Most Spoken Languages in the World

Learning a foreign language can always be useful while travelling to different countries. 

What fascinates you about travelling abroad and learning new languages?

We have compiled a set of beautiful places to visit around the globe. From the ancient Japanese Pagodas to the famous Louvre Museum in Paris, what’s on your bucket list?

Take a quick overview to have a deeper knowledge about the country you are visiting.

French:

The French language is spoken in 85 countries by almost 275 million people. Here are some of the top countries where it is spoken.

• France (60 million native speakers)

• Canada (7 million native speakers)

• Belgium (4 million native speakers)

• Switzerland (2 million native speakers)

What France is most known for is the variety of cheese. There are more than 400 French cheese varieties listed in France. Every day, it is consumed after the main course and even before the dessert, making it 24.4kg of cheese consumption per person per year. 

And it is commonly known for the famous masterpiece “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

German:

German is the most widely spoken mother language and an official language in five countries in the European Union: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. It is also an official language in Switzerland. It is the second most commonly used scientific language in the world.

Germany being at the top, the university is free for everyone (even non-Germans).

It is known as the world’s second-largest exporter while being home to top manufacturing companies like BMW, Volkswagen, Bosch, etc.

Germans are also the world leaders in engineering, a gateway to world-class higher education.

Japanese:

Japanese is an East Asian Language spoken by about 128 million people, with over 1 million only in Japan.

Interestingly, Japan is a power-house of manufacturing with companies like Toyota, Sony, Mitsubishi, Honda, etc.

They also have about 300 unique flavours of Kit-Kats created exclusively for certain cities, regions, and seasons.

The Japanese have a distinctive culture as cleaning is a part of education in many schools. Many Japanese schools make their students clean toilets, classrooms, and the school area.

Korean:

Korean is an East Asian language with its script called Hangul. It is widely spoken in South Korea, with over 74 million people.

South Korea with more than 4000 islands, is also the 13th largest economy in the world, with a beautiful and dynamic culture. And, since the last few years, the Korean entertainment industry is becoming one of the biggest in the world.

Mandarin:

Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, with 1.3 billion speakers that started to develop in the 10th and 11th centuries in northern China.

Here are a few interesting facts about the language and China:

• The Chinese writing system is over 3000 years old.

• China uses 45 billion pairs of Chopsticks a year.

• Chop suey is American, not Chinese.

• The most complicated Chinese character has 57 strokes.

Spanish:

Spanish is the official language of more than 21 countries and is spoken by almost 580 million people. The top five countries where it is spoken are Mexico (130,207,371), Spain (47,260,584), Colombia (50,355,650), Argentina (45,864,941) and Peru (32,201,224).

One of the specialities of Spain is that produces a whopping 1.8 million to 1.2 million tons of olive oil in a year. Although the main region for olive oil production is Andalusia, Spain is said to have the most olive trees in the world.

The people of Tarragona gather every two years for the Concours de Castells Festival in October, where participants build tall human towers that reach up to 11 metres.