Which language is most spoken in the world?

Question

general knowledge

Answer 1

mandarin.

Answer 2

spanish

Answer 3

The language of love...

Answer 4

Mandarin Chinese

Answer 5

English then Chinese I think. But Chinese has more native speakers tha English.

Answer 6

chinese

then arabic

Answer 7

Chinese

Answer 8

As a native language, it would the combination of languages we call 'Mandarin'. (Calling Mandarin a language is a bit like saying French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian and all those smaller Romance languages are all one language.)

The serious answer:

If, say, a Brazilian and a Japanese meet, or a Swede and a Turk, what language are they likely to communicate in? English is the agreed lingua franca.

Answer 9

1. Mandarin --1.12 billion

2. English-- 510 million

3. Hindi-- 490 million

4. Spanish-- 425 million

5. Arabic-- 255 million