Most Spoken Languages In The World

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Around 7,000 languages are spoken across the globe, some are closely related to each other while others are completely foreign

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Language is one of the greatest tools of communication. Here is a list of most commonly spoken languages, as per Babbel

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English is the most popular language with 1.452 billion total speakers in the world 

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With a total of 1.119 billion speakers, Mandarin Chinese bags the second spot

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Mainly spoken in India, Hindi has 602 million speakers. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is used in government processes

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There are over 559 million speakers of Spanish worldwide. It is the official language in 21 countries, including Spain and Mexico

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With 274 million speakers, Arabic is used in various countries, mostly in the Middle East and North Africa

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French, also known as the language of romance, has about 274 million total speakers

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Bengali is the seventh most spoken language in the world with 273 million total speakers. It is also the official language of Bangladesh 

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Over 258 million people speak Russian globally. It is one of the six official languages of the UN and the official language of Russia

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Portuguese is the official language of nations including Portugal, Brazil, and Angola, with over 258 million speakers

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Urdu ranks tenth on the list with 231 million total speakers. It is also the national language of Pakistan

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