World's ten most spoken languages

New Delhi: Nobody knows which language human beings used in the beginning. The cave man used sign language, and with the passage of time verbal communication developed.Language is the basic need of communication. It is the medium through which we express our feelings, thoughts. it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, radio, music, and films. Here is the list of ten most spoken languages around the globe: Mandarin:Mandarin is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.Speaking Mandarin can be really tough, because each word can be pronounced in four ways (or “tones”), and a beginner will invariably have trouble distinguishing one tone from another.Spanish The language originated in Castile, a region of Spain. Approximately 406 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it second only to Mandarin in terms of its number of native speakers worldwide.EnglishIt is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its speakers hail from all around the world, including New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada. ArabicThis is one of the world's oldest languages. Arabic belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is spoken in the Middle East, with speakers found in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. If Arabic is considered a single language, it perhaps is spoken by as many as 422 million first language speakers, making it one of the half dozen most populous languages in the world.RussianRussian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of three living members of the East Slavic languages.It is spoken primarily in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.It is also the largest native language in Europe, with 144 million native speakers in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Russian is the 8th most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the 5th by total number of speakers.French:French is spoken in tons of countries, including Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti.This has been known as the most romantic language in the world. It is estimated as having 110 million native speakers and 190 million more second language speakers.BengaliIt is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. With about 220 million native and about 250 million total speakers,Bengali is one of the most spoken languages, ranked seventh in the world.PortugueseIt is a part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of colloquial Latin. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe, and also has co-official language status in Macau, China and in East Timor, Southeast Asia. With approximately 210 to 215 million native speakers and 240 million total speakers, Portuguese is usually listed as the seventh most spoken language in the world.Malay-Indonesian:Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the national language of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, and it is one of four official languages of Singapore.There are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian.Hindi:It is the primary language of India's crowded population, and it encompasses a huge number of dialects. While many predict that the population of India will soon surpass that of China, the prominence of English in India prevents Hindi from surpassing the most popular language in the world.