Language is the most important function of the human body because it allows us to get food as a child, it allows us to get virtually anything we want as an adult, it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, music, radio, and movies. This list (in order of least to most spoken) summarizes the most important languages in use today.
10. French Language
Number of speakers: 129 million
9. Malay-Indonesian Language
Number of speakers: 159 million
8. Portuguese Language
Number of speakers: 191 million
7. Bengali Language
Number of speakers: 211 million
6. Arabic Language
Number of speakers: 246 million
5. Russian Language
Number of speakers: 277 million
4. Spanish Language
Number of speakers: 392 million
3. Hindustani Language
Number of speakers: 497 million
2. English Language
Number of speakers: 508 million
1. Mandarin Language
Number of speakers: 1 billion+
Via: listverse
Language is an ability, talking and making noise is a function of the voice box.
Indonesia’s population is 234 million and Malaysia’s is 28 million. Shouldn’t there be more than 159 Malay-Indonesian speakers ?