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In no particular order, some reach the list due to the sheer number of people in a country, others have made this list because they are very popular languages

Rated 10 points - posted 15 years ago by Seraphina in category World.
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Mandarin Report Abuse
Still the most spoken languages in the world
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English Report Abuse
Spoken in 190 countries
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Spanish Report Abuse
Spoken in over 45 countries
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Japanese Report Abuse
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Yue Chinese Report Abuse
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Wu Chinese Report Abuse
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Portuguese Report Abuse
spoken on several continents
172 points - added 15 years ago by Seraphina - 1 comment
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spoken in Portgal, Brasil, Mosambique, Goa by more than 120 Million people
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Russian Report Abuse
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Punjabi Report Abuse
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Bengali Report Abuse
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German Report Abuse
166 points - added 15 years ago by Seraphina - 1 comment
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spoken by 150 Million people worldwide
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Hindi Report Abuse
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Javanese Report Abuse
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French Report Abuse
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Arabic Report Abuse
Official language in 26 countries
123 points - added 15 years ago by Seraphina - 1 comment
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Arabic is an official language of 26 states, the third most after English and French
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Korean Report Abuse
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Vietnamese Report Abuse
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Turkish Report Abuse
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Kannada Report Abuse
kannada, derived from old tamil, mother of tamil, malayalam. Bangalore, the capital of kannada speaking state, is the IT capital of india.
38 points - added 12 years ago by guest - 1 comment
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great language
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Malayalam Report Abuse
Malayalam, relative to tamil. official in kerala
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Tamil Report Abuse
Spoken in South India, Northern Srilanka, Singapore and Malaysia
30 points - added 15 years ago by guest -

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Telegu Report Abuse
spoken in India
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Persian Report Abuse
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Bhojpuri Report Abuse
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Italian Report Abuse
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