♈ Most spoken languages 

Chinese ( Mandarin)

Approximate number of speakers: 873,000,000

Chinese has many dialects, but about two - thirds of the people speak Mandarin. Wu is the next most common dialect, with approximately 77 million speakers. At least 30 million people around the world are learning Mandarin Chinese because China is becoming an important economic power.

Spanish

Approximate number of speakers: 323,000,000

Spanish is one of the most widely used of all languages. It is spoken not only in Spain, but also in South America, the west coast of Africa and the USA.