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Spanish is the most widely spoken of the Romance languages, both in terms of numbers and in terms of speakers.

Arabic is one of the world’s major languages, spoken in a broad belt extending from the Arabian Peninsula north to the Fertile Crescent and then west to the Atlantic Ocean.

Chinese is part of a Sino-Tibetan family and is spoken by more people than any other language in the world. It is the official language of the People’s Republic of China

French is one one of the great languages of the world. Besides being spoken in France, it is one of the languages of Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada.

German is one of the main languages of Europe spoken by over 100 million people. It is spoken in Germany and Austria, and it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.

In its modern form, it is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 23 official languages of the European Union. Spoken by approximately 13 million people, including minority and emigrant communities in numerous parts of the world, its written form uses the Greek alphabet.

Hindi is the most widely spoken language of India, centered in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in the north central of the country.

Italian is one of the Romance languages, and it has remained closer to the original Latin than any other language of this group. Italian is considered by many as one of the most beautiful languages of the world.

Japanese is spoken by about 130 million in Japan.  There is no link between Japanese and any other language living or dead. It adopted the Chinese characters in the 3rd century AD.

Korean is spoken in South and North Korea by about 70 million people. There are about 3 million Koreans in China and Japan and smaller numbers in Russian and the ex Soviet States of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as well as in the United States.