Looking at all the languages in the world, these are the most common languages spoken across the globe. Top 10 Languages in the World 1. Mandarin Chinese What is the #1 language in the world in terms of speakers? It’s Chinese. Wondering just how many people speak Chinese? It earns its...
India has 23 official languages, with Hindi/Urdu chief among them. Whether this is one language —Hindustani— or two dialects is still fiercely debated. Spoken mainly in northern India and parts of Pakistan, Hindi usesdevnagriscript, while Urdu uses Persian notation. If you ever travel in the...
Lahnda is the collective name given to the group of languages and dialects primarily spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, also known as Punjabi. It is the only living Indo-European language that is a fully tonal language. It's Time to Start Learning By learning another one ...
From India, Pakistan, Nepal and other brown communities, we’ll bring you cases that can only be described as Desi. Crimes that take place in the Indian subcontinent aren’t remotely similar to Western crimes— desi crimes are gory, complicated, corrupt and hardly documented. After thorough ...
4. Western Punjabi refers to a closely related linguistic family in northern India and Pakistan, centered around the Punjab region. If all Punjabi languages were considered together, then they would outrank Japanese. Writing & Language
Although most of Pakistanis live in the countryside, still many Pakistanis live in cities. Karachi has over 5 million people and Lahore has over 3 million people. Islamabad was built to be Pakistan's capital. The rich city people live in large, air condi
Interestingly, Punjabi has become the third most spoken language in the United Kingdom and Canada, and it�s increasingly common in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and the United States. Teachings of Guru Granth Sahib Written Using Gurmukhi Script ...
The country is also the world's largest francophone country. French might be the most common, as it's taught in schools, but it shares the stage with more than 200 other local languages. 100,547,124 16 Vietnam Unlike many developing nations with high populations, 65.6% of the people in...
“Language is more than a tool—it’s an art, it’s culture, it’s human. Whether reading or conversing, using a foreign language is fun and rewarding,”writesWordTips. To produce this map, the team created a list of the 50 most common languages worldwide. Then, they calculated each...
English is such a hodgepodge of different languages – it’s essentially Germanic but a lot of its vocabulary comes from French, and technical words stem from Latin and Greek. This feature makes English fairly adaptable – which is a good thing for a world language – but it causes ...