Languages:Facts - Study Notes for Exams- PSC,SSC,UPSC

• The most widely spoken language in the world is Mandarin Language(China)
• English is the official language of more countries than any other language.
• Spanish is spoken in South and Central American Countries, Spain, Cuba etc.
• Russian is spojen not only in Russia, but also in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia etc.
• Arabic, one of the oldest language is spoken in the Middle East.
• In 1973 Arabic was made the sixth official language of United Nations.
• Portugese is the official language of Brazil.
• French often called most romantic language in the world.
• French is spoken in countries like Belgium, Benin, Algeria, Andora, Gabon, Haiti, France etc.
• There are 24 working languages of the European Union.
• United States has no official language at the federal level.
• Hindi is the fourth most spoken language in the world.
• Bengali is seventh most spoken language in the world.

Hindi Divas- 14 September 
Hindi Divas  is an annual literary-day celebrated on in Hindi speaking regions of India and other countries where Hindi speaking population is present.


Official Language of UN.
 There are six official languages . They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.


Official Languages of Indian Neighbouring countries

Pakistan-  Urdu, English
Bangladesh - Bengali
China - Mandarin
Nepal -  Nepali
Myanmar- Burmese
Sri Lanka - Sinhala, Tamil
Afghanistan - Pashto, Dari