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Language is perhaps the most important function of the human body – it allows us to get sustenance as a child, it allows us to get virtually anything we want as an adult, and it allows us many hours of entertainment through literature, radio, music, and films. This list (in order of least to most spoken) summarizes the most important languages in use today.
語言可能是人類身上最重要的功能，它使我們在孩提時(shí)獲得食物，在成人時(shí)獲得幾乎一切想要的東西，它也同樣使我們通過文學(xué)、廣播、音樂、電影獲得許多娛樂時(shí)光。這個(gè)排行榜（按語言使用人數(shù)由少到多）歸納了現(xiàn)今使用的最重要的語言。
10.French
10.法語
Number of speakers: 129 million
使用人數(shù)：1.29億
Often called the most romantic language in the world, French is spoken in tons of countries, including Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti. Oh, and France too. We're actually very lucky that French is so popular, because without it, we might have been stuck with Dutch Toast, Dutch Fries, and Dutch kissing
法語經(jīng)常被譽(yù)為全球最浪漫的語言，很多國家都使用法語，包括比利時(shí)，加拿大，盧旺達(dá)，喀麥隆，海地。當(dāng)然，還有法國。實(shí)際上，我們十分慶幸法語的流行，因?yàn)槿绻麤]有法語，我們可能一直堅(jiān)持荷蘭面包，荷蘭炸薯?xiàng)l和荷蘭式接吻。
To say "hello" in French, say "Bonjour".
法語說"你好"，即"bonjour"
9.Malay-Indonesian
9.馬來-印尼語
Number of speakers: 159 million
使用人數(shù)：1.59億
Malay-Indonesian is spoken – surprise – in Malaysia and Indonesia. Actually, we kinda fudged the numbers on this one because there are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian. But they're all pretty much based on the same root language, which makes it the ninth most-spoken in the world.
驚喜吧！馬來-印尼語即在馬來西亞和印度尼西亞使用的語言。實(shí)際上，我們捏造了這個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)，那是因?yàn)轳R來當(dāng)?shù)赜性S多方言，其中最流行的是印度尼西亞語。但是他們很大程度上根植于同一個(gè)根語言，這使他成為了世界第九大常用語言。
Indonesia is a fascinating place; a nation made up of over 13,000 islands it is the sixth most populated country in the world. Malaysia borders on two of the larger parts of Indonesia (including the island of Borneo), and is mostly known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
印度尼西亞是一個(gè)奇妙的地方；這個(gè)由13000個(gè)島嶼組成的國家是世界第六大人口國。馬來西亞和印度尼西亞有兩大部分（包括婆羅洲島）接壤，其首都吉隆坡最為人所知。
To say "hello" in Indonesian, say "Selamat pagi"
印尼語說"你好"，即"Selamat pagi"
8.Portuguese
8.葡萄牙語
Number of speakers: 191 million
使用人數(shù)：1.91億
Think of Portuguese as the little language that could. In the 12th Century, Portugal won its independence from Spain and expanded all over the world with the help of its famous explorers like Vasco da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator. (Good thing Henry became a navigator . . . could you imagine if a guy named "Prince Henry the Navigator" became a florist?) Because Portugal got in so early on the exploring game, the language established itself all over the world, especially in Brazil (where it's the national language), Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique.
你可能認(rèn)為葡萄牙語是小語言。在十二世紀(jì)，葡萄牙從西班牙贏得了獨(dú)立，憑借著名探險(xiǎn)家達(dá)伽馬和航海家亨利王子的幫助擴(kuò)大了其世界版圖。由于葡萄牙的探索游戲開始得比較早，葡萄牙語在全球確立了自己的地位，特別是在巴西（那里的民族語言），澳門，安哥拉，委內(nèi)瑞拉，莫桑比克等地。
To say "hello" in Portuguese, say "Bom dia"
葡萄牙語說"你好"，即"Bom dia"
7.Bengali
7.孟加拉語
Number of speakers: 211 million
使用人數(shù)：2.11億
In Bangladesh, a country of 120+ million people, just about everybody speaks Bengali. And because Bangladesh is virtually surrounded by India (where the population is growing so fast, just breathing the air can get you pregnant), the number of Bengali speakers in the world is much higher than most people would expect.
在孟加拉國，一個(gè)超過1.2億人口的國家，幾乎人人都說孟加拉語。由于孟加拉國幾乎被印度所包圍（那里人口增長如此之快，好像只是呼吸空氣就可以讓你懷孕似的），在世界上講孟加拉語的人的數(shù)量比大多數(shù)人預(yù)料的多得多。
To say "hello" in Bengali, say "Ei Je"
孟加拉語說"你好"，即say "Ei Je"
6.Arabic
6.阿拉伯語
Number of speakers: 246 million
使用人數(shù)：2.46億
Arabic, one of the world's oldest languages, is spoken in the Middle East, with speakers found in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Furthermore, because Arabic is the language of the Koran, millions of Moslems in other countries speak Arabic as well. So many people have a working knowledge of Arabic, in fact, that in 1974 it was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
阿拉伯語，是世界上最古老的語言，盛行于中東地區(qū)，如阿拉伯，科威特，伊拉克，敘利亞，約旦，黎巴嫩和埃及等地。此外，因?yàn)楣盘m經(jīng)是阿拉伯語寫成，其他國家成千上萬的穆斯林也使用阿拉伯語。實(shí)際上，很多人都具備足夠使用阿拉伯語的知識，1974年阿拉伯語被確認(rèn)為聯(lián)合國第六種官方語言。
To say "hello" in Arabic, say "Al salaam a'alaykum"
阿拉伯語說"你好"，即say "Al salaam a'alaykum"
翻譯:佳奇 來源：前十網(wǎng)
