Comments on: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sat, 26 May 2012 15:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kitarah http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-488600 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:46:44 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-488600 lol ‘What’s up freak?’ xDD

]]> By: blablabla http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-488305 Sun, 20 May 2012 22:59:53 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-488305 hello in pt is “oi” or “olá” bom dia = good morning

]]> By: Daniel Blois http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-487569 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:53 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487569 You are making two mistakes. English is the most spoken language on earth. Mandarin is the most spoken native language on earth.

1) Many countries that English is not their first language, speak English as a Second language. Many Chinese learn English as a second language themselves. Plus most of India speaks English.

2) Mandarin is the official language of China but many Chinese do not speak Mandarin.

So the numbers are probably closer to:

English:
1.5 Billion people speak it
500 Million Native speakers

Mandarin:
800-900 Million People speak it
600-800 Million Native speakers

2)

]]> By: mel http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-487413 Fri, 18 May 2012 06:21:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487413 indo-malay in 9th place?! interesting! there’s a big error in the indonesian word of saying “hello”. we indonesian say “halo” not “selamat pagi” because ” selamat pagi” means “good morning”.

]]> By: gauss http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-487358 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:37:37 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487358 you forgot to mention mathematics as the most spoken language. heck it’s not only in the world but on the entire universe.

]]> By: nala http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-487357 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:31:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487357 Hey now there is no need to speak like that weRe I come from we do not say the f bomb k ok don’t say that

]]> By: nala http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-487354 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:20:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487354 Wow I tottaly thought that english was first not mandrin and I was supprised to see that spanish was 3rd …….3rd that was supprising holy cow

]]> By: Damien http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-487318 Thu, 17 May 2012 20:21:34 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-487318 to say hello in malay is not selamat pagi! selamat pagi means good morning… =.= hello in malay, would be hello as well. hahahahahah. but usually people would say ‘apa khabar?’ in malay, which means.. ‘how are you?’

]]> By: Rosco http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-485838 Sat, 12 May 2012 22:26:15 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-485838 I assume by England you mean Great Britain? Or more specifically the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as by saying England, you miss out the majority of land mass of the British Isles (Scotland, Wales, NI and the territories)

]]> By: Ross McMartin http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/comment-page-15/#comment-485616 Sat, 12 May 2012 12:02:51 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/#comment-485616 I assume that by England you mean great Britain? That’s a huge difference as its a third of the landmass of the total.

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