For full-fledged communication, a modern person often needs to know a foreign language, or even more than one, especially if business interests or hobbies require it, in which it is necessary to make foreign contacts. This is a costly business for many, and not only financially, but also intellectually.

In order to get the desired result, correct and strong motivation is required. Don't jump straight into the language your friend or colleague is studying. Choose the one that exactly you like or just need for specific purposes. Your task is to make it so that you work on yourself and learn day by day, receiving satisfaction from your own achievements. Having a hard time deciding what exactly you need?

Probably, your choice will be determined by our selection of 10 popular languages \u200b\u200bof the world.

The main selection criteria are popularization, influence on the economic and political arena, ease of study and the effects of an individual order (travel, study, work, etc.).

1. undoubtedly in the first place. In terms of its popularity, it has overtaken all others, the world method of communication in trade, in which people of many countries express themselves when it is necessary to establish communication (even if English is essentially foreign to the interlocutors). About a third of people on the planet, one way or another, understand the speech of the country of foggy Albion. Basically, all entrepreneurs, scientists and diplomats conduct negotiations at international meetings in this language. In many European countries, applicants for a good job must know English. If you have a goal, learning to speak English is not so easy.

2. - the second most popular language in the world, this assessment is especially true in relation to the Americans. In North America (especially in the southern part of the continent) there are quite a lot of Spanish-speaking residents, so for more comfortable communication it is simply necessary. For travel lovers, a trip to Latin America or Spain will also be much more interesting if you understand the conversations of local residents. In addition, Spanish is one of the working languages \u200b\u200bof the United Nations. 700 million people speak Spanish. Want to read in the original by Cervantes, Borges and other great authors - it's easy!

3.. In recent years, China has been actively claiming the title of the new superpower. This is facilitated by both a powerful cultural layer with a long history, and a developed economy, plus an incredible number of inhabitants (1.3 billion). Working language of the UN. He has a huge number of dialects, so if you find it difficult to choose, pay attention to the official language - Mandarin, which is also understood by most of the country's citizens. Learning to speak will be relatively easy if you master the nuances of tone. This is very important in Chinese because the meaning of what is said depends on the pitch. Grammar shouldn't be too difficult either. The really serious problem is the hieroglyphs, with which even many people in China are not fully comfortable.

4. also occupies the leading lines in the top of the popularity of the world. In Eurasia, it is used by 250 million people (for pensioners in Eastern Europe, it is also commonly used). The working language of the UN, a large number of scientific and technical materials were published in it. Behind the Russian language is a significant cultural line of such literary titans as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Russia is one of the world's leading energy and economic powers. Learning Russian is not easy from a grammatical point of view, but the consistency of verbal constructions makes things easier.

5. Arabic. The language of the Koran, in the world about 400 million people speak Arabic. Recently, in international dialogues on security or energy, Arabic has gained a lot of weight. Arabic translators are snapped up in the labor market today and receive decent wages for their work. True, it is not known whether this situation will retain its stability in the future. Like all of the above, Arabic is a UN working language. In its intricacy, Arabic script can compete with Japanese and Chinese; it is very difficult to learn all the intricacies of writing and grammar. The number of dialects that bear little resemblance to one another also significantly complicates matters.

6. Among the 10 most in-demand languages, it is slightly inferior to English, because appeared on the historical European arena somewhat earlier. There are 130 million native speakers of this language in the world, half of them are residents of France, and the other part are from the Maghreb and West Africa. In Brussels, the center of the EU community, French is spoken. In North America, French speech can be heard in Quebec and in several regions in the south. Of course, it has somewhat lost its former authority, which it had half a century ago, but there are also pluses - ease of study, some similarity with English.

7. Portuguese, one might say, is now quite a popular language, because his homeland Brazil, as a result of the pace of development, claims to be the world raw material and economic empire. 200 million people in the world speak Portuguese. If we mention the complexity of learning, then there will be more difficulties than with its cognate Spanish, but no more than with the language of Dumas or Shakespeare. Cervantes called it "sweet tongue". Portuguese language Day is celebrated every year in all Portuguese-speaking countries. By the way, it also often contains words that are similar in spelling to Russian, but differ in meaning.

