<p>btw in terms of most spoken language (native + non native speakers):</p>
<p>Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion)
English (480 million)
Spanish (320 million)
Russian (285 million)
French (265 million)
Hindi/Urdu (250 million)
Arabic (221 million)
Portuguese (188 million)
Bengali (185 million)
Japanese (133 million)
German (109 million) </p>
<p>in terms of countries where the language is spoken: english is first, followed by french, arabic, and spanish.</p>