The data shows that the number of Native speaker as well as the number of speaker who speak the given language as additional language.
People who uses Chinese language largely speak it as native language (900 million). In comparison to this, only few number of people speak it as an additional language (300 millions). what is remarkable in case of English language is that it is mostly used as an additional language than the native language ( 602 millions as additional language and 302 only as native language).
While the Spanish speakers are nearly equal to Hindi speaker. However, the number of Hindi speaker as additional language are roughly two times higher than those who speak Spanish as an additional language.
Arabic speakers are nearly equal to Portuguese speakers. However, the number of speaker who speak Portuguese as second language is nearly 2.5 times less then that of Arabic as second language.
People who uses Chinese language largely speak it as native language (900 million). In comparison to this, only few number of people speak it as an additional language (300 millions). what is remarkable in case of English language is that it is mostly used as an additional language than the native language ( 602 millions as additional language and 302 only as native language).
While the Spanish speakers are nearly equal to Hindi speaker. However, the number of Hindi speaker as additional language are roughly two times higher than those who speak Spanish as an additional language.
Arabic speakers are nearly equal to Portuguese speakers. However, the number of speaker who speak Portuguese as second language is nearly 2.5 times less then that of Arabic as second language.
