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Sunday, January 29, 2012
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Language is one of the most beautiful gift given by God to man. Imagine if in this world there is no language or there is only one language only, is it possible the scientists could create important discoveries? Then, how many actual number of languages in the world? According to Ethnologue, there are currently approximately 6912 languages spoken around the world. This amount is of course still doubt its accuracy because every day there are new languages that may arise, otherwise there is also an extinct language. We as Indonesia so-so little pride in the fact that the Indonesian in the top 10 languages that have the largest number of speakers in the world. Hmmm .... so there are how many Indonesian speaker? The answer, please follow the top 10 most popular languages in the world starting from the sequence:
10. French
Language is often cited as the most romantic language in the world than is used in the French also became the official language in some countries that had occupied. French language is also one of the official languages at the United Nations (UN) in addition to English, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
Total speakers: approximately 200 million people
Script Type: Latin
Native Country: France, Monaco, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg,
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoro, Congo / Zaire, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guernsey, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Haiti, Lebanon, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Polynesia, Martinique, Guadalupe. UN official languages.
To greet in French, say: "Bonjour" (bone-JOOR).
9. Bengali language
Bangladesh is a country with a small geographical area, but the population reaches 162 million people. The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali. Since Bangladesh region is almost entirely bordered by India then the number of Bengali speakers spread to several areas of India.
Number of speakers: Approximately 230 million
Script Type: Bengali
Native Country: Bangladesh, India
To say hello in Bengali language, say "Ei Je" (EYE-jay).
8. Portuguese
Portugal is just a small country and can say one of the poorest countries in Europe. But in the 15th century, Portugal is a great nation because they were the first to maritime exploration across the world. Thanks to the services of explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Afonso de Albuquerque and Pedro Alvares Cabral, the Portuguese master important areas in Asia, Africa and South America and then embed the influence of culture there.
Total speakers: approximately 240 million people
Script Type: Latin
Native Country: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe.
To say hello in Portuguese, saying: "Bomb him" (Bohn DEE-ah).
7. Malay (including Indonesian)
Well, here's the long-awaited ... Indonesian language is included in the Malay language family turned out to be on the order of 7 with the number of speakers around 259 million people. These rough calculations obtained from the estimated population of Indonesia in 2009 which reached 230 million plus population of Malaysia's 28 million, 388 thousand residents of Brunei as well as a small population of Thailand, Singapore and East Timor. This amount may increase due Indonesian since 2007 has been designated as a second official language in Vietnam.
Interesting facts about Indonesian:
-Indonesian was ranked third in Asia and ranks 26th in world in terms of grammar terumit in the world.
-Indonesian is also global in cyberspace, the proof wikipedia
-speaking Indonesia has been ranked 26 of the 250 foreign-language wikipedia in the world and ranks third in Asia after Japan and the Mandarin language, other than that Indonesian is the language of the three most widely used in a blog post in wordpress.
6. Russian
Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Roman Abramovich, Anna Kournikova, and the beautiful Maria Sharapova is a Russian language speakers who we already know through various news media. However, in addition to their course, there's 270 million other people who use Russian as the official language.
Total speakers: approximately 278 million people
Type of script: Cyrillic
Speaking countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova. UN official languages
To say hello in Russian, saying: "Zdravstvuite" (ZDRAST-vet-yah).
5. Arabic
Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world and is the language used in the Qur'an. Arabic vocabulary lend much to a number of major European languages in Spanish, Portuguese and Sicily. Arabic, like Hebrew and Persian writing system using characters from right to left. Since 1974, the Arabic language is used as one of the official languages of the United Nations.
Total speakers: approximately 300 million people
Type of script: Arabic
Speaking countries: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoro, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali. UN official languages
To say hello in Arabic, speak; Assalammualaikum Wr Wb.
4. Spanish
After Portugal mastered maritime routes in Asia, Africa and America in the 15th century, the turn of Spain that dominated the territories since the 16th and 17th centuries. As a result, many Spanish culture strongly embedded in there. Currently, Spanish is widely used as an official language of the countries in Central and South America. In addition, Spanish is also widely spoken in some U.S. states bordering with Mexico. Even some English vocabulary borrowed from Spanish like a tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme, etc..
Number of speakers: 400 million
Type of script: Latin
Speaking countries: Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
To greet in Spanish, saying: "Hola".
3. Hindi
India is unique! Just imagine, this country has the second largest population in the world, Bollywood films, Taj Mahal, the Great King Ashoka, Mahatma Gandhi .... ehh, it turns out India does not have an official national language. Hindi language which is spoken by most people of India are only recognized as an official language along with everyday English language and not as a national language by konsitusinya.
Total speakers: approximately 497 million
Types of characters: Devanagari
Speaking countries: India, U.S. (100,000 inhabitants), Mauritius (685 170 inhabitants), South Africa (890 292), Yemen (232 760 inhabitants), Uganda (147,000 inhabitants), Singapore (5,000 inhabitants), New Zealand (20,000 inhabitants), Germany (30,000 people), Fiji, Nepal, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and the United Arab Emirates.
To greet in Hindi, say "Namaste" (Well-MAH-stay).
2. English
Nah, ini dia bahasa paling populer di dunia sekaligus bahasa yang paling banyak diadopsi menjadi bahasa resmi di beberapa negara dan organisasi internasional. Tercatat ada 53 negara dan 10 organisasi internasional yang memakai bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa resmi. Selain itu, hampir semua negara di dunia menerapkan Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua setelah bahasa nasionalnya masing-masing.
Jumlah penutur: sekitar 500 juta jiwa
Jenis aksara: Latin
Negara penutur: Inggris Raya, AS, Afrika Selatan, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahama, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Dominika, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Fiji, Filipina, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Irlandia, Jamaika, Kamerun, Kanada, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maladewa, Malta, Marshall Kepulauan, Maritius, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua Nugini, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevs, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenada, Samoa, Selandia Baru, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapura, Solomon Kepulauan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Organisasi Internasional: PBB, Uni Eropa, Persemakmuran, CoE, NATO, NAFTA, OAS, OIC, PIF, UKUSA, dll.
No doubt, Mandarin is the most widely spoken language of people around the world. The population in China / China is currently estimated to reach nearly 1.4 billion million. Of this amount, all required official word spoken in one language is Mandarin. Not to mention, the Chinese immigrants in various parts of the world who faithfully use Mandarin as the language daily.
The origins of the word Mandarin
Mandarin words in the Indonesian language itself seemed to be absorbed from the English language to describe China as well as Mandarin. But in fact, said Mandarin is absorbed English from China itself. Mandarin title literally comes from a stranger to the authorities of the Qing Dynasty in ancient times. Qing Dynasty is a dynasty founded by the Manchus, so that the magistrates of the empire is usually referred to as Mandaren (Hanzi: 满 大人) which means Majesty Manchu. From here, the language used by the Manchu officials were also called the language Mandaren. Writing evolved into Mandarin at a later date.
Total speakers: approximately 1.5 billion people.
Types of characters: Chinese Characters
Speaking countries: China and other Chinese communities around the world. UN official languages.
To say hello in Mandarin, say "Ni hao
10. French
Language is often cited as the most romantic language in the world than is used in the French also became the official language in some countries that had occupied. French language is also one of the official languages at the United Nations (UN) in addition to English, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
Total speakers: approximately 200 million people
Script Type: Latin
Native Country: France, Monaco, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg,
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoro, Congo / Zaire, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guernsey, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Haiti, Lebanon, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Polynesia, Martinique, Guadalupe. UN official languages.
To greet in French, say: "Bonjour" (bone-JOOR).
9. Bengali language
Bangladesh is a country with a small geographical area, but the population reaches 162 million people. The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali. Since Bangladesh region is almost entirely bordered by India then the number of Bengali speakers spread to several areas of India.
Number of speakers: Approximately 230 million
Script Type: Bengali
Native Country: Bangladesh, India
To say hello in Bengali language, say "Ei Je" (EYE-jay).
8. Portuguese
Portugal is just a small country and can say one of the poorest countries in Europe. But in the 15th century, Portugal is a great nation because they were the first to maritime exploration across the world. Thanks to the services of explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Afonso de Albuquerque and Pedro Alvares Cabral, the Portuguese master important areas in Asia, Africa and South America and then embed the influence of culture there.
Total speakers: approximately 240 million people
Script Type: Latin
Native Country: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe.
To say hello in Portuguese, saying: "Bomb him" (Bohn DEE-ah).
7. Malay (including Indonesian)
Well, here's the long-awaited ... Indonesian language is included in the Malay language family turned out to be on the order of 7 with the number of speakers around 259 million people. These rough calculations obtained from the estimated population of Indonesia in 2009 which reached 230 million plus population of Malaysia's 28 million, 388 thousand residents of Brunei as well as a small population of Thailand, Singapore and East Timor. This amount may increase due Indonesian since 2007 has been designated as a second official language in Vietnam.
Interesting facts about Indonesian:
-Indonesian was ranked third in Asia and ranks 26th in world in terms of grammar terumit in the world.
-Indonesian is also global in cyberspace, the proof wikipedia
-speaking Indonesia has been ranked 26 of the 250 foreign-language wikipedia in the world and ranks third in Asia after Japan and the Mandarin language, other than that Indonesian is the language of the three most widely used in a blog post in wordpress.
6. Russian
Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Roman Abramovich, Anna Kournikova, and the beautiful Maria Sharapova is a Russian language speakers who we already know through various news media. However, in addition to their course, there's 270 million other people who use Russian as the official language.
Total speakers: approximately 278 million people
Type of script: Cyrillic
Speaking countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova. UN official languages
To say hello in Russian, saying: "Zdravstvuite" (ZDRAST-vet-yah).
5. Arabic
Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world and is the language used in the Qur'an. Arabic vocabulary lend much to a number of major European languages in Spanish, Portuguese and Sicily. Arabic, like Hebrew and Persian writing system using characters from right to left. Since 1974, the Arabic language is used as one of the official languages of the United Nations.
Total speakers: approximately 300 million people
Type of script: Arabic
Speaking countries: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoro, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali. UN official languages
To say hello in Arabic, speak; Assalammualaikum Wr Wb.
4. Spanish
After Portugal mastered maritime routes in Asia, Africa and America in the 15th century, the turn of Spain that dominated the territories since the 16th and 17th centuries. As a result, many Spanish culture strongly embedded in there. Currently, Spanish is widely used as an official language of the countries in Central and South America. In addition, Spanish is also widely spoken in some U.S. states bordering with Mexico. Even some English vocabulary borrowed from Spanish like a tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme, etc..
Number of speakers: 400 million
Type of script: Latin
Speaking countries: Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
To greet in Spanish, saying: "Hola".
3. Hindi
India is unique! Just imagine, this country has the second largest population in the world, Bollywood films, Taj Mahal, the Great King Ashoka, Mahatma Gandhi .... ehh, it turns out India does not have an official national language. Hindi language which is spoken by most people of India are only recognized as an official language along with everyday English language and not as a national language by konsitusinya.
Total speakers: approximately 497 million
Types of characters: Devanagari
Speaking countries: India, U.S. (100,000 inhabitants), Mauritius (685 170 inhabitants), South Africa (890 292), Yemen (232 760 inhabitants), Uganda (147,000 inhabitants), Singapore (5,000 inhabitants), New Zealand (20,000 inhabitants), Germany (30,000 people), Fiji, Nepal, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and the United Arab Emirates.
To greet in Hindi, say "Namaste" (Well-MAH-stay).
2. English
Nah, ini dia bahasa paling populer di dunia sekaligus bahasa yang paling banyak diadopsi menjadi bahasa resmi di beberapa negara dan organisasi internasional. Tercatat ada 53 negara dan 10 organisasi internasional yang memakai bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa resmi. Selain itu, hampir semua negara di dunia menerapkan Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua setelah bahasa nasionalnya masing-masing.
Jumlah penutur: sekitar 500 juta jiwa
Jenis aksara: Latin
Negara penutur: Inggris Raya, AS, Afrika Selatan, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahama, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Dominika, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Fiji, Filipina, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Irlandia, Jamaika, Kamerun, Kanada, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maladewa, Malta, Marshall Kepulauan, Maritius, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua Nugini, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevs, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenada, Samoa, Selandia Baru, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapura, Solomon Kepulauan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Organisasi Internasional: PBB, Uni Eropa, Persemakmuran, CoE, NATO, NAFTA, OAS, OIC, PIF, UKUSA, dll.
1. Mandarin
No doubt, Mandarin is the most widely spoken language of people around the world. The population in China / China is currently estimated to reach nearly 1.4 billion million. Of this amount, all required official word spoken in one language is Mandarin. Not to mention, the Chinese immigrants in various parts of the world who faithfully use Mandarin as the language daily.
The origins of the word Mandarin
Mandarin words in the Indonesian language itself seemed to be absorbed from the English language to describe China as well as Mandarin. But in fact, said Mandarin is absorbed English from China itself. Mandarin title literally comes from a stranger to the authorities of the Qing Dynasty in ancient times. Qing Dynasty is a dynasty founded by the Manchus, so that the magistrates of the empire is usually referred to as Mandaren (Hanzi: 满 大人) which means Majesty Manchu. From here, the language used by the Manchu officials were also called the language Mandaren. Writing evolved into Mandarin at a later date.
Total speakers: approximately 1.5 billion people.
Types of characters: Chinese Characters
Speaking countries: China and other Chinese communities around the world. UN official languages.
To say hello in Mandarin, say "Ni hao
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