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英语无疑地是当今世界各种语言中最重要的一种。以数目而论,操英语的人数居世界第二位,其中以英语为本国语言的人数接近二亿七千五百万,而以中国普通话为本国语言的人数则为五亿八千五百万。次于英语的是西班牙语,使用的人数有一亿八千五百万,跟着是俄语,使用者达一亿四千万,再其次是孟加拉语和印度·乌尔都语,使用者各为一亿二千五百万。不过,重要性不能光用数目来衡量。一种语言的用途以及它在国际上的流通,其重要至少不亚于该种语言使用者的单纯数量。从这一点来说,全世界在外交、商务和科学各方
English is undoubtedly the most important of the languages in the world today. In terms of numbers, the number of speakers of English ranks second in the world, with the number of native speakers of English being close to 275 million and the number of native speakers of Mandarin in Chinese being 585 million . Followed by English in Spanish, using 185 million people, followed by Russian with about 140 million users, followed by Bengali and Hindi Urdu, all with One hundred twenty-five million. However, the importance can not be measured by the number. The purpose of a language and its international circulation are at least as important as the mere quantity of that language user. From this point of view, the whole world is in the diplomatic, business and scientific quarters