THERE ARE AT LEAST 2,000 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD. OF ALL T...

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There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most widely

used. It is used by businessmen, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world. It is also the first language of

sports and science, so it is very important to learn English. Chinese is also an important language because it has

the greatest number of speakers. There are not only one billion people living in China today, but also many

Chinese people live outside China .Chinese is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is

spoken in both Europe and Asia. French is widely understood in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and

Asia. From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has chosen six of them for business. They are

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.