Language is considered the key to communication between humans, and the 8 billion inhabitants of planet Earth speak approximately 7,118 living languages. Some languages have gained global status due to the number of speakers. Here is a list of the most spoken languages in the world according to the Insider Monkey website:
1- English
It is spoken by more than 1.5 billion people worldwide and the English language belongs to the Indo-European language family, originating in the United Kingdom.
2- Mandarin Chinese
It is spoken by 1.1 billion people worldwide, it belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and originates from China.
3- Hindi
Hindi is spoken by 609.5 million people worldwide, and it belongs to the Indo-European language family, and it is also the official language of India.
4- Spanish
The Spanish language is spoken by 559.1 million people worldwide, it occupies fourth place and belongs to the Indo-European language family.
5- French
Spoken by 309.8 million people worldwide, French is an Indo-European language from the Romance language family whose speakers are called Francophones.
6- Arabic
With 274 million speakers, Standard Arabic is the sixth most used language in the world, it belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family and originates from the Arabian Peninsula.
7- Bengali
The Bengali language is used by 272 million people worldwide to communicate, it is the official language of Bangladesh and belongs to the Indo-European language family.
8- Portuguese
The Portuguese language belongs to the Indo-European family, and the number of its users worldwide reaches 263.6 million users, and it is the official national language of Portugal.
9- Russian
Spoken by 255 million people, the Russian language ranks ninth among the 50 most spoken languages in the world, and its original homeland was the Russian Federation.
10- Urdu
Urdu is spoken by 231.7 million people worldwide, it is the official national language of Pakistan and belongs to the Indo-European language family.
