The Netherlands has emerged as the nation with the highest English language proficiency, according to the EF English Proficiency Index, with a score of 72. It is ahead of five other northern European nations at the top of the chart.
Spanish is in second place with around 8-9 syllables spoken per second, whereas, English is in eight place with around 6-7 syllables spoken per second. In other words, Spanish native speakers speak 25% more quickly than English native speakers.
Chinese — 1.3 Billion Native Speakers
Numbers vary widely — Ethnologue puts the number of native speakers at 1.3 billion native speakers, roughly 900 million of whom speak Mandarin — but there's no doubt it's the most spoken language in the world.
For example, the United Kingdom has the largest variation of accents of any country in the world, and therefore no single "British accent" exists.
This may come as no surprise, but the gold medal and the prize for the most talkative country in the world goes to… the United States of America.
They found Japanese and Spanish, often described as “fast languages,” clocked the greatest number of syllables per second. The “slowest” language in the set was Mandarin, followed closely by German.
Across multiple sources, Mandarin Chinese is the number one language listed as the most challenging to learn. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center puts Mandarin in Category IV, which is the list of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers.
Option 1: the American accent
The most popular English accent of them all. Spread around the world by American cinema, music, television and more than 350 million North Americans (including Canadians, eh), this is the easiest accent for most people to understand, whether native speakers or non-native speakers.
These include China, The Gambia, Malawi, Colombia, Swaziland, Brazil, Russia, Argentina, Algeria, Uganda, Yemen, Chile and Tanzania.
Because the consonants above are pronounced in the same place, this is what allows native Japanese speakers to speak so fast. The front part of the tongue barely has to move between these consonants compared to English words which have far more consonants and places of pronunciation (AKA places of articulation).
Why is C the fastest language? We have already learned that compiled languages are faster than interpreted languages. C is the fastest among all of the compiled languages.
According to a UNESCO survey, