The Most Spoken Languages of the World

by Simon Hilton on Tue 14 Aug 2007

There are 6,912 known living languages.
These are the Top Ten:
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)