9 foreign languages in Demand in India for Students

Editor: Manish Jain

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Spanish: Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world.

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French: French is said to be the fastest growing language and 50 percent of Africa’s population speaks French as their first language.

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Putonghua: About 12 percent of the world’s population speaks Putonghua.

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Italian: Around 85 million to 100 million people speak Italian worldwide.

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Arabic: Spoken by about four percent of the world’s population, Arabic is another great language to learn in your spare time.

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Portuguese: The largest number of Portuguese speakers can be found in Brazil in South America.

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Swahili: Swahili is the lingua-franca for most of Africa except in countries where Arabic is the official and common language.

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Japanese: Around 150 million people speak Japanese. And it is one of the fastest growing languages in the world.

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German: There are about 150 million German speakers in the world. It is the 11th most spoken language in the world.