Here is the list of 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, you will be surprised to know that English is not number 1, neither number 2!



• Chinese(Mandarin) - Spoken by 836,132,000 people


• Spanish - Spoken by 332,000,000 people


• English (as first language) - Spoken by 322,000,000 people


• Bengali - Spoken by 190,000,000 People


• Hindi - Spoken by 185,000,000 People


• Arabic - Spoken by 175,000,000 People



• Portuguese - Spoken by 170,000,000 People



• Russian - Spoken by 170,000,000 people


• Japanese - Spoken by 125,000,000 people



• German - Spoken by 98,000,000 People