The table details the number of native speakers and non-native speakers as well as of six languages.
Overall, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language, which has strikingly higher speakers than the others. It is noticeable that Portuguese is the least spoken language among the six languages.
There are 900 million people using Mandarin as mother tongue, making it the number 1 native spoken worldwide, compared to 190 million people who speak this as an additional language. Following are Hindi and Spanish, which have 370 million and 350 million of first language users respectively. English is the only language which has much more foreign speakers than its native speakers, 603 million and 339 million respectively.
The number of foreinge learners of Hindi and Spanish were much different with 120 million and 70 million. Arabic total number of speakers which included 203 million native Arabic and only 24 million foreign learners. It can be seen from the table that Portugues has the least foreigne learners of 10 million.
The table
details
the
number
of
native
speakers and non-native speakers
as well
as of six languages.
Overall
, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken
language
, which has
strikingly
higher speakers than the others. It is noticeable that Portuguese is the least spoken
language
among the six languages.
There are 900
million
people
using Mandarin as mother tongue, making it the
number
1
native
spoken worldwide, compared to 190
million
people
who speak this as an additional
language
. Following are Hindi and Spanish, which have 370
million
and 350
million
of
first
language
users
respectively
. English is the
only
language
which has much more foreign speakers than its
native
speakers, 603
million
and 339
million
respectively
.
The
number
of
foreinge
learners of Hindi and Spanish were much
different
with 120
million
and 70
million
. Arabic total
number
of speakers which included 203
million
native
Arabic and
only
24
million
foreign learners. It can be
seen
from the table that
Portugues
has the least
foreigne
learners of 10
million
.