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Third most spoken. Official language of more than 60 countries Important in the science world and any international organization. Omnipresent on the internet.
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LEI. Alejandra [email protected]
ArabicChineseFrenchGermanSpanish
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Third most spoken.Official language of more than 60 countries
Important in the science world and any international organization.
Omnipresent on the internet.
Official language of 26 countries
Descendent of Afro-AsiaticLanguage of Koran.4 dialectsConsonants only
Official language of 3 countries
First most spoken7 dialectsDescendent of sino-tibetian7000 symbolsSyllables
Official language in 29 countries
Descendent of latin23 dialectsAlphabet
Official language in 5 countries
Descendent of Germanic2 dialectsAlphabet
2nd most spoken Descendent of latinOfficial language of 21 countries
Alphabet
Language Official countries
Number of people
English 71 380 millionsArabic 26 280 millions
Chinese 3 1 billionFrench 29 129 millionsGerman 5 120 millionsSpanish 21 500 millions
Alphabet Abjad
ENGLISH ARABIC CHINES
EFRENC
HGERMA
NSPANIS
H
Vowels 24 8 6 16 20 5Conson
ants 22 28 24 22 25 19
ENGLISH ARABIC CHINES
EFRENC
HGERMA
NSPANIS
HPresent 3 simple Yes simple 2 3
Past 3 Simple No 2 2 3Future 3 simple No 2 2 3Modal Yes No Yes No Yes No
Articles The, A, An The No Le, la,
un, une 6 Un, una, los , las
Adjective
Blue cat
Cat blue
Blue cat
Cat blue
Blue cat
Cat blue
Conjugation minimal max Super
minimal max max max
It’s an approximation. Each language has a lot of details.
http://www.theglobalus.com/2012/04/english-vs-all-other-languages-and.html
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language#Phonology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language#Phonology_2
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