Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World


	Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World

arifsali

6-26-2008 12:22 PM

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6-26-2008 12:39 PM

hitchhiker08

Excellent clip, arifsali - very interesting, thanks

6-26-2008 12:54 PM

wiganfootie

interesting

6-26-2008 1:43 PM

bignosemousie

Is Mandarin spoken all over China?

6-26-2008 4:38 PM

eventidez

Great pix as well - thought French would've placed higher

6-26-2008 4:44 PM

syncopath

Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

6-26-2008 4:48 PM

sohil

Is Mandarin spoken all over China?

Just in certain regions...they have dialects of "Chinese"

6-26-2008 5:12 PM

bignosemousie

.they have dialects of "Chinese

That is why I was wondering how much of China speaks Mandarin.

6-26-2008 6:08 PM

masbury

Good clip!

6-26-2008 6:24 PM

masbury

I found some tips on Chinese dialects, and clipped them here.

6-27-2008 1:44 PM

bshearer

Ahhhhhhhhh....

You left out Spanish. This one is huge.

6-28-2008 12:55 AM

merrie

Thanks for the information and really great pictures, arifsali

6-29-2008 8:13 PM

Marinho

I heard English was the most one. Now I realize the greatness of China population. Apart, the pictures are really great.

7-11-2008 3:22 AM

weddingfavor

I know the Spanish is the most widespread and I thought it would be the most spoken language...

7-14-2008 5:59 PM

sohil

I know the Spanish is the most widespread and I thought it would be the most spoken language...

I thought English was...

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