8. Japanese. The Land of the Rising Sun still firmly holds the leading positions in the global economic arena. 130 million people on the planet are native Japanese speakers. This is one of the toughest nuts in linguistics. A very complex grammar, many forms of which vary depending on the social status and gender of the interlocutors. Sometimes it comes to the ridiculous when foreigners-men during the period of studying the language intensively communicate with the fair sex from Japan. As a result, it may happen that they start to speak "like a woman."

nine. . Turkey has spread its influence widely in the Middle East. For about 100 million people, Turkish is their native language. He got into our rating because it is quite easy to learn, there are practically no exceptions in the grammar rules. Has many different dialects, but Istanbul is used as a literary basis. In order to fully understand the Turkish language, you will also have to learn some stable phrases related to the religious and cultural traditions of this country.

ten. . One of the European languages \u200b\u200bthat is popular among those interested in the history of the last century. In the Eurozone, Germany has a large economic weight, so German is often indispensable in business. Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of young people in the country know English. The overall population of the country is decreasing, and it is likely that German business influence will continue to wane. It resembles English in terms of complexity, but the grammatical structure is more difficult.

There are a number of languages \u200b\u200bthat could not replenish the list as the most demanded language in the world, but in terms of their importance and popularity they can compete with the most famous:

Korean. There are 70 million people in the world who speak it, but limited growth opportunities hinder the strengthening of positions in importance. It can be as difficult to learn as Chinese or Japanese.

Italian and Polish - although they are quite common European languages, but of great importance not acquired on a global scale.

Hindi could claim its place in the ranking, because it is the official language of India. Only the majority of the country's population speaks English or speaks one of the local dialects.

Farsi, also called Persian, is indispensable for everyone who, due to business or other interests, specializes in the countries of the Near and Middle East. It may also please those who love the beauty and melody of sound structures. It is easy to learn, and in the early stages you will be able to put your knowledge into practice by participating in conversations in Persian.

Whatever choice you make in the end, the main thing is that the result should bring benefit, satisfaction and pride in your own strength.

MBOU "COLLEGE № 11 of Yelets"

PROJECT WORK

“LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY. HOW MANY LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD "

PERFORMED BY STUDENT 4 "B" CLASS

ILYA WOOL

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

E.A. Persianova

Feb 2016

Language geography. How many languages \u200b\u200bare there in the world.

Relevance of the topic:

More than 7 billion people live on our planet Earth. We all speak different languages. How many are there? What features do they have? What interesting things can you learn by learning languages? Which languages \u200b\u200bshould you learn first and why?

Purpose: explore the diversity of languages \u200b\u200bin the world

Tasks:

Study the literature on the topic.

Find out how many languages \u200b\u200bthere are in the world.

Find out the most numerous language groups.

Object of study : tongue

Thing: variety of languages

Research methods:

Analysis and synthesis of literature;

Comparative study;

Analysis and synthesis of materials from various sources on the research topic.

1. Definition of "language" / Content of the concept of "language"

Tongue - a complex sign system, naturally / artificially created by man, and correlating conceptual content and typical sound (spelling). (Wikipedia)

Language - speech, the ability to speak (Ozhegov S.I.)

Language is the ability to speak by verbally expressing your thoughts. Language is a system of signs that convey information (Efremova T.F.)

Learning languages linguistics (linguistics) ... The main object of research of this science is the natural language of mankind. Sign systems - the subject of studysemiotics .

Languages \u200b\u200bcan be divided into:

human languages \u200b\u200b(the subject of linguistics):

ethnic languages, then serving (or serving) primarily as a means of communication between representatives of a particular ethnic group;

artificial languages

deaf sign languages

computer languages \u200b\u200b(for example, Algol, SQL);

languages \u200b\u200bof animals.

2. Classification of languages

Classification of languages - structuring of various languages \u200b\u200bof the world according to several principles - genealogical, geographical, sociolinguistic or other.

The most common and widely known is the genealogical classification, which is based on the concept / principle of linguistic affinity. This classification groups languages \u200b\u200binto families.

The most common is the following hierarchy: dialect - language - subgroup - group - family - macrofamily.

Language family Is a set of groups (branches) of languages, the similarity of which is explained by the common origin. Indo-European family of languages. Finno-Ugric (Finno-Ugric) family of languages. Türkic family of languages. Semitic family of languages.

Indo-European languages is the most widespread language family in the world. It is represented on all inhabited continents of the Earth, the number of carriers exceeds 2.5 billion.

