Did you know that there are almost 7,000 languages in the world? Some are on the verge of disappearing, while others are undergoing rapid expansion like English, Arabic, and Portuguese. A prime example is Mandarin Chinese, currently experiencing explosive growth with more than a billion speakers.

There are up to 493 million Spanish speakers worldwide, compared to an estimated 379 million English speakers, although if we factor in those who aren’t native speakers but are still proficient in English, the number reaches well over a billion.