Without doubt English is the most widely
spoken language in the world as well as being the default language of business
it’s also the language most people choose to have as their second
language. But did you know it’s
compulsory in the shipping and the aviation industry for pilots and traffic
controllers to speak English.
But in first place, in terms of mother
tongue, the Chinese win hands down with 1.3 billion native speakers
approximately 917 million of them speaking mandarin.
All that being said the second most
spoken language in the world is Spanish with over 437 million native speakers
around the world largely due the Spain’s conquering and exploration success
across the 107 countries from around the world.
By 2050 it is estimated that 756 million
people will speak Spanish add to this the 22 million people currently learning
Spanish and you can quickly understand the importance of speaking Spanish in
the future.