there are about 2,700 different languagea in the world . english is one of the most important ,and is used as an international language of communication .about one billion people speak english as a native or second language .about half of these people live in the USA ,a lot more people in other countries learn english at school ,english is the most popular language on the internet . studies show that one person in six speaks english around the world .
more than 1.2billion people in the wprld speak chinese as their first language .that is more than any other language speakers in the worl .chinese is the second most popular language on the internet .
about 350million people in the world speak spanish at home .most of these people live in spain ,the USA and latin america spanish is the third most popular internet language.
over 125 milliom people speak french around the world . french-speaking people live not only in france but also in Canade and african countries .some people call it "the language of love ".