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Major Language Families

LYON — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:35:57 +0000

Below is a list of phylogenetic units. They are the top ten languages in the world; the means of measurement is the number of native speakers as a proportion of world population, listed with their surrounding geographic regions.

Indo-European languages?46% (Europe,?Southwest to?South Asia,?America,?Oceania)
Sino-Tibetan languages?21% (East Asia)
Niger-Congo languages?6.4% (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Afro-Asiatic languages?6.0% (North Africa?to?Horn of Africa,?Southwest Asia)
Austronesian languages?5.9% (Oceania,?Madagascar,?maritime Southeast Asia)
Dravidian languages?3.7% (South Asia)
Altaic languages?2.3% (Central Asia,?Northern Asia,?Anatolia,?Siberia)
Japonic languages?2.1% (Japan)
Austro-Asiatic languages?1.7% (mainland Southeast Asia)

10. Tai-Kadai languages?1.3% (Southeast Asia)

Phyla* with historically wide geographical distributions but comparatively few contemporary speakers include?Eskimo-Aleut,?Na-Den?,?Algic,?Quechuan and?Nilo-Saharan.

Most Widely Used Languages on the Internet in 2008

LYON — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:23 +0000

by the Internet World Stats (2008)

According to the Internet World Stats,the top ten languages spoken languages on the internet as of is 2008 are English, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, and lastly, Italian.

Being that we are in an information era, if a person took up one of these language they will be exposed to new ideas and new ways of expressing those ideas. If you have the time, which we all do, then it would beneficial if you invested in learning one of these languages.

Most Widely Spoken Languages

LYON — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:03:14 +0000

Below is a list of the top twelve spoken languages in the world. The numbers to the extreme left of the list (ex. 1., 2., 3. etc) signify the rank of the corresponding language and the number to the extreme right signifies the amount people who speak the language. The numbers should be interpreted in millions.

This list is important simply due to its ability to help you make an informed decision of what language to learn. Granted this list alone is not sufficient enough to assist you in finding out what’s the best language to learn, but it is a starting point. Once you see the facts below you can couple that with additional information that will help you decide to learn any language of your choosing.

Highest Estimation

1. Chinese (all dialects) 1400

2. English 1000

3. Hindi/Urdu 600

4. Spanish 500

5. Arabic 400

6. French 260

7. Russian 250

8. Indonesia/Malay 250

9. Portuguese 230

10. Bengali 230

11. German 150

12. Japanese 150

Moderate Average Estimation

1. Chinese 1300