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English is the foremost, and by some accounts the only, world language. Other possible world languages are: Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish, although there ...
CIA World Factbook (2018 estimates) ; 1, Mandarin Chinese, 12.3% ; 2, Spanish, 6.0% ; 3, English, 5.1% ; 3, Arabic, 5.1%.
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A foreign language is a language that is not an official language of, nor typically spoken in, a specific country. Native speakers from that country usually ...
Pyramid of languages of the world edit · The big languages: English, French. · Regional languages (languages of the United Nations are marked with asterisk): ...
The World Factbook (2022) edit ; English, 18.8% ; Mandarin Chinese, 13.8% ; Hindi, 7.5% ; Spanish, 6.9% ; French, 3.4%.
SIL International's Ethnologue: Languages of the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ...