Portuguese and Spanish are on the top 10 today besides English, French is 18th by number of native speakers. Spanish is on second place with the most native sp

Portuguese and Spanish are on the top 10 today besides English, French is 18th by number of native speakers. Spanish is on second place with the most native speakers, then comes English in third position and Portuguese on sixth from the European-based idioms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of... China tops that list, no wonder if they also produce a higher volume of literary works on their native language.