The table compares six different languages in termes of the number of native speakers, thre number of people who speak them as an adidtional language, and the total number of speakers.
Overall, Mandarine Chinese by far has the largest number of native speakers and also the highest total number of speakers. However English is the most widely spoken language as an additional languege. Portuguese has the smallest tatal number of speakers amoung the six langueges.
Mandarine Chinese is the leading language in the table with 980 million native speakers and a total of 1,089 million speakers . Hindi ranks second , with 370 million native speakers and 120 million additional speakers, giving total of 490 million. Spanish has 350 million native speakers and 70 million second-language users, witch means its overall figure is 490 million.
English stands out bucause it has a large number of people who speak it as an adittional languege, at 603 million. Althought it has 328 million native speakers, its total number reaches 942 million, making it the second most spoken language overall. Arabic has 206 million native speakers and 24 million additional speakers, while Portuguese has the lowest figures, with 203 million native speakers and only 10 million additional speakers.
