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Other languages

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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