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What is it?

           Language consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics.

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           The importance of language is essential to every aspect and interaction in our everyday lives. We use language to inform the people around us of what we feel, what we desire, and question/understand the world around us. We communicate effectively with our words, gestures, and tone of voice in a multitude of situation. Would you talk to a small child with the same words you would in a business meeting. Being able to communicate with each other, form bonds, teamwork, and it’s what separates humans from other animal species. Communication drives our lives and better ourselves.

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Number of languages

         The total number of languages is estimated to be between three thousand and eight thousand. It is difficulty to give a more accurate number, since linguists sometimes disagree what are distinct languages and what are dialects of the same language.

         The Ethnologue catalogue of world languages, which is one of the best linguistic resources, currently lists 6909 living languages. About 6% of them have more than a million speakers each, and collectively account for 94% of the world population. On the other hand, about half of the languages are spoken by fewer than ten thousand people, and about quarter have fewer than one thousand speakers.

         The top ten languages and the number of their native speakers are as follows, accoding to the Ethnologue statisticis:

LanguageSpeakers

Mandarin 845 million

Spanish 329 million

English 328 million

Hindi 182 million

Bengali 181 million

Portugese 178 million

Russian 144 million

Japanese 122 million

German 90 million

How do it likes?

 The five main components of languageare phonemes, morphemes, lexemes, syntax, and context. 

             Along with grammar, semantics, and pragmatics, these components work together to create meaningful communication among individuals.When we think about the components of human language, we think of it as consisting of the following:

     .A sound-system (or phonological component).

     .A set of vocabulary items (the "lexicon").

     .A grammatical system ("morphology") which puts meaningful elements together into 'words'.

     .A syntax, or set of rules to state what the order of elements is in larger utterances, such as 'sentences.'

     .A semantic component, where meanings are interpreted.

The 5 Most Spoken Languages in the World

Almost half of the world’s population claim one of only ten languages as their mother tongue. So who’s in the top ten? You might be surprised.

1. Chinese

     Numbers vary widely — Ethnologue puts the number of native speakers at almost 1.2 billion native speakers, roughly a billion of whom speak Mandarin — but there is no doubt of its clout.

2. Spanish

         If we are only to look at native speakers, Spanish has its nose in front of English with about 400 million speakers. If you want a language that will open up whole continents to you, Spanish is your best bet.

3. English

          If you’re reading this article you may be one of the 360 million-odd native English speakers, or one of the half a billion people who speak it as a second language. This indicates the remarkable success of English as the lingua franca of business, travel and international relations.

4. Hindi

        India has 23 official languages, with Hindi/Urdu chief among them. Whether this is one language, Hindustani, or two dialects, is still fiercely contested. Spoken mainly in northern India and parts of Pakistan, Hindi uses devnagri script while Urdu uses Persian notation.

5. Arabic

        Recent numbers put Arabic at around 250 million native speakers. But this is another instance of numbers not telling the full tale: Arabic, like Chinese, is so vastly different in its respective dialects as to be effectively a number of languages, grouped as one for the sake of convenience.