what are the 5 most common languages spoken in the world?
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['Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers. ... ', 'Spanish — 460 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'English — 379 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Hindi — 341 Million Native Speakers. ... ', 'Arabic — 315 Million Native Speakers.']
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The most common language spoken as a first language by South Africans is Zulu (23 percent), followed by Xhosa (16 percent), and Afrikaans (14 percent). English is the fourth most common first language in the country (9.6%), but is understood in most urban areas and is the dominant language in government and the media.
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English is the most commonly spoken foreign language in 19 out of 25 European Union countries (excluding the UK and Ireland) In the EU25, working knowledge of English as a foreign language is clearly leading at 38%, followed by German and French (at 14% each), Russian and Spanish (at 6% each), and Italian (3%).
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['Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. ... ', 'Arabic. Another of the hardest languages for English speakers to pick up is also in the top five most spoken world languages: Arabic. ... ', 'Polish. ... ', 'Russian. ... ', 'Turkish. ... ', 'Danish.']
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['French. Learn foreign language(ied) ... ', 'English. In West Africa, English is the primary language of many countries. ... ', '3 . Yoruba. ... ', 'Arabic. Arabic is the most widespread language in Africa and is the official or national language of Mauritania, Mali and Niger.', 'Hausa. Hausa woman getting married [Northern life]']
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['English (1,132 million speakers) ... ', 'Mandarin Chinese (1,117 million speakers) ... ', 'Hindi (615 million speakers) ... ', 'Spanish (534 million speakers) ... ', 'Arabic (274 million speakers) ... ', 'Bangla/Bengali (265 million speakers) ... ', 'Russian (258 million speakers) ... ', 'Portuguese (234 million speakers)']
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While Arabic is the most spoken language in Africa, there's plenty more – other popular languages include Amharic, Berber, Portuguese, Oromo, Igbo, Yoruba, Zulu and Shona.
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['Swahili: Swahili, known as Kiswahili in the native tongue, is a Bantu language spoken by some 150 million Africans in the African Great Lakes region in Central and Southern Africa. ... ', 'Arabic: ... ', 'French: ... ', 'Hausa: ... ', 'Yoruba: ... ', 'Oromo: ... ', 'Igbo: ... ', 'Amharic:']
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They also report on the number of people who speak more than one language, the most commonly spoken languages, and information about other languages spoken. In the 2018 Census, the five most common languages in New Zealand were English, te reo Māori, Samoan, Northern Chinese (including Mandarin), and Hindi.
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Afrikaans remains the most common language across the lingua franca in most of the southern four-fifths central and southern parts of the nation, while two dialects of Oshiwambo - Oshindonga and Oshikwanyama - are taught in school. Most Namibians speak several languages beyond their main language.
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['Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion speakers) ... ', 'English (983 million speakers) ... ', 'Hindustani (544 million speakers) ... ', 'Spanish (527 million speakers) ... ', 'Arabic (422 million speakers) ... ', 'Malay (281 million speakers) ... ', 'Russian (267 million speakers) ... ', 'Bengali (261 million speakers)']
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Well, roughly 6,500 languages are spoken in the world today. Each and every one of them make the world a diverse and beautiful place. Sadly, some of these languages are less widely spoken than others. Take Busuu, for example – we're named after a language spoken by only eight people.
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6. Mandarin Chinese. With 1.2 billion speakers presently and the number fast-growing, Mandarin Chinese is expected to hold the top position as the most spoken language in 2020.
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['Turkish – 45,117 speakers.', 'Gujarati – 43,868 speakers.', 'Panjabi – 22,108 speakers.', 'Urdu – 18,127 speakers.', 'French – 13,013 speakers.', 'Arabic – 11,971 speakers.', 'Tamil – 10,513 speakers.', 'Portuguese – 9,897 speakers.']
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English is still the most spoken language in the EU by far, with German now spoken by 36% of citizens and French spoken by 29% of the EU's new smaller population of 446 million people. Italian comes fourth at 18%, followed by 17% for Spanish.
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Official Languages. There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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There are a total of 29 countries where French is the official language. French is the only official language for 13 of these countries, while French is the co-official language of 16 countries. The most populous country where French is the official language is the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.