The Indo-European family includes Albanian, Armenian and Slavic, Baltic, Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Romance,

illyrian, Greek, Anatolian (Hittoluvian), Iranian, Dardic,

indo-Aryan, Nuristan and Tocharian language groups.

Typological principle

These include, first of all, classifications that involve the unification of languages \u200b\u200binto certain groups based on similarities and differences in their grammatical structure.

Geographic principle

Languages \u200b\u200bcan also be classified geographically, by continents or continents. For example, Caucasian or African languages,

3. How many languages \u200b\u200bare there in the world?

There are several thousand languages \u200b\u200bin the world. The most famous reference books include only modern (ie, living and recently extinct) languages. According toEthnologist there are 6910, and Lingvosphere Register (English) - 4994. Most of them are united in families, some languages \u200b\u200bare considered isolated (ie, represent monolingual families) or remain unclassified.

"Ethnologist: Languages \u200b\u200bof the World" - the most famous reference book on the languages \u200b\u200bof the world

The 40 most common languages \u200b\u200bare spoken by about 2/3 of the world's population. Most people speak Chinese, Hindi, English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Portuguese. French is also widely spoken, but the number of those who consider it their first language is relatively small.

Currently, there are just over 400 languages \u200b\u200bthat are considered endangered.

One of the reasons for the death of languages \u200b\u200bis their uneven distribution in terms of the number of speakers. Globalization and migration are considered the main reasons for the disappearance of languages. People leave villages for cities and lose the language of their people.

About half of the currently existing languages \u200b\u200bwill go out of use by the middle of the 21st century. Many languages \u200b\u200bare disappearing due to the fact that their speakers come into contact with a stronger linguistic environment, therefore, languages \u200b\u200bof small nationalities and languages \u200b\u200bof peoples without statehood are under the threat of extinction in the first place. If less than 70% of children learn a language, it is considered endangered. According to UNESCO's Atlas of Endangered World Languages, approximately 50 languages \u200b\u200bare currently threatened with extinction in Europe.

Many less common ones gradually become dead, that is, no one speaks to them anymore. This happens for several reasons, including due to substitution by other languages, or the extinction and mixing of the native people. This trend is observed everywhere:

many indigenous languages \u200b\u200bare on the verge of extinction in North America;

there are tribal languages \u200b\u200bon the African continent, which are spoken by only a few hundred, and sometimes even dozens of people;

several languages \u200b\u200bhave disappeared on the territory of Russia in the last 100 years alone, including Kerek in Kamchatka and Symsky in the Yenisei.

The languages \u200b\u200bof Europe are the most resistant - European countries are developed, and many inhabitants live in them.

If we consider the spread of various languages \u200b\u200bat the state level, then the following picture emerges:

English is the official language in 80 countries around the world.

Spanish is widely spoken at the national level in 58 countries.

French is considered the national language in more than 30 countries around the world, including it is the official language in two US states.

Arabic is the official language in 26 countries.

Russian is the official language in Russia, Belarus, South Ossetia, it is used in state institutions of Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Abkhazia, in some regions of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.

In general, 95 languages \u200b\u200bare considered official state languages \u200b\u200bon our planet. It's funny that Latin, which has long been considered dead, is also on this list, as it is the official language of the Vatican.

There are about six thousand languages \u200b\u200bin the world, which, however, can be combined into a relatively small number of language families.

4. Interesting facts.

In the history of European civilization, several languages \u200b\u200bin the world at different times occupied the position of an interethnic means of communication - the lingua franca.

During the Roman Empire, Koine, a common Greek language, became the lingua franca for the eastern Mediterranean and the ancient Near East. Subsequently, for more than 1000 years, first in the Mediterranean countries, and then throughout Catholic Europe, Latin was used as the lingua franca. In the 18th and 19th centuries, French became the means of international communication. Since the end of the twentieth century, the English language has become a means of interethnic communication throughout the world, undoubtedly due to the leading position in the world of the English-speaking superpower - the United States. Dead languages \u200b\u200bIn linguistics, there is such a thing as "dead language". This is one that is no longer spoken, and is known about only thanks to written monuments. In some cases, dead languages \u200b\u200bcontinue to live on because they are used for scientific or religious purposes. How many languages \u200b\u200bare there in the world? These include Latin, from which the Romance languages \u200b\u200bsubsequently developed; Old Russian, which became the basis for the East Slavic languages, and Ancient Greek.

There is one unique case of the resurrection of a dead language. After the Second World War, when the State of Israel was created, Hebrew, which no one spoke for 18 centuries, was revived as the official language of this country.

An interesting phenomenon in the world of languages \u200b\u200bis artificial dialects. How many languages \u200b\u200bare there of this type in the world? The most famous are 16, and the most popular of them is Esperanto, created in 1887 by Ludwig Zamenhof.

Interesting research results were published by British scientists. Having studied many languages \u200b\u200bof the world, they came to the conclusion that the most polite of them is the language of the Inuit Eskimos from Greenland. In it, not only a single swear word, but even an offensive one cannot be found.

10 most popular languages \u200b\u200bin the world

1. English,

2. Spanish

3. Chinese.

4. Russian

5. Arabic.

6. French

7. Portuguese

8. Japanese.

9. Turkish.

10. German.

Ranking: 10 most difficult languages

1. Chinese... This language made the list for many reasons. For example, the hieroglyphs used in writing are very complex and ancient.

2. Arabic... The first difficulty is in writing. Many letters have four different spellings, depending on their position in the word.

3. Tuyuka - the language of the eastern Amazon. Its sound system is not overly complex: simple consonants and a few nasal vowels.

4. Hungarian... First, there are 35 cases or noun forms in Hungarian.

5. Japanese... It is difficult primarily because writing is different from pronunciation.

6. Navajo... This amazing language also claims to be on the list of the most difficult languages. During World War II, this language was used as a code for sending messages on the radio (radio operators were bilingual, speaking Navajo

7. Estonian... Estonian has a very rigid case system. There are 12 cases in Estonian.

8. Basque is also in the top ten most difficult languages \u200b\u200baccording to the British Foreign Office. It has 24 cases.

9. Polish... The language has 7 cases, and its grammar has more exceptions than rules. For example, in German there are 4 cases and they are all logical.

10. Icelandic very difficult to learn due to its archaic vocabulary and complex grammar.

The rarest foreign languages \u200b\u200bin the world: TOP 10

Universal popular science online encyclopedia

2. Ozhegov S.I. Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. 28th edition, revised: Peace and Education - 2012.

The indistinct difference between the dialect and the language made it difficult to determine the exact number of languages \u200b\u200bin the world. Let's try to figure out what language is and how many types of written and verbal communication exist in the world.

Language and its main functions

What is language? The concept includes a set of lexical, phonetic, verbal and grammatical techniques. Language performs a communicative function. According to various definitions, the language has a written language or lacks it. The emergence of language is associated with the development of human society. The combination of speech and writing skills plays a role:

• Information.
• Impacts.
• Expression of will.
• Expressions of emotions.

It is impossible to imagine effective communication without this tool. There is no unambiguous definition of the concept of "language". Some scholars are sure that the concept is characteristic of the type of communication of one or more ethnic groups. Others claim that for belonging to a language group, the method of intrasocial interaction does not need to have a sound manifestation. An example of this - the language of the deaf and dumb.

How many languages \u200b\u200bare there in the world: language families

According to common phonetic and grammatical features, adverbs are combined into language families. The seven largest families:

• Sino-Tibetan.
• Niger-Congolese.
• Dravidian.
• Caucasian.
• Afro-Asian.
• Indo-European.
• Austronesian.

The Caucasian language family has become the subject of controversy and disagreement. Some scholars do not acknowledge its autonomous existence. In their opinion, the group - part of the Indo-European massif. According to various sources, there are from 250 to 500 families. They are made up of language groups. The classification is carried out according to genetic, topological, areal and functional characteristics.

How many living languages \u200b\u200bare there in the world

There are between 3000 and 7200 languages \u200b\u200bin the world. According to Ethnologue - the largest catalog of languages \u200b\u200bin the world, there are more than 7100. This value varies depending on the definition. It is difficult to distinguish what constitutes a specific type of communication - two languages \u200b\u200bor related dialects.

If linguists do not have an exact answer when calculating the number of existing languages, then the number of official languages \u200b\u200bis known. 95 languages \u200b\u200bwere recognized at the state level. They were declared official in the autonomous countries and regions. Latin is included in the official languages - official language of the Vatican - the smallest country in the world.

Official language in 54 countries of the world - English, at 35 - french, and at 27 - Arab. Historians associate the popularity of languages \u200b\u200bwith the active colonial activities of France and Great Britain. In fact, local dialects in the colonies were supplanted. The extinction of languages \u200b\u200bcontinues. Today 1400 unique linguistic specimens are on the verge of extinction. Scientists predict that by the end of the century, another half of the under-used languages \u200b\u200bmay completely disappear.

how many foreign languages exists in the world? There are hundreds and thousands of them, and while linguists cannot give an exact definition of the concept of "language", this number will not be determined.

It would seem a very simple question. However, there is no exact answer to it. The problem is that the very definition of "language" is rather vague, it is not always possible to say for sure whether we are dealing with a language or a dialect. As a result, different sources name different numbers, sometimes differing from each other by an order of magnitude.

Thus, it is believed that there are from 2500 to 7000 languages \u200b\u200bin the world, to which it is necessary to add from 5000 to 8000 dialects. At the same time, researchers do not take into account dead languages, as well as artificial ones, the number of which is constantly increasing. Yes, in the case of artificial languages, the matter is not limited to one only. Work in this direction is ongoing. Very often, new languages \u200b\u200bare created purely for experimental purposes. Or for the needs of cinematography, as was the case, for example, with and.

At the same time, languages \u200b\u200bare constantly dying out. It is believed that every week on Earth there is one less language. More and more often, it is suggested that in the distant future there will be only one language in the world. And these conversations do not arise from scratch - according to some forecasts, by the end of this century, up to 90% of the languages \u200b\u200bused today may disappear. Indeed, many of them are spoken by too few people. And it's good if we are talking about several thousand, where more often it is only a few dozen. Moreover, many of these languages \u200b\u200bmay not even have a written language (and most of them are about two-thirds). And if the language does not have support from the educational system and the media, then it is doomed.

However, even such support does not guarantee the language a cloudless future. Often, native speakers simply begin to abandon their dialect, in favor of more "promising" languages. For example, in some countries of Latin America, the importance of even such a widespread language as is slowly but surely declining. Knowing English is much more prestigious and gives you the opportunity to get a high-paying job. What can we say about the various "shtetl" dialects, known exclusively in the territory of one village. New generations often stop studying them altogether.

Most languages \u200b\u200bare found in Asian countries - about 2200 (again, the figure varies greatly, depending on how you count). About 2000 languages \u200b\u200bare used in Africa. Another 1,300 dialects can be counted in the countries of Oceania and Polynesia. Add to this one thousand, which falls on both Americas. As for Europe, there are the least languages \u200b\u200bhere - about 250.

But none of the scientists can name the exact number of various dialects in all these regions. After all, their number does not depend at all on the size of the country. So, it has hundreds of dialects, despite the fact that the Netherlands is a tiny country. As for the countries of Oceania, there are a number of dialects.

It is definitely much easier to calculate how many official languages \u200b\u200bthere are in the world. Their number is well known - 95. It is interesting that this number includes, considered a dead language, but which is the official language in the Vatican. And only 55 of these 95 languages \u200b\u200bare among the fairly widespread. The number of those really in demand is even less.

Glorified by Makarevich, the rapidly changing world around him opens wide embraces to both the adventure-thirsty traveler and the polyglot in need of communication. For those wishing to successfully combine the two roles, we advise you to put on comfortable sneakers and stock up on greetings from the most common languages \u200b\u200bof the world that will definitely come in handy. The route has been assigned, the visa has been received, it remains only to remind yourself of the difference between “trip” and “journey” and set off with a light heart!

10. French.129 million people

The first place from the end is taken by the language of love and romance - French. Going for an iconic photo against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, do not forget to smile mysteriously and say “Bonjour” to a stranger. It is not a fact, of course, that they will answer you, because the heart of France is oversaturated with tourists from all over the world, speaking any language. But in Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon and Haiti, they will appreciate the shown friendliness and say hello in return. In these countries, French is often spoken or even official.

9. Malay-Indonesian.159 million people

As Captain Obvious would correctly point out, this language is native to the inhabitants of Malaysia and Indonesia. Neighboring states amaze not only with the beauty of nature and the hospitality of the local population, but also with the abundance of dialects, the most popular of which is Indonesian. There are, of course, fewer dialects than the Indonesian islands (no less than 13,000), but they are all united by both the hot sun and the root tongue. Through two large regions of Indonesia in Malaysia, the same familiar Malay-Indonesian language is heard. Arriving in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, greet the Indonesian customs officer "selamat pagi" and go to paradise on the island of Borneo.

8. Portuguese.191 million people

The inhabitants of small Portugal owe the dissemination and popularization of Portuguese to their national heroes - the navigators Vasco da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator. The spirit of adventure and a fair wind brought them and their native language to the other end of the world, namely to Brazil, Angola, Macau, Mozambique and Venezuela. It was a very successful cultural exchange and a contribution to the future of Portuguese, since now the population of Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language, is many times larger than the population of Portugal itself. By the way, the first Portuguese word that sounded on the shores of South America was "hello" - "bom dia" (bom dia).

7. Bengali.211 million people

Home to the Bengal fire and the tiger in Bangladesh, more than 120 million people speak Bengali. You don't need to be a great mathematician or geographer to ask a reasonable question: how is it that the number of native speakers exceeds the population of its country of origin? Surrounded by overpopulated India, Bangladesh has no objection to the use of Bengali by Indians. To greet someone in Bengali, simply say “Ei Je” (ah jay).

6. Arabic language.246 million people

The Arabic language is the language of the countries of the Middle East, where the main religious book of Muslims, the Koran, is held in high esteem and respect. Should I specify that it is written in Arabic? Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt concentrate the largest number Arabic speakers, add to them millions of Muslims around the world and get a formula for the growth and prosperity of the Arabic language, which became the sixth official language of the United Nations in 1974. The greeting in Arabic sounds difficult to pronounce: "Al salaam a'alaykum" (al salam aaleikum).

5. Russian language.277 million people

Russian is spoken not only in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries, but also in any multilingual company in a couple of hours, where two Russian-speaking people communicate. This informal rule has been proven by many years of practice. Foreigners can only reconcile and learn how to say "hello" to the great and mighty. Russian is one of the six UN languages \u200b\u200band is widely spoken around the world, traveling with multimillion-dollar emigrants from Russia.

4. Spanish.392 million people

Spanish sailors were even more successful than the Portuguese, rewarding native Spanish the indigenous population of Central and South America, Cuba and parts of the United States. By the way, in the modern United States, Spanish is not weak competition to English, as if reminding of the need to repay debts for previously borrowed "tornado", "bonanza", "patio" and other words. The Spanish language will appeal to all Olga and Helga of the planet Earth, because "hello" in Spanish sounds like "hola" (ola).

3. Hindustani.497 million people

Yes, this is the official name for the language of multibillion-dollar India, which includes a considerable number of adverbs and dialects (the most common of which is Hindi). Indian Bollywood produces films in Hindi many times more in a year than all American Hollywood directors have dreamed of in 10 years. Brought by the British as a souvenir, their native language also firmly rooted in the Indian subcontinent, acquiring the status of an auxiliary official, to some extent competing with the Hindustani. Greet the good-natured Hindus in their manner by folding your arms at your chest and nodding your head while saying "namaste" (namaste).

2. English.508 million people

The language spoken all over the world, alas, does not gain enough native speakers to pick up the winner's laurels. Residents of the United States, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe and the Caribbean consider him to be native. Most likely, you, who are reading this article now, feel some kind of kinship with English. We will take this opportunity and informally greet each other in our favorite English and enroll a neighbor, mother and cousin for courses with the hope of English leadership in a few years.

1. Mandarin Chinese.More than 1 billion people

It's no secret that "made in China" is found much more often than "I love you". China's population wins this competition because of its population. By the way, English breathes on the back of Chinese in the homeland of the triumphant language. Learning tangerine is not easy at all, each word can be pronounced in four different tones, which certainly confuses beginners. However, more than a billion people were able to do it, too, in the teeth and you. Let's start the training with the greeting "ni hao" (ni hao), the second part of which should be pronounced as one syllable, performing wave-like manipulations of the voice, lowering it in the middle of the syllable and raising it at the end.

That's the whole list of the most popular languages \u200b\u200bin the world. From it you can choose the best foreign language for you and start learning.
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