the table below gives information about languages with the most native speakers. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features ,and make comparisons where relevant
The given table illustrates the
number
of native speakers
of six languages
and the number
of speakers
of these languages
as an additional language
.
Overall
, as can be seen, it is noticeable that Mandarin
Chinese
has the highest citizens
who speak Correct quantifier usage
number of citizens
Mandarin
Chinese
language
. In addition
, it can divide into three groups which are similar in number
including Mandarin
Chinese
and English
, Hindi and Spanish, Arabic
and Portuguese.
The figures for people speaking Correct word choice
and Arabic
Mandarin
Chinese
and English
are higher than other languages
, at 1090 million
and 942 million
respectively. It is remarkable that 900 million
of
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apply
Mandarin
Chinese
use it as a first language
, compared to 190 million
of
people Change preposition
apply
speak
Correct pronoun usage
who speak
this
language
as a second
language
. By contrast
, the number
of native people of English
is only 339 million
, while
the figure for native speakers
of English
as an additional language
is 603 million
.
Likewise
, the total number
of speakers
of Hindi and Spanish are
490 Change the verb form
is
million
and 420 million
respectively, when it comes to using these languages
as a second
language
the number
for Hindi (120 million
) is under 2 times higher than that for Spanish. Also
, native speakers
of Arabic and Portuguese account for lower proportions, at only 206 million
and 203 million
respectively. However
, the number
of Arabic speakers
as an additional language
is nearly 2.5 times higher than those of Portuguese as a second
language
(10 million
).Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "second".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, speakers, languages, language, mandarin, chinese, english, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 5 times.
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