While i was surfing the net, I stumbled upon a random website that shows the "top 10 most spoken language" and clicked on it. Below are the result of the top 10 spoken language based on that website:
10)German
9)Japanese
8) Russian
7) Portuguese
6) Bengali
5) Arabic
4) Hindi - Urdu
3) English
2) Spanish
1) Mandarin
Now, this is based on an unofficial website but what got my attention is that English is not in the Top 1.. I used to think that English is the top language used in the world followed by Mandarin.. What influence the use of language? Is it the population? The politics? The development of the country? The interest of the person? Easy communication?
At the moment, the question I ask myself is whether English or Mandarin is used more and if Mandarin is used more, will it have the same impact as the usage of English??
That's something remain to be seen...
Interesting one, Wuen (: I think I read about this somewhere too! Surprising how English is not at the top of the list.
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