According to experts, man made the journey of language through pictures in caves. The Egyptians are credited with inventing the first pictorial script and from their script, the Greek language was born.
The Arabic language is considered to be the oldest language. Indo-European languages such as Roman, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, French, Spanish, and German were born here.
With the development of language and speech, the number of languages also increased. According to an estimate, more than 6 thousand languages are spoken in the world.
At present, English has the status of a universal language and is the number one of the most spoken public languages in the world, spoken by 1452 million people in more than 100 countries.
The second language is Chinese (Mandarin) which is spoken, read, and written by 1118 million people in China and more than 2 dozen countries.
The third number is Hindi, with 602 million people in 5 countries using it as a medium of expression. In fourth place is Spanish, spoken by 548 men and women in 31 countries.
In fifth place is French, which is spoken by 274 million people. In sixth place is Arabic with 19 dialects spoken by 273 million people in 57 countries. In the seventh position is Bengali, which is spoken by 272 million people in 4 countries.
According to the report, the eighth place on the list is the Russian language, which is spoken and read by 258 people from 19 countries. The ninth largest language is Portuguese, spoken by 257 million women and men. In tenth place is the Urdu language, which is spoken by 231 million people.
