Languages practically is one of the most beautiful gift given by God to man. Imagine if in this world there is no language or there is only one language, whether perhaps the scientists could create an important discoveries? Then, there is little actual number of languages in the world? According to Ethnologies, there are currently about 6912 languages spoken around the world. This amount is of course still doubt its accuracy because every day there is new language that may appear, on the contrary there is an extinct language. Below is the list of 10 major languages of the world’s most widely used starting from the sequence:
- Mandarin
Unmistakably, Mandarin is the most widely spoken language of people around the world. Total population in China currently is estimated nearly 1.4 billion million inhabitants. Of this amount, it is required to officially spoken in one language is Mandarin. - English Language
Well, here it is the most popular language in the world as well as the language most widely adopted into the official language in several countries and international organizations. Were noted 53 countries and 10 international organizations use English as the official language. In addition, almost all countries in the world adopts English as a second language after their respective national language. - Hindi
Hindi is spoken by most of the people of India are only recognized as an official language along with everyday English and not as a national language by their constitution. Number of speakers: approximately 497 million - Spanish
After Portugal’s control of maritime routes in Asia, Africa and America in the 15th century, the turn of Spain that dominated these areas since the 16th and 17th century. As a result, many embedded strong Spanish culture there. Currently, Spanish is widely used as an official language of the countries in Central and South America. In addition, Spanish is spoken too much in some U.S. states bordering Mexico. Even some English vocabulary borrowed from Spanish, such as a tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme, etc. Number of speakers: 400 million people - Arabic
Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world and is the language used in the Qur’an. Arabic vocabulary lend much to a number of languages in Europe primarily Spanish, Portuguese and Sicily. Arabic, like Hebrew and Persian writing system uses characters from right to left. Since 1974, the Arabic language is used as one of the official languages at the United Nations. - Russian
There’s 270 million people who use the Russian language as official languages. - Bahasa Melayu (including Indonesian)
Indonesian language included in the Melayu language family it was ranked number seven with a number of speakers around 259 million people. This amount may increase because since the year 2007 Indonesian has been established as the second official language in Vietnam. - Portuguese
Portugal is just a small country and can say one of the poorest countries in Europe. But in the 15th century, Portugal is a great nation because it is they made maritime exploration to various parts of the world. Thanks to the explorers like Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Afonso de Albuquerque and Pedro Alvares Cabral, the Portuguese controlled territories in Asia, Africa and South America and then embed the influence of culture there. Number of speakers: approximately 240 million people - Bengali
Bangladesh is a country with a small geographical area, but the total population reached 162 million people. The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali. Because of Bangladesh is almost entirely bordered by India, the number of Bengali speakers expanded to several regions of India. Number of speakers: Approximately 230 million people. - French
Language is often cited as the most romantic language in the world than is used in France also became the official language in some countries that had conquered. French language is also one of the official languages in United Nations (UN) other than English, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. Number of speakers: about 200 million people.
