10 Interesting Fact About World Languages

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Languages:

• Mandarin is the most widely used language in the world, with around 1.2 billion speakers worldwide.
• English is the most commonly used international language worldwide, with around 1.5 billion people who use this language.
• Spanish is the second most widely used language in the world, with around 460 million people who use this language.
• Arabic is the language used in the Scriptures of the Koran, which becomes the holy book for Muslims.
• Japanese has three writing systems: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
• Korean language has two writing systems: Hangul and Hanja.
• Indonesian has many words that come from Dutch, such as offices and bicycles.
• Swahili is the East African language used by more than 100 million people in Africa.
• French is the official language in more than 29 countries around the world.
• Russian language uses the Kiril alphabet, which consists of 33 letters.