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Maybe I misunderstood you message, but I was quite surprised to see Spanish as the second most spoken language in the world. I just looked it up and the rankin
by fckthisguy 6y ago
Maybe I misunderstood you message, but I was quite surprised to see Spanish as the second most spoken language in the world.
I just looked it up and the rankings are a little less black and white than I expected too.
A lot of the numbers seems to be from older rankings and the explosive growth of some languages in recent years makes them vary wildly.
All in all, it seems Chinese is first, with Spanish coming in just after Hindi+urdu, English, and Arabic.
Interesting stuff.
- im3w1l 6y agoWhich language is the top one depends on your criteria. Do you only consider first language or also non-first that people are native speakers of, what about non-native but fluent? But either way you count Spanish is not #1, but one of the top few.
- bazooka_penguin 6y agoSpanish isn't the second most spoken language overall. It's the second most common native(a person's first) language. English is taught and used by huge swathes of Asia and is almost as common as Chinese. I can't even remember the last time I met an asian immigrant who didn't speak english.