Arabic language ranked four among top ten most spoken languages in the world, with 295 million people, according to data from Ethnologue, a database of languages.
Chinese tops the ranking. Nearly 1.3 billion people speak a variation of Chinese as their first language.
Spanish takes second place – and you’re part of a big club if you speak it: 437 million other people, primarily in Spain, Latin America and parts of the US, are also members.
English takes bronze, although it’s far more widely spoken than Spanish or Chinese, according to Ethnologue. English is established in 106 countries, compared to 37 for Chinese and 31 for Spanish.