1, Arabic
Arabic is widely used in the Middle East and North Africa, and is now the official language of 27 Asian and African countries and 4 international organizations. Arabic is widely distributed, and the number of Arabic-speaking people exceeds 2. 1 100 million.
2. China people
Chinese accounts for about 20% of the global population and has been one of the official languages since the founding of the United Nations. However, it was not until 1973 that the 28th United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 3 189 that Chinese gained the same status as the four original official languages (English, Russian, French and Spanish) and became a working language.
3. English
English has a population of 46 1 100 million, but there are more than10/100 million English learners. It is the most powerful language in the world today, and 75 countries in the world use English as the official language.
4. French
French is the official language of many regions or organizations, such as the United Nations and the European Union. At present, about 65.438+0.5 billion people in the world use it as their mother tongue, and another 285 million people use it (including those who use it as a second language).
5. Russian
About 240 million people speak Russian, which is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and other regions of the former Soviet Union that have not been recognized internationally, such as Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
6. Spanish
Spanish is the official language of the United Nations and the European Union. About 437 million people speak it as their mother tongue, making it the second largest language in the world. The total number of users of the first language and the second language is close to 570 million. 23 countries and regions are official languages. Mainly in Spain and Latin American countries.