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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - FACTS AND FIGURES:

What are the world's most widely spoken languages? The English Language: Facts and Figures In which countries is English spoken by the majority of the population as a first language? In which countries is English an official language? How many people speak English as a second language? How many people speak English as a foreign language? So how many speak English in total? How many people are learning English worldwide? What percentage of the internet is in English? What percentage of email messages are in English? Which language has the most words? How many words are there in the English language? How many words does the average native speaker know? How many words does the average native speaker use in everyday speech? How many words do you need to learn in order to communicate in most situations? What is the longets word in the English language?

Estimates of how many people speak a language can never be completely precise and therefore vary considerably. However, English English com, together with World English, have come up with the following figures: Mandarin Chinese (837,000,000), English (370,000,000), Spanish (300,000,000), Bengali (189,000,000), Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000), Arabic (174,950,000), Portuguese (170,000,000), Russian (170,000,000), Japanese (125,000,000), German (98,000,000), Javanese (79,000,000), French (75,000,000)