The table below gives information about languages with the most native speakers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates data on how many
people
speak the top 6 native languages (Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese
).
Overall
, individuals who speak Mandarin Chinese were in the top position, whereas
the least number
of people
speak in the Portuguese
language
among those 6 languages.
The total number
of speakers
of Mandarin Chinese is 1090 million
, where 900 million
from native and 190 million
speakers
of an additional language
. Although
339 million
people
speak English as a first language
, their speakers
as a second or third language
603 million
, almost double their native speakers
, made them the 2nd highest number
of speakers
altogether. Hindi is in the 3rd position in terms of total speaking citizens (490 million
), where 120 million
people
do not speak as their primary language
, even though 370 million
people
use it as a first language
as a medium of communication. The Spanish native speaker is 350, which is 5 times higher than its 2nd or 3rd language
speakers
. On the other hand
, the total number
of people
who speak Arabic and Portuguese
are not significantly different 230 million
and 213 respectively. Among them majority of the people
speak in their native languages both in Arabic and Portuguese
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