Which Language Is Spoken Widely By People In More Nations?

English

is the largest language in the world, if you count both native and non-native speakers. If you count only native speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the largest. Mandarin Chinese is the largest language in the world when counting only first language (native) speakers.

What language is spoken the most in countries?

Which is the most widely spoken second language in the world?

Is Spanish or Portuguese more widely spoken?

Portuguese is estimated to have 232 million native speakers and about 258 million speakers in total. It's the

ninth most spoken language

in the world, and the second most spoken Romance language, after Spanish.

What was the first language on earth?

As far as the world knew,

Sanskrit

stood as the first spoken language because it dated as back as 5000 BC. New information indicates that although Sanskrit is among the oldest spoken languages, Tamil dates back further.

What will be the most spoken language in 2050?

The latest projection is that

French

will be spoken by 750 million people by 2050. A study by investment bank Natixis even suggests that by that time, French could be the most-spoken language in the world, ahead of English and even Mandarin.

Which is the 2nd language in the world?

What is the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin. Number of native speakers: 1.2 billion. …
2. Icelandic. Number of native speakers: 330,000. …
3. 3. Japanese. Number of native speakers: 122 million. …
4. Hungarian. Number of native speakers: 13 million. …
5. Korean. …
6. Arabic. …
7. Finnish. …
8. Polish.

Which language is the easiest to learn?

1. Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers. …
2. Swedish. …
3. Spanish. …
4. Dutch. …
5. Portuguese. …
6. Indonesian. …
7. Italian. …
8. French.

Is Spanish easier than Portuguese?

For most native English speakers,

Spanish is slightly easier to learn than Portuguese

. This is primarily a matter of access. … Another reason Spanish is easier to learn is that pronunciation in Spanish is simpler than in Portuguese. Spanish uses five vowel sounds and has very consistent spelling.

Can a Portuguese person understand Spanish?

Despite the proximity of the two countries and how the two languages are related, it would be wrong to assume that Portuguese people speak Spanish. The two countries and languages have developed separately for centuries, after all, and

most Portuguese don't understand Spanish at all

.

Did Spain ever rule Portugal?

Portugal was officially an autonomous state

, but in actuality, the country was in a personal union with the Spanish crown from 1580 to 1640.

What is the mother of all languages?

Known as ‘the mother of all languages,'

Sanskrit

is the dominant classical language of the Indian subcontinent and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Whats the oldest country?

By many accounts,

the Republic of San Marino

, one of the world's smallest countries, is also the world's oldest country. The tiny country that is completely landlocked by Italy was founded on September 3rd in the year 301 BCE.

Which language did Adam and Eve speak?

The Adamic language

, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.

What languages have died out?

• Latin language. Latin is by far the most well-known dead language. …
• Coptic. Coptic is what remained of the ancient Egyptian languages. …
• Biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew is not to be confused with Modern Hebrew, a language that is still very much alive. …
• Sumerian. …
• Akkadian. …
• Sanskrit Language.