Welcome to MasterTop5.com – World category, and today we are listing the Top 5 most spoken languages in the world. Check it out!
If you think that our good old English language is the very first spoken language in the world … you might be wrong! Keep reading to check what are the Top five most spoken languages in the world updated at 2019.
5. Arabic – 422 million speakers
There are all over the world 26 countries where Arabic is the native language even if every country has its own version of Arabic. It’s calculated that about 422 million people are native Arabic and most of them are from Muslim countries.
Name in the language itself: العَرَبِيَّة (al-ʻarabiyyah)
4. Spanish – 527 million speakers
Spanish is the second language in the world for number of native speakers and the fourth for total number of speakers which is around 527 million speakers worldwide. There are several differences between Spanish languages from different countries but for the 95% the language is the same.
Name in the language itself: español or castellano
3. Hindustani – 544 million speakers
Hindustani is the result from two different dialects that merged together: the Hindi and the Urdu. Hindi is the language spoken across India, and is the official language of the Indian government. Urdu is most likeky spoken in Pakistan. Hindi and Urdu have some differences in vocabulary and pronunciation, yet the speakers of the two languages can easily communicate with each other.
Name in the language itself: हिन्दुस्तानी
2. English – 983 million speakers
Indeed the most famous and studied language in the world English is also the top language for business and communication world wide. At its root, English is originally a Germanic language. The vocabulary and sentence construction are close to German and Dutch Language.
Name in the language itself: English.
1. Mandarin Chinese – 1.1 billion speakers
Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world pretty much because is the native language of the most over-populated country in the world: China. Mandarin must be written using Chinese characters (Han characters), an pictorial system where each symbol represents a different word.
Name in the language itself: Putonghua
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