Being the social animals that we are, interacting with each other is necessary for us to survive. Since the beginning, Human have interacted with each other through some form of communication. Language is the easiest way to communicate. Everybody requires a language to communicate with each other. The world is a diverse place, having numerous different cultures and each culture has its own language. Thanks to the internet we can now connect with anybody anywhere in the world. If you need to know we can tell you what are the most spoken languages in the world.

Unfortunately, the internet is not the only requirement, we need to understand what is being said to us to connect with them on a personal level. Language not only help you to connect with people, it can also help in your career, or when you travel abroad, it helps you to understand directions. It can also help immigrants to attain citizenship of a country.

A person cannot learn all the languages of the world, but there are a handful of languages that are spoken in most of the parts of the world.  In this article, we have tried to list the 20 most spoken languages of the world with the help of Ethnologue. Many different questions come to mind when starting to learn a second language like in how many countries the language is spoken? how hard will it be to learn it? And so on. Some of your thoughts will be cleared once you have read the complete article. Now without further ado let’s move to the languages.

Urdu is a mixture of Persian and Arabic language. It is the national language of Pakistan and is also spoken in 6 other countries. There are about 68.6 million people in the world who can speak Urdu.

French is widely spoken in Europe. There are about 75.9 million native speakers of French and they are spread out in 53 different countries

Spoken in 8 different countries by 117 million people Lahnda is a macro language of Pakistan. It is widely spoken in Punjab province of Pakistan and in some parts of Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Every language of the world is beautiful with its proper grammar and accents. In such a connected world, knowing a second language provides you with all the benefit you are hoping to get. It can give you that extra edge you need to get your perfect job in the other country. If you don’t find the language that you are looking for, click your way to Insider Monkey to find out the 20 most spoken languages in the world