | 1320 Million |
2nd | English | 942 Million |
3rd | Spanish | 570 Million |
4th | Arabic | 490 Million |
5th | Hindi (Plus similar) | 380 Million |
6th | Bangla (Bengali) | 270 Million |
7th | Russian | 260 Million |
8th | Portuguese | 250 Million |
9th | Malay (Indonesian + Malyasian) | 249 Million |
10th | French | 220 Million |