10 Most Used Language in the World
Language is arguably one of the most beautiful gift given by God to man.Imagine if the world does not have the language or languages there is only one kind, is it possible that scientists could create an important discoveries?So, how in fact the number of languages in the world? According to Ethnologue, there are currently about 6,912 languages spoken around the world. This amount of course is still doubtful accuracy because every day there is new language that might appear, but there are also language extinction.
We as people of Indonesia may be a little proud because there are languages in Indonesia in 10 major languages have a number of speakers in the world. Hmmm .... so how many number of speakers in Indonesia? The answer, please follow the top 10 most used language in the world, starting with the sequence:
10. French
We as people of Indonesia may be a little proud because there are languages in Indonesia in 10 major languages have a number of speakers in the world. Hmmm .... so how many number of speakers in Indonesia? The answer, please follow the top 10 most used language in the world, starting with the sequence:
10. French
Language is often touted as the most romantic language in the world is not only used in France is also the official language in some countries that had dijajahnya. French is also one of the official languages of the United Nations (UN) in addition to English, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
- Total speakers: approximately 200 million people
- Character Type: Latin
- Native Country: France, Monaco, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Congo / Zaire, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea Equator, Gabon, Guernsey, Madagascar , Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Haiti, Lebanon, New Caledonia, Vanuatu.Polynesia, Martinique, Guadalupe. UN official languages.
- To say hello in French, saying: "Bonjour" (bone-JOOR).
9. Bengali language
Bangladesh is a country with a small geographical area, but the population reaches 162 million people. The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali language. Bangladesh is almost entirely because of the region bordering India, the number of Bengali speakers spread to several regions of India.
- Total speakers: Approximately 230 million people
- Character Type: Bengali
- Native Country: Bangladesh, India
- To say hello in Bengali, say "Ei Je" (EYE-jay).
8. Portuguese
Portugal is just a small country and can say a poor country in Europe. But in the 15th century, Portugal was a great nation because they are the first to conduct maritime exploration around the world. Thanks to services like the explorer Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Afonso de Albuquerque and Pedro Álvares Cabral, Portugal dominated regions important in Asia, Africa and South America and then implanting the influence of culture there.
- Total speakers: approximately 240 million people
- Character Type: Latin
- Native Country: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macao, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe.
- To say hello in Portuguese, say "Bom dia" (Bohn DEE-ah).
7. Malay language (including Indonesian)
Well, these are waiting for him ... Bahasa Indonesia is included in the Malay language family it appears to be on the order of the seventh with a total of about 259 million speakers. Rough count is obtained from the estimated total population of Indonesia in 2009 reached 230 million people added to the population of 28 million, 388 thousand people of Brunei and a small population of Thailand, Singapore and East Timor. This number may be increased due to Bahasa Indonesia since 2007 has been designated as the second official language in Vietnam.
Interesting facts about the language of Indonesia:
- Bahasa Indonesia ranks third in Asia and ranked 26th in the world in terms Tata terumit language in the world.
- Bahasa Indonesia is also worldwide in cyberspace, making Indonesia the evidence wikipedia has ranked 26 of 250 Wiki foreign language in the world and the third in Asia after Japanese and Mandarin, in addition to the language of Indonesia became the third language most used in a blog posting at wordpress.
6. Russian
Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Roman Abramovich, Anna Kournikova, and the beautiful Maria Sharapova is Russian speakers who we have known through various news media. However, in addition to their course, there's 270 million other people who use the Russian language as official language.
- Total speakers: approximately 278 million people
- Type the characters: Cyrillic
- Speaking countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova. UN official languages
- To say hello in Russian, saying: "Zdravstvuite" (ZDRAST-vet-yah).
5. Arabic
Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world and is the language used in the Qur'an. Arabic lends a lot of vocabulary to a number of major European languages in Spanish, Portuguese and Sicilian. Arabic, like Hebrew and Persian system of writing using characters from right to left. Since 1974, the Arabic language is used as an official language at the UN.
- Total speakers: approximately 300 million people
- Type the characters: Arabic
- Speaking countries: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali.UN official languages
- To say hello in Arabic, saying: Assalamualaikum Wr Wb.
4. Spanish
After Portugal dominated the maritime bands in Asia, Africa and America in the 15th century, substitute Spanish regions dominated the century, 16 and 17. As a result, many are stuck into the Spanish culture there. Nowadays, Spanish is widely used as an official language of countries in Central and South America. In addition, the Spanish language as well as many spoken in several U.S. states bordering Mexico. Even some English vocabulary borrowed from Spanish, such as a tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, Enchilada, and taco grande Supreme, etc..
- Total speakers: approximately 400 million
- Character Type: Latin
- Speaking countries: Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea Equator, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
- To say hello in Spanish, saying: "Hola."
3. Hindi
India is unique! Just imagine, this country has the second largest population in the world, Bollywood films, Taj Mahal, the Great King Ashoka, Mahatma Gandhi .... eh, apparently India has no official national language. Hindi language spoken by the majority of Indians are recognized as the official language daily with the English language and not as a national language by konsitusinya.
- Total speakers: approximately 497 million
- Type the characters: Devanagari
- Speaking countries: India, U.S. (100,000 people), Mauritius (685,170 people), South Africa (890 292), Yemen (232,760 people), Uganda (147,000 people), Singapore (5,000 people), New Zealand (20,000 people), Germany ( 30,000 people), Fiji, Nepal, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and the United Arab Emirates.
- To greet the Hindi language, say "Namaste" (Nah-MAH-stay).
2. English
Well, this is the most popular languages in the world as well as the language most widely adopted into the official languages in several countries and international organizations. There were recorded 53 countries and 10 international organizations that use English as official languages. In addition, almost all countries in the world adopted English as a second language after their respective national languages.
- Total speakers: approximately 500 million people
- Character Type: Latin
- Speaking countries: the United Kingdom, USA, South Africa, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Dominica, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Fiji, Philippines, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong , India, Ireland, Jamaica, Cameroon, Canada, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Maritius, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevs, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenada, Samoa, New Zealand, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe. International Organizations: UN, EU, Commonwealth, CoE, NATO, NAFTA, OAS, OIC, PIF, UKUSA, etc..
- To say hello in English, say: F *** U
1. Mandarin
Not any more, Mandarin is the language most widely spoken around the world. Total population in China / China is currently estimated to reach nearly 1.4 billion million people. Of this amount, it must speak the official word in one language is Mandarin. Not to mention, the Chinese immigrants around the world devoted to use Mandarin as the language of day-to-day.
The origins of Chinese words
Mandarin said in Indonesia itself seemed absorbed from the English language to describe China as well as Mandarin. But in fact, said Mandarin is absorbed from the English language Chinese language itself. Mandarin pronunciation literally comes from a stranger to the chiefs of the Qing Dynasty in ancient times.
Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchu tribes, so that the chiefs of the empire are usually referred to as Mandaren (Hanzi: 满 大人), which means Majesty Manchu. From here, the language used by officials of the Manchu language is also referred to as Mandaren. Chinese writing evolved into in the future.
- Total speakers: about 1.5 billion people.
- Type the characters: Chinese characters
- Speaking countries: China and other Chinese communities around the world. UN official languages.
- To say hello in Mandarin, say "Ni hao" (Nee HaOW)
