Approximately 80% of the planet uses 80 languages, and 0.2% - 3500. Also languages ​​are disappearing due to migration and globalization. People try to move to big cities from small settlements and gradually forget their native languages. In Europe, about 50 languages ​​are endangered. In total, more than 400 have this status. The trend shows that somewhere in the middle of the 21st century, half of the languages ​​will not be spoken. This mainly applies to peoples who do not have statehood, as well as representatives of small nationalities. It should be borne in mind that a language is considered endangered when less than 70% of children are studying it. The most vulnerable are the languages ​​spoken by the peoples inhabiting Australia, Africa, America, Indochina and the islands. The most persistent are European. According to 2020 data, the following languages ​​are the most common in the world in terms of the number of speakers:
Chinese. The native language of 1.3 billion people.
Spanish. Native to 460 million people.
English. Native to 379 million people.
Chinese cannot be called a single language, since it is a collection of many dialects. At the same time, the writing system is the same for everyone - since the middle of the 20th century, writing basic hieroglyphs has become much easier after the reform. The most widely used is the Mandarin Chinese language.
Most of the Spanish speakers live in the Western Hemisphere - in the countries of South America. It is also spoken in Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, etc. It has a lot in common with Portuguese and Italian. The Spanish language includes several dialects, but the original variant is Castilian. English is considered the most common language to learn as a foreign language. It is a key international language - it happened as a result of the colonial policy of the British Empire in the 19th century, as well as due to the influence of the United States. The variety of dialects is also huge. The following positions are occupied by Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese. For comparison, in 2009, Chinese was also considered the most widespread in the world, and Arabic and Hindi took second and third places, respectively. English and Spanish are constantly "competing" and changing places.