The most common language in the world. The most complex languages of the world

Perhaps most people have heard of the Tower of Babel, as well as of its legend. It was she who said that before all people understood each other, and the language was one for all. However, this continued until the moment when humanity was angry with God, who also divided the understanding of the language spoken by former comrades, forcing them to settle around the world, establishing their own peoples with unique traditions and culture.

So it was or not, but today there are more than 7000 languages in the world. Of course, this figure is quite abstract, because it is impossible to exclude specific dialects and many different conventions of the difference between languages. The most common language in the world always differs in time epochs: at different times "linguistic" domination was occupied by Latin, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek and other languages. Time goes by - established traditions change. Now the world is firmly rooted in English, but can he live long? We will not talk about this now. The most common languages of the world in 2013 are English and Chinese, due to the economic and political dominance of the US and China, as well as historical events.

World Languages

Mankind has always strived for new discoveries and mastering of unknown lands, which encouraged brave men like Christopher Columbus or Francis Drake to carry out long journeys. The Age of Great Discoveries paved the way for English, Portuguese and Spanish languages to remote corners of our planet, raising their overall rating and recognizability. At the moment there are 8 languages that are "world" - English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, French, Portuguese and German. They have the largest number of carriers, the number of which is equal to 4.3 billion people, which is about 60% of the total population of the Earth.

The most common language in the world is English, which has 1.4 billion speakers, and is also universal for international communication. Alongside these "giants" in the linguistic environment, there is another side of the coin that holds "endangered" languages, doomed to complete extinction. For example, such are the languages of udage, itotanama, kaguila, goundo and others, each of which is native to less than 100 people around the world. As a rule, these are tribal languages in remote areas of Africa or South America.

The most complex languages of the world

Now we will try to make TOP-5, that is, the rating of languages that are not only the hardest to learn, but even learn at least a little explain with its speakers. Of course, one can not accurately name the most complicated language for studying, because for most people the kinship of languages will play a huge role. For example, it will be easier for a Russian to learn Ukrainian or Belarusian than French, and the Japanese will not be particularly difficult to learn Chinese, but it will be hard to understand Spanish and the like. However, one can single out an objective point of view on the most complex languages, which will be based on a set of rules and generally accepted traditions. So, let's begin.

Chinese

For several reasons, this language took first place in our TOP. First, significant difficulties arise with the hieroglyphics used in writing. Often, even the Chinese are difficult to understand a particular symbol, not to mention foreigners. Each of the words is denoted by its own hieroglyph, and even not phonetic, which makes it impossible to know in advance the pronunciation of a particular word. Adds oil to the fire and tonal system, which has 4 tones in the language. Finally, in China an extremely large number of homophones, which greatly complicates the learning of the language. Finally, let's say that Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world according to the number of speakers who consider it native.

Arab

And another language where there are significant difficulties with writing. The fact is that some letters have 4 different forms of spelling, which depends on their position in a particular word. Plus, vowels are not used in the letter. It's not easy to learn and sounds, and the words are even more difficult. Verbs in Arabic usually go before predicates and additions. The verb also has 3 numbers, so it is necessary to study nouns and verbs in single, dual and plural. At present there are 13 different forms. The noun has 3 cases and 2 genera. The list of problems of Arabic is complemented by dialects, which also greatly differentiate the language in Arabic-speaking countries, such as, for example, French and Spanish.

Tuyuka

This language belongs to one of many, common in the Eastern Amazon. The sound system should not cause special difficulties, however agglutination can make some people into a shock. For example, the word hóabãsiriga in translation means "I do not know how to write". In the language there are about 50-140 classes of nouns (genera), but the most surprising thing in it is that the speaker needs to use specific verbal endings that can make it clear how he knows about what he is saying. Here is a small example. Diga ape-wi translates as "the boy played football," but the speaker can only say that if he himself saw it . And here Diga ape-hiyi - let it be translated into Russian as well, however, in Tuyuk's language, the speaker will say so if he assumes or is not exactly sure about the reliability of the information. Such endings in this language are mandatory. Well, if you want to learn Tuyuk's language, always think about where you got this information from.

Hungarian

The most complicated languages are replenished with the first European language - Hungarian. There are several reasons for this. First, there are 35 cases in it, which automatically puts the language on the list of the most complicated. In addition, the Hungarian is quite complicated in pronunciation, and the study of words will make you even the most erudite.

Japanese

Last in our TOP. First, the difficulties arise in writing, because it differs from pronunciation. Plus, there are 3 forms of writing. The kanji system uses Chinese characters, and two originally Japanese syllabic alphabets are used for borrowed words (katakana) and for writing suffixes, as well as various grammatical particles (hiragana).

"Lead Languages": Host countries and statuses in other states

What is the most common language? Speaking about the territorial superiority of the countries-carriers, the perfect leadership is occupied by English (Great Britain + Dependent Territories, Australia, USA, New Zealand, Canada, India, Pakistan, Iceland, Ireland, most states of Oceania and Africa) and Spanish (Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and all countries of South America except Brazil).

If to judge by the number of speakers (who consider the language to be native), the most common languages are Chinese (848 million people), Spanish (406 million people) and English (335 million people). Perhaps, it will not be a secret for anyone that English is compulsory for studying in many countries of the world, including Russian speakers. However, such globalization of English could not but affect the language itself, which is why the "wrong" English is more common around the world (except for states where it is considered official) with distorted words, erroneous use of time, and the like. The most common language on earth (English) also takes first place on websites (about 56%) and the percentage of the contribution of native speakers in GDP (about 29%). With regard to individual language learning, people often seek to develop a "beautiful" and sweet language, as can be seen by looking at the results of many online surveys. These include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. As you can see, most of the leaders belong to the Romance group. The most common language in the world, English, has more than once been in the TOP-10 most beautiful due to its euphonious literary and mass popularization in music and cinema.