10 Most Spoken Languages in the World

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 19 November 2011, 00:30 IST   |    15 Comments
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Japanese
The Japanese language is a member of the Japonic language family (which also includes the Ryukyuan language spoken on the island of Okinawa). Most Japanese native speakers live in Japan and its territories, but native Japanese speakers also live in Korea, the United States and Europe. Japanese is the official language of Japan, and it also enjoys official status in Palau. There are about 132 million speakers in Japan and few countries who communicate with this fluently.