10 June, 2015

Talking About Languages In Chinese

你说什么语? – nǐ shuō shén me yǔ – What language do you speak? 
你的母语是什么? – nǐ de mǔ yǔ shì shén me – What is your native language? 
学什么外语最有用? – xué shén me wài yǔ zuì yǒu yòng – What foreign language is the most useful?


most commonly spoken languages
The data visualization is taken from here

Some of the most commonly spoken languages around the world: 

汉语 – hàn yǔ – Chinese 
西班牙语 – xī bān yá yǔ – Spanish 
英语 – yīng yǔ – English 
阿拉伯语 – ā lā bó yǔ – Arabic 
印地语 – yìn dì yǔ – Hindi 
葡萄牙语 – pú táo yá yǔ – Portuguese 
孟加拉语 – mèng jiā lā yǔ – Bengali 
日语 – rì yǔ – Japanese 
俄语 – é yǔ – Russian 
德语 – dé yǔ – German

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