What is widest known language in the world?

Question

What is widest known language in the world?

Answer 1

hi,

- English

- French

- Spanish

- Chinese

Answer 2

It would almost certainly be English.Cause its spoken in countries in the western world as well as in India which is second in terms of population only to china.

Answer 3

Do you mean population wise or geography wise? cause I think it makes a big difference... Your pick of English, Spanish or mandarin chinese

Answer 4

I too believe it should be English ...followed by Chinese....

Answer 5

Mandarin Chinese

Answer 6

english?

Answer 7

If you include native speakers and those who have it as a secondary language the top three are roughly:

Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion)

English (480 million)

Spanish (320 million)

If you go by number of countries where the language is  used (having an official status or is an influential minority language in trade, tourism, and the preferred foreign language of the young):

English (115)

French (35)

Arabic (24)

Answer 8

widest known, or most spoken?

i would say the widest known is probably english.

the most spoken language in the world is chinese, with 1.176 billion speakers (approx)

Answer 9

srpski (SERBIAN)

Answer 10

I believe it would have to be, English

:)

Answer 11

English is the widest known language in the world. It is spoken in more countries in the world than any other language including Spanish. This is probably due to the fact that English is the preferred language in business.

The most spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese.

: )

Answer 12

Manderin, chinese

Answer 13

the widest known language in the world right geographically is actually mandarin the chinese language even though russia cowers over china russian is not the widest but chinese is .man if you anywhere you are bound to find a chinese person except for afghanistan anyway even if you dont see one you will find somewhere around the country.

Answer 14

1.Mandarin Chinese

2.English

3.Spanish

Answer 15

Answer is Mandarin - Chinese

The order of the most widely spoken languages (in population that knows how to speak it) are :

1) Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion)

2) English (480 million)

3) Spanish (320 million)

4) Russian (285 million)

5) French (265 million)

6) Hindi/Urdu (250 million)

7) Arabic (221 million)

8) Portuguese (188 million)

9) Bengali (185 million)

10) Japanese (133 million)

11) German (109 million)

So no, the answer is not English - Its Mandarin :D

Answer 16

1. English

2. Spanish

3. Mandarin Chinese

4. French

Answer 17

most universally used/ accepted (to conduct business and trade, the sciences) = English



spoken by the most people (natives) over a  small geographical area= Mandarin (Chinese dialect; north & sw China, and Taiwan)

spoken by the most people (natives) over a wide geographical area (from Spain to L. America to Equatorial Guinea in Africa to the Phillipines) = Spanish

Answer 18

the widest known language in the world would have to be English. It is an all over international language. Every country in the world has English somewhere in their area. For example; in the airport, in school as a subject, tour directions...etc......Yes it's a pretty famous language however, it is a Germanic language.........Hope that helped!!

Answer 19

Ingles.

Passed three years of Spanish with an 'A'.

English has to come before Mandarin and Spanish!

Answer 20

Whilst Chinese has the largest number of speakers, English and Spanish are most widely spread arund the world...

Answer 21

Wow,

yeah it is so not English. The Widest known language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are approximately 870 million Mandarin speakers and just over 53% of the population of China or 690 million people are able to speak Mandarin. That's saying something.

Hope that helped.

ferr.suree.

Answer 22

English

Answer 23

mandarin

Answer 24

spanish and english.