Most Commonly Spoken Languages

Rank Language Number of Speakers

1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 +
2 English 508,000,000
3 Hindustani 497,000,000
4 Spanish 392,000,000
5 Russian 277,000,000
5 Arabic 246,000,000
7 Bengali 211,000,000
8 Portuguese 191,000,000
9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000
10 French 129,000,000

WTF is mandarin??
I thought English was the most spoken

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Finland
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Population: 5,175,783 (July 2001 est.)
Capital: Helsinki
GDP: $118.3 billion (2000 est.)
hdi : 10
suicide : 10
expensive : 11
cleanest : 1
mobilephone : 1
Mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants
1. Finland 67.8
2. Norway 62.7
3. Sweden 59.0

Cleanest Countries
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Canada

Most Expensive Countries to Live in
1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. Russia
...
11. Finland

Highest Quality of Life
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
...
10. Finland

Highest Suicide Rates (per 100,000 inhabitants per year)
1. Lithuania 42.0
2. Russia 37.4
3. Belarus 35.0
...
10. Finland 24.3

Best Places to Live
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
...
10. Finland

SO we are clean and mobile.. but kill ourselves pretty much.

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Best Places to Live
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Belgium

I love my country!

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

Mandarin is Chinese.

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Belgium:

growing producer of synthetic drugs; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and
marijuana entering Western Europe.

Not good! It's all Antwerp's fault

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Belgium: growing producer of synthetic drugs; transit point for US-bound ecstasy; source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe. Not good! It's all Antwerp's fault

Yep, Antwerp always seems to be burning!

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Looks like this place got its info from:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

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that cia worldbook has too much info if you ask me but quality site.

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Best Places to Live

3.Canada

as usual...better than belgium

we should be number 1 tho

oh well

quote:

Originally posted by TranceSeeker Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 5 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

Is this most spoken as a first language?

If you include people who speak it as a second or third language (such as yourself?) then English is probably top. I don't think I've ever met anyone who speaks Mandarin as a second language, yet people all over the world speak English as a second language.

China has 1.3 Billion People

Of course mandarin would be more than english

That's obvious

but everyone realizes that english is the language of business.

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Most Commonly Spoken Languages Rank Language Number of Speakers 1 Mandarin 1,000,000,000 + 2 English 508,000,000 3 Hindustani 497,000,000 4 Spanish 392,000,000 5 Russian 277,000,000 5 Arabic 246,000,000 7 Bengali 211,000,000 8 Portuguese 191,000,000 9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 10 French 129,000,000 WTF is mandarin?? I thought English was the most spoken

hahaha you sound american are you really american with a german flag

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