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Top 10 most-spoken primary languages
1. Mandarin Chinese (845 million)
2. Spanish (329 million)
3. English (328 million)
4. Arabic (221 million)
5. Hindi/Urdu (182 million)
6. Bengali (181 million)
7. Portuguese (178 million)
8. Russian (144 million)
9. Japanese (122 Million)
10. German (90.3 million)
Originally posted by DAZ21
Force English apon them.
The most beautiful and rich language in the world.
Originally posted by arpgme
It's a shame that no one at all answered my question...
Let me ask again:
SUPPOSE a one world language was made, would it be best to use Latin or German to create it?
SUPPOSE a one world language was made, would it be best to use Latin or German to create it?
Originally posted by CaDreamer
sohere is a list of spoken languages in the world, the list is ordered in rank by number of speakers.
Source
Top 10 most-spoken primary languages
1. Mandarin Chinese (845 million)
2. Spanish (329 million)
3. English (328 million)
4. Arabic (221 million)
5. Hindi/Urdu (182 million)
6. Bengali (181 million)
7. Portuguese (178 million)
8. Russian (144 million)
9. Japanese (122 Million)
10. German (90.3 million)
so using that list i would say the fairest language to make the "official world language should be Mandarin Chinese since it would require the least amount of education to get the rest of the world on the same page.
the list was archived in 2009
edit on 4-12-2011 by CaDreamer because: (no reason given)