Alberto Lucas Lopz of the South China Morning Post has put together this ridiculous, detailed infographic describing the world’s languages. There is a lot of information to glean from this one graphic, but here are the highlights:

  • The circle represents 4.1 billion people who speak the world’s 23 more widely spoken languages.
  • The Chinese language is the most widely spoken language in the world. It has 1,197 million native speakers.
  • The English language is the most popular language to learn in the world.
  • English has 335 million native speakers.

Follow this link to see the infographic up close. Or check out Little Pim to see how your kids can learn a new language.

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