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Detailed explanation-1: -It comes as no surprise that English tops the list, as it’s the de facto lingua franca of the world. The top six languages are also, not coincidentally, the official languages of the United Nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -So dominant is English that the world’s second most powerful language, Mandarin, ranks as only half as powerful under the measure of the Power Language Index. Because of its significance as a diplomatic language and other measures such as its use across multiple countries, French ranks third.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. English – 1, 121 million speakers. It is the most widely spoken language in the world because of the global impact of England and the United States in the last three centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Currently, these are the 10 most spoken languages in the world in 2023, sorted by number of mother language speakers: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Yue chinese, Vietnamese.