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  1. These are the most powerful languages in the world

    Dec 2, 2016 · In a globalized world with multilingual societies, knowledge of languages is paramount in facilitating communication and in allowing people to participate in society’s …

  2. 5 Most Useful Languages To Learn in The World

    Mar 20, 2020 · Here are the 5 most useful languages to learn that will help you stand out from the crowd.

  3. A new way of looking at the world’s languages

    Aug 8, 2016 · So, which languages are people learning? Of the students surveyed, 1.5 billion are studying English and a further 126 million either French, Chinese or Spanish. Have you read? …

  4. Which languages are most difficult for English speakers to learn ...

    Jul 25, 2018 · Some languages are more difficult to learn than others, especially for native English speakers. The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the U.S. government's primary training …

  5. These countries have the highest linguistic diversity in the world

    Apr 26, 2023 · The world's most spoken languages If you are looking to learn a new language, you are spoilt for choice. There are around 7,168 languages in use around the world today, …

  6. Why do bilingual people switch between languages? | World …

    Nov 10, 2021 · Researchers from New York University are understanding how bilingual people change between languages. The results suggest that the speaker finds it simple as the brain …

  7. These are the benefits of learning a second language

    Mar 8, 2019 · But deciding whether to learn one at all would appear to be determined more by your mother language than anything else. In short, native-born English speakers are far less …

  8. This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World ...

    Jan 5, 2022 · The project draws attention to the “drastic and accelerated loss of the world’s languages” and could help preserve many endangered and “sleeping” languages for future …

  9. The world’s languages captured in 6 charts

    May 2, 2017 · If you thought learning just one foreign language was tough, pity the people of Papua New Guinea, where 839 languages are spoken. That’s nearly three times as many …

  10. Chart of the day: These are the world’s most spoken languages

    Feb 22, 2018 · In fact, more than a quarter of us speak one of just three languages as our native tongue, according to data from Ethnologue, a database of languages. That’s three languages …