Top Ten Language Users in the World: Chinese


China has a population of about 1.4 billion. Overseas, there are 50 million Chinese speakers, including Singapore, as well as overseas Chinese and students from other countries. Unlike Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Hindi and other local languages, Chinese people are more powerful in spreading Chinese. There must be Chinatowns in large and medium-sized cities in the United States and Europe. In Chinatowns, speaking Chinese is unimpeded. Population is a factor, and Chinese has become the second largest language, closely related to China's growing economic strength. Nowadays, China's total economic output is second only to that of the United States. There are more and more foreigners studying Chinese in the world. For nothing else, learning Chinese is good for making money.



2. Top Ten Language Users in the World: English


English is the official language of more than 1 billion people, 73 countries as the official language, the United Nations standard language is also English. In North America, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom in Europe, Australia in Oceania, India in Asia, and more than half of Africa, English is the official language. There is no doubt that English-speaking countries are the first in their territory. In terms of the economy of English-speaking countries, it is also the first. Militarily speaking, it is the first. Apart from a slightly smaller population than Chinese, English is the world's first language.



3. Top Ten Language Users in the World: Spanish


There are about 500 million Spanish speakers and 23 countries are the official languages. Spanish is the official language in Mexico, Central America, and Argentina, South America. In addition, there are many Spanish speakers in other countries of the world. The first language of the United States is English and the second language is Spanish. Spanish, in every way, is an upgraded version of Portuguese.



4. Top Ten Language Users in the World: French


There are about 340 million French speakers and 34 countries are the official languages. Like Spanish, French covers a wide range, especially in some English-speaking countries, such as Canada, where French is the second largest language, and nearly half of Africa's countries have made French the official language. In Europe, France has a stronger economic and political position than Spain, which is one of the main reasons why French ranks ahead of Spanish.



5. Top Ten Language Users in the World: Arabic


Compared with German and Japanese, Arabic has a large population of about 360 million people. The second major advantage is the large area, in West Asia and North Africa, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Monaco and more than 20 countries. In addition, from the perspective of wealth, the Arab region has more oil, more wealthy people and a larger total economy. The disadvantage of the Arab region is that the level of manufacturing and technology is not as good as that of Germany and Japan, but this does not affect the status of Arabic, because the level of science and technology is not high in the languages ranked higher.



6. Top Ten Language Users in the World: Russian


Mainly used in Russia and other member states of the former Soviet Union (as mother tongue: 164,000,000, as foreign language: 114,000,000), it has been widely used as the first foreign language teaching in schools in Warsaw Treaty member countries. During the Soviet period, Russian was greatly emphasized in the republics it joined. Although many of these former Soviet Union countries are now beginning to emphasize the importance of local languages, Russian is still the most widely used language in these areas, and is also the language used by these countries when communicating. Norwegian Russian is a mixture of Russian and Norwegian.



7. Top Ten Language Users in the World: Urdu


(130,000,000 as mother tongue and 140,000,000 as foreign language). Urdu is about the 20th most widely used language in the world. It is the national language of Pakistan and one of the 24 mandatory languages of India. From a macro perspective, Urdu can be seen as a part of hindustani, all of which constitute the seventh largest language in the world.



8. Top Ten Language Users in the World: German


Germany and Austria in Europe, with a population of about 100 million, are the countries that use German as their mother tongue. Other countries such as Switzerland and Belgium also have a large German-speaking population, while Britain and France also have a small number of German-speaking people. The biggest difference between German and Japanese is that Germany is a land country, and German has a certain market in other Western European countries besides Germany and Austria. Germany is an absolute leader in the European Union. Looking at Western Europe, if Germany ranks second in economy and politics, nobody dares to be the first. German is a defeated country in World War II. Germany's rights and interests abroad have been indefinitely compressed, so that few people speak German outside Europe.



9. Top Ten Language Users in the World: Portuguese


Portuguese (Portuguese s) is a Roman language. Countries and regions that use it include Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Macao, Spain, Mozambique and Timor-Leste, with a total population of more than 200 million. Portuguese is one of the few widely distributed languages in the world, and it is also the eighth largest language in the world.

10. Top Ten Languages in the World: Italian


Italian is the official language of Italy, San Marino, and one of the official languages of Switzerland, mainly in Ticino and Glauponton. It is also the second official language of the Vatican (70,000,000 as mother tongue and 120,000,000 as non-mother tongue), used by some Italian minorities in Slovenia and Croatia. It is widely used and taught in Monaco. It is also widely known in the regions of Corsica, Savoy and Nis, where the Italian dialect was spoken before the French annexation. In addition, Albania is widely used by local people. Http://www.gaosan.com/Some of the former colonies of Italy in Africa (such as Libya, Somalia and Eritrea) speak Italian. But its use is declining. When Eritrea was an Italian colony, Italian was the indicator language. By 1997, there was only one Italian Language Institute left. Italian and Italian dialects are widely used by Italian immigrants and their descendants. In Western Europe, especially Luxembourg, Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium, the United States, Canada, Australia, and in Latin America, especially Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. In the United States, Italian is mainly spoken in the following four cities: Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. In Canada, the Italian community is mainly in Montreal and Toronto. In addition, Italian is the second most widely spoken language in Australia.


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