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by singwell-is off researching a lot on September 1st, 2008
Chinese (Mandarin)
Hindi is next, as it is the official language of India.
Then
Spanish
English
ARabic
Portuguese
Russian
Japanese
German and
Punjabi.
For the next group see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
by Greekgod on September 1st, 2008
Ditto as Erikko answer.
by Prunesquallor on September 1st, 2008
I would think it would vary depending on whether you were talking about the number of people who speak it, in which case it would be Chinese, or the geographical area of the globe where it is spoken, in which case I think it would be English.
by Broody on September 1st, 2008
I think its Chinese you know and then English - may even be an Indian language there but that is dictated by the high populations! :D
by Seraphim Shinobi on September 1st, 2008
i think its Chinese and Arabic, not sure about the second one
by slothmister on September 1st, 2008
The most spoken language in the world, as a first language, is Mandarin. The second is English with Cantonese a close third.
by erikko on September 1st, 2008
first is Chinese and the second is English
by Xandro on September 1st, 2008
The most spoken language was Chinese the last time I checked. As for the second, I think it is Spanish. There are over 20 countries that speak it so that has to be a lot of people
by sozana on September 1st, 2008
the most spoken language in the world is english ofcourse !! :)
but i have no idea about the second spoken language ..:) lol
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Very useful. Wiki is like that.
by HaoieZ on September 1st, 2008
thanks
by qwerty123 on September 1st, 2008
dont forget australian.
by DudeLer 2 on September 1st, 2008
naaa...only spoken by 20 million of us...we don't rank with the biggies....but we're moving in on the US...we're taking over your film industry, then we'll have you all speaking like us. LOL
by singwell-is off researching a lot on September 2nd, 2008
by the way that sequence is incorrect,english is the second most spoken language
by qwerty123 on September 2nd, 2008
BTW, I found the statistics online. English is not spoken as a first language as much as you might think. It is only when you add the second language speakers that its numbers go up dramatically. As a polyglot myself, I am more than aware of who speaks what in this world.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on September 2nd, 2008