There is some intersting information in the book "The clash of civilisations
and the remaking of the world order" by Shr Samuel P Huntington.
Speakers of Major Languages
(Percentage of World Population)
1958 1992
Arabic 2.7 3.5
Bengali 2.7 3.2
English 9.8 7.6
Hindi 5.2 6.4
Mandarin 15.6 15.2
Russian 5.5 4.9
Spanish 5.0 6.1
Namaste.
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