Day 18 - Task 1
Report:
The table compares six major languages in terms of the number of people speaking them, both as a native and as an additional language. Overall, Mandarin Chinese has by far the largest total number of speakers, with the vast majority of these being native speakers, while English makes up a close second, but is significantly more popular as an additional choice of language. The other four languages had much lower figures, with Arabic and Portuguese standing at the bottom of the list.
Mandarin Chinese and English are the two most spoken languages around the world, leaving the other four far behind. Almost 1.1 billion people speak Mandarin Chinese, and 900 million of those are native in this language. At the same time, there is a total of 942 million English speakers in the world, but this number is mostly made up by those speaking English as an additional language, at almost two-thirds.
The remaining four languages have much lower figures. Hindi and Spanish have more native speakers than English, at 370 and 350 million, respectively, but with the number of non-native speakers standing at around 100 million, they score much lower in terms of the total figures. At the lower end of the spectrum, there are Arabic and Portuguese, which have slightly more than 200 million speakers in total, with native speakers being responsible for almost all of this.
Word count: 229 words
Time spent: 19 minutes
Report:
The table compares six major languages in terms of the number of people speaking them, both as a native and as an additional language. Overall, Mandarin Chinese has by far the largest total number of speakers, with the vast majority of these being native speakers, while English makes up a close second, but is significantly more popular as an additional choice of language. The other four languages had much lower figures, with Arabic and Portuguese standing at the bottom of the list.
Mandarin Chinese and English are the two most spoken languages around the world, leaving the other four far behind. Almost 1.1 billion people speak Mandarin Chinese, and 900 million of those are native in this language. At the same time, there is a total of 942 million English speakers in the world, but this number is mostly made up by those speaking English as an additional language, at almost two-thirds.
The remaining four languages have much lower figures. Hindi and Spanish have more native speakers than English, at 370 and 350 million, respectively, but with the number of non-native speakers standing at around 100 million, they score much lower in terms of the total figures. At the lower end of the spectrum, there are Arabic and Portuguese, which have slightly more than 200 million speakers in total, with native speakers being responsible for almost all of this.
Word count: 229 words
Time spent: 19 minutes