The world is divided into 15 language regions 15. Urdu (mother tongue for 60.6 million people). 14. Italian (native to 61.7 million men). 13. Tamil (mother tongue for 65.7 million people). 12. Korean (native for 66.3 million people). 11. French (mother tongue for 67.8 million men). 10. German (native to 90.3 million men). 9. Japanese (native to 122 million people). 8. Russian (native to 144 million people). 7. Portuguese (mother tongue for 178 million people). 6. Bengali (mother tongue for 181 million people). 5. Hindi (mother tongue for 182 million people). 4. Arabic (mother tongue for 221 million people). 3. Spanish (mother tongue for 329 million people). 2. English (mother tongue for 560 million people). 1. Chinese (native to 1,213 million people). do you agree mankind does not need many languages thousands of nations one and a half hundred countries a dozen and a half international languages