The World's Most Spoken Languages | Countdown

What are the most spoken languages in the world? It's a more complicated answer than you might think. Here we break down the most recent numbers from Ethnologue, which calculates the total number of speakers of a language (including both native and not), though because of population shifts they're changing all the time. Who knows? Maybe you'll find your next language here, too!

Voiceover: @Chimdi Ihezie

Sources:
Ethnologue
BBC UK
Expatica
Britannica
The British Council
World Atlas
Business Standard
Asia Society
The Commonwealth Organization
Washington Post

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[ivanovichdelfin]

The smaller dialectal variation between the same language (more uniform pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar) allow the speakers of that language to communicate more easily with each other. In terms of linguistic variation, those who have the least and therefore best communicate with each other, speakers from different regions or countries are:
1.Russian
2.Spanish
3.French
4.English
5.Hindi
6.Bengali
7.Arabic
8.Chinese

Conclusion: Spanish, Russian and French speakers from different regions or countries best understood between each other, since pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary are not as varied as in the other languages. The first 3 languages ​​(Russian, Spanish and French) are characterized by having a dialectal variation so low to understand absolutely all dialects. While English, Hindi', Bengali, Arabic, and Chinese have larger dialectal variations that make it impossible to understand certain dialects, but are still considered the same language.

Another fact to mention is that the variation between English and its respective dialects is the same as between Spanish and Italian. And finally, Portuguese and Spanish together are less varied than English and their respective dialects. Therefore, we can ensure that Spanish, Portuguese and Italian could perfectly be considered the same language.



LA menor variación dialectal entre un mismo idioma (pronunciación, vocabulario, gramática más uniforme) permiten a los hablantes de tal idioma comunicarse más fácilmente entre sí. En términos de variación linguística, los que menos tienen y por tanto mejor se comunican entre sí hablantes de diferentes regiones o países son:
1.Ruso
2.Español
3.Francés
4.Inglés
5.Hindi
6.Bengalí
7.Arabe
8.Chino

Conclusión: los hablantes de español, ruso y francés de diferentes regiones o países son los que mejor se entienden entre sí, ya que la pronunciación, gramática y vocabulario no son tan variados como en los otros idiomas. Los 3 primeros idiomas (ruso, español y francés) se caracterizan por tener una variación dialectal tan baja como para comprender absolutamente todos los dialectos. Mientras que el inglés, hindi´, bengalí, árabe y chino presentan variaciones dialectales más grandes que impiden comprender ciertos dialectos, pero que aun así se consideran como el mismo idioma.

Otro dato a mencionar es que la variación del inglés y sus respectivos dialectos es la misma que entre el español e italiano. Y, para ya terminar, el portugués y el español juntos es menos variado que el inglés y sus respectivos dialectos. Por ende, podemos asegurar que el español, portugués e italiano podrían perfectamente considerarse como un mismo idioma.

[sleepyzzz]

This is wrong Spanish is 2nd. Places like the U.S and Brasil have areas that there native language is Spanish. Not to mention places like the Philippines that have languages that are partially Spanish.

[mrfrog]

Plusieurs organismes placent le français en 5e position, entre 274 et 300 millions de locuteurs!

Je suis conscient que ce sont des estimations. Merci beaucoup!

[shivambakhshi]

I speak English, Hindi and a bit of Punjabi and Marathi.

[gunner]

Not sure how you get 258 million Russian speakers