What is the most useful language?

Mandarin Chinese
With over one billion Mandarin Chinese speakers in the world, of course it tops the list of most important languages to learn in 2021.
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What is the most useful language to learn after English?

Mandarin Chinese

The power language index is designed to assess languages by their ability to empower the people who learn them. On this ranking Mandarin Chinese comes in as a clear second place after English as the most important language to learn.
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What language is worth learning?

1. Mandarin Chinese. With over one billion Mandarin Chinese speakers in the world, of course it tops the list of most important languages to learn in 2021.
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What's the easiest language?

15 of the easiest languages to learn for English speakers - ranked
  • Frisian. Frisian is thought to be one of the languages most closely related to English, and therefore also the easiest for English-speakers to pick up. ...
  • Dutch. ...
  • Norwegian. ...
  • Spanish. ...
  • Portuguese. ...
  • Italian. ...
  • French. ...
  • Swedish.
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What's the rarest language?

Kaixana is tied for the title of rarest language in the world. In 2008, there was only one remaining speaker known to UNESCO's Atlas of the World Languages in Danger. The language originated in Brazil on the banks of the Japurá River, but it's likely to soon be extinct.
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Top 10 Most Useful Languages to Learn



What is the most beautiful language?

Here are (in no particular order) the 10 most beautiful languages in the world, according to Busuu's experts
  1. Italian. When it comes to the most attractive languages, for many people the native language of Italy likely springs to mind. ...
  2. Arabic. ...
  3. English. ...
  4. (Brazilian) Portuguese. ...
  5. 5. Japanese. ...
  6. Turkish. ...
  7. Irish/Scottish Gaelic. ...
  8. Lingala.
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What's the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.
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What are the top 3 languages in the world?

The most spoken languages in the world
  1. English (1,132 million speakers) Native speakers: 379 million. ...
  2. Mandarin (1,117 million speakers) ...
  3. Hindi (615 million speakers) ...
  4. Spanish (534 million speakers) ...
  5. French (280 million speakers) ...
  6. Arabic (274 million speakers) ...
  7. Bengali (265 million speakers) ...
  8. Russian (258 million speakers)
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What is the 2nd hardest language to learn?

2. Arabic. Arabic is the queen of poetic languages, the 6th official language of the UN and second on our list of toughest languages to learn.
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Can a child learn 3 languages at once?

What we know is that children can learn multiple languages at once, and the benefits of being bilingual are endless. Learning multiple languages from birth is not a new phenomenon either. In fact, raising multilingual children is more common than most people think.
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What is the youngest language?

Rich in idiom and emotion, Afrikaans was born 340 years ago in the homes of South Africa's white Dutch, German and French settlers. Not only is it the world's youngest national language, it is one of the smallest, with just 13 million speakers.
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What is the perfect language?

Sanskrit is probably the only known language in the world boasting of a context free grammar, which makes sentence formation utterly precise, based on set rules.
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Which language sounds sweetest?

If a message circulating on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook is to be believed, Bengali has been voted the sweetest language in the world. Conducted by Unesco, the vote ranks Spanish and Dutch as the second and third sweetest tongues respectively.
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What language is least spoken?

Current data states that there are only 7 remaining speakers of the language. Written records are available, such as a dictionary and several books that show the grammar and syntax of the Dumi language. Dumi is the world's least spoken language and one of the rarest.
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What is the craziest language in the world?

Only 6,000 people in the world speak Chalcatongo Mixtec, which is considered to be the world's “weirdest” language.
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What languages will go extinct?

The 15 languages that could soon be extinct
  • Resígaro. In 2016, Rosa Andrade Ocagane, the last female speaker of the Amazonian language was murdered in Peru at age 67.
  • Chulym. Russia's 2010 census revealed just 44 speakers of the Chulym Turks' language. ...
  • Mudburra. ...
  • Patwin. ...
  • Ainu. ...
  • Chamicuro. ...
  • Vod. ...
  • Chemehuevi.
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Can you invent a language?

Making a fictional language can be an intense undertaking because the process is complex and requires a lot of thought. However, with some practice and commitment, anyone can create their own language for fun or as part of a fictional world.
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Which language is the most romantic?

French is often considered to be the most romantic language in the world. It is another Romance language that originated from Latin. French is a very musical language, and its pronunciation contributes to its melody.
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Is English the easiest language to learn?

Despite these difficulties, English is actually the easiest language in the world to learn. You may think I'm crazy for saying this but allow me to explain. Unlike other languages, English has no cases, no gender, no word agreement, and arguably has a simple grammar system.
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What is the most new language?

The world's newest languages
  • Light Warlpiri.
  • Esperanto.
  • Lingala.
  • Lingala wasn't even a language until the 19th century, before Congo was a free state. As the 19th century closed, the Belgian forces that conquered the area began simplifying the local languages for commercial purposes. ...
  • Gooniyandi.
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How many languages is too many?

Less than one percent of people worldwide are proficient in many languages. If someone is fluent in more than five languages, the person is called a polyglot.
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