Tuesday 10 April 2007 7 most influential languages

This list is based on George Weber's article in Language Today, Vol. 2, Dec 1997; How influential a language is being weighted using 6 criteria: number of primary speakers, number of secondary speakers, population of countries where used, number of major fields using the language internationally, economic power of countries using the languages, and socio-literary prestige.

  1. English
  2. French
  3. Spanish
  4. Russian
  5. Arabic
  6. Mandarin Chinese
  7. German

1 comment:

Syfox Sly Cobra said...

Yay, german! I love the german language.