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Visualizing the World’s Most Widely Spoken Languages in 2023 (www.smartick.com)

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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So if a random person from anywhere in the world were to be teleported to my location, there's a 25% chance I would be able to understand them. ... And that chance would double if I learn Mandarin.

[–] Liquid_Fire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Only if they only spoke one language. Googling indicates there are somewhere around 1.45 to 2 billion total English speakers, so just knowing English might hit 25% already.

Edit: Also, the graph only lists languages with 50 million speakers, so the real proportions are smaller.

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