What language does your country want to learn?
Some learned to cook, others started in sports, some spent the day doing TikToks and others exhausted the Netflix catalog. Quarantine gave us enough time to invest in those activities that we normally do not usually carry out, and one of them was learning new languages . But What language is preferred in each country of the world? How do we want to communicate? This map reveals which of them we are most interested in.
For some time now we have realized that learning languages is, more than a hobby, a necessity . Some do it for expand your job opportunities , others to be able comfortably travel anywhere and there are also those who do out of mere curiosity . Perhaps for this reason, many of us find in 2020 the perfect time to start or resume what we have been putting off for too long.
However, whether due to musical tastes, a dream destination or the abundance of that language, not all countries are interested in the same language. Wordtips compiled the list of the 50 most spoken languages in the world , to then track how many times the words had been searched “language”, “study” and “learn” accompanied by the name of each language.
The overall results are more or less expected. especially because English has turned out to be the most popular language , 98 countries want to learn it, something that does not surprise us. Perhaps more curious is the fact that Japanese is one of the most acclaimed among English-speaking countries , for example, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Another noteworthy result was the fact that Ukraine focuses its linguistic interest on the local language and that Arabic is another of the most popular , chosen the favorite in 12 countries.
In Europe, the most popular language is English.
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By registering all Google searches in each country, some results may have been surprising, but there are compelling reasons behind it. It is the case of Spain , for instance. In our country, The most popular language to learn is... Spanish! And this is where the frowns come in. From Wordtips they launch the hypothesis that perhaps it is this way by the number of English-speaking people residing here.
In the rest of Europe, English is still the favorite of countries . When people want to learn a language, English is often the first choice. But there are exceptions, like in Sweden, where they prefer to know Portuguese, while in The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic come alive with Spanish.
If we move to North America, Spanish is the winning language in nine of the countries, but most notable is the triumph of the Japanese in the United States and Canada . The reason for this is the desire of its inhabitants for anime and manga from Japan. Both the adults, who grew up enjoying that culture, as well as the little ones, who are starting now, have in mind a trip to the country of the rising sun.
Did you know that in Peru and Chile they want to learn Korean?
And, while in South America, English takes first prize , also leave room for Italian in Argentina, due to the Italian ancestry of a large part of Argentines. But without a doubt, the most amazing thing is to see how the preferred language in Chile and Peru is Korean . However, it has a simple explanation: the fever of the younger generations for the K-Pop musical style , and bands like BTS. Everything influences our enthusiasm when learning a language, in this case, it has been music.
In the Middle East and Central Asia, dueling is distributed between English and Arabic . Although Arabic is the official language in the countries where it is most studied, the result may be due to the existence of minority cultures or regional variations of the language , which means that its inhabitants are learning the language.
And as for the rest of Asia and Oceania, the range of languages is widening . While some were to be expected, it must be said that Japanese, for example, is one of the favorites in Australia, due to the cultural and economic relations that both countries have. This is why Japanese classes are often taught in Australian schools. Also in this part of the world, Hindi makes its appearance, in Fiji.
And finally, we move to Africa. Here, English still predominates, being the most popular in 28 countries. Nevertheless, Africa is the continent where French appears the most . Again, we can see the appearance of other languages in the study, such as Swahili, the favorite to learn in Tanzania, or Zulu, the most famous in Malawi when studying.
In New Zealand the Japanese triumph.
It doesn't matter which one you choose, learning languages always involves good experiences, knowledge of a culture, and the opening of many doors . We can be inspired by our favorite music, our style of cinema, dream destinations or simple curiosity, but we must never stop studying how they communicate in other places, because that will keep us away from any border.
French has more presence in Africa than in any other continent.