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Languages in the

worldTable 1: Economic and demographic importance of tenlanguagesAdapted from: Jaime Otero, Una nue a mirada a! "ndi#e de importan#ia interna#iona! de !as !en$uas%,en &ar'u(s de Tamar)n *ed+ , El peso de la lengua espaola en el mundo , a!!ado!id: Uni ersidad de

a!!ado!id, 1..5, pp+ 235-2/2+

Speakers Population19 Speakers %

Population 20Population% World 21

Speakers %World 22 Income

23 % Worldwideincome 24

English 489.966.300 1.772.298.000 28% 32,5% 9,0% 8.652.181 41,4%rench 98.802.000 278.134.900 36% 5,1% 1,8% 2.404.626 11,5%Spanish 323.180.000 339.010.000 95% 6,2% 5,9% 1.317.251 6,3%!ussian 151.494.000 158.578.000 96% 2,9% 2,8% 427.913 2,0%"hinese 790.135.000 1.222.286.000 65% 22,4% 14,5% 786.065 3,8%#erman 89.401.000 107.530.5000 83% 2,0% 1,6% 2.493.807 11,9$apanese 123.830.000 123.830.000 100% 2,3% 2,3% 3.507.841 16,8%Swedish 8.199.000 13.856.000 59% 0,3% 0,2% 349.518 1,7%Italian 54.414.500 64.272.500 85% 1,2% 1,0% 1.435.656 6,9%indi 354.270.000 913.744.000 39% 16,7% 6,5% 271.638 1,3%

!est o& the world 1.451.033.000 26,6% 916.872 4,4%'otal 6.445.702.900 118,1% 45,60% 22.563.960 108,1%'otal o& the world 5.455.730.100 100,0% 20.880.085 100,0%

1. um er of in a itants in #ountries ere t e !an$ua$e is offi#ia!+ Last estimation mid-1..4+20 er#enta$e of t e num er of spea6ers of ea# !an$ua$e, ased on t e popu!ation in #ountries eret e !an$ua$e is an offi#ia! !an$ua$e+21 er#enta$e of t e num er of in a itants from t e studied #ountries in re!ation to t e or!d7spopu!ation+22 er#enta$e of t e num er of spea6ers of ea# !an$ua$e in re!ation to t e or!d7s popu!ation+23 ationa! in#ome in 1..2, in mi!!ions of do!!ars+24 8um of t e nationa! in#ome of a!! #ountries ere ea# !an$ua$e is offi#ia!, in re!ation to t eor!d ide in#ome *renta mundia! +

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1+ 9 does t e ta !e distin$uis es et een 8pea6ers% andpopu!ation%;


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2+ A##ordin$ to t e ta !e, 2=,=> of t e or!d popu!ation !i es in#ountries ere none of t e 10 studied !an$ua$es is spo6en+ T ese#ountries on! #ontri ute it 4,4> of t e or!d ide in#ome *rentamundia! + ?o ou t in6 t is !o per#enta$e as an re!ation to t e!in$uisti# situation;A!! !an$ua$es t at are not used man peop!e do not representmu# in#ome due to t e !a#6 of enou$ finan#ia! mo ements+


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Table 2: Number of countries in each continent witheach official language

( !I"( ()E!I"( (SI( E*!+PE +"E(,I( '+'(-English 1 15 14 7 3 11 50rench 1 17 2 3 4 1 27Spanish 2 1 18 1 20#erman 6 6"hinese 3 3 3Italian 3 3Swedish 2 2!ussian 4 1 2 2$apanese 1 1indi 1 11 9it out in#!udin$ dependant #ountries in Ameri#a and O#eania+2 9it out in#!udin$ uerto @i#o+3 9it out in#!udin$ on$ on$+4 @ussia is at t e same time Asia and Curope+

Activity:

- Dan e su$$est t at Cn$!is , Eren# and, some o , 8panis , are a$roup of #ountries it a #!ear differen#e a$ainst t e ot ers; CFp!ain+< do not see o to differ t e #ountries it Cn$!is , Eren# , and8panis as offi#ia! !an$ua$e to t e ot ers, eF#eption of t eir past aspart of #o!onies * i# eFp!ains t e offi#ia! !an$ua$e + - o #an e #omp!ete t e ta !e if e in#!ude Ara ian andortu$uese;Domp!etin$ t e ta !e addin$ Ara ian *for instan#e ou!d s oon! t e independent #ountries+ 8o t e num er ou!d e s!i$ t!t e same as t e ot er !an$ua$es+

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Table 3: Indicators for English



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- List in order t e top 10 Cn$!is 8pea6in$ #ountries ased on:a+ &aGor eFportersH

+ Ireater num er of spea6ersH#+ i$ est uman ?e e!opment


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Tables 4-6: Indicators for ussian! "hinese and#erman

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- 9 at is t e re!ations ip et een uman de e!opment


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