WHAT IS THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD? ENGLISH?...

The language used by most people is Chinese Mandarin, followed by English and Spanish.

The language spoken by most countries is English, followed by French then Spanish.

Native Speakers

1. Chinese (1.1 billion) 
2. Hindi (360 million) 
3. Spanish (340 million) 
4. English (322 million) 
5. Arabic (206 million) 
6. Bengali (180 million) 
7. Portuguese (180 million) 
8. Russian (167 million) 
9. Japanese (127 million) 
10. German (95 million) 

 

Total Speakers

1. Chinese (1.5 billion) 
2. English (1+ billion) 
3. Spanish (500 million) 
4. Hindustani (460 million) 
5. Arabic (452 million) 
6. Russian (278 million) 
7. French (265 million) 
8. Portuguese (215 million) 
9. Bengali (211 million) 
10. German (150 million) 
11. Japanese (130 million)
 

Languages spoken in the most countries

1. English 
2. French 
3. Arabic 
4. Spanish 
5. Russian 
6. German 
7. Portuguese 
8. Chinese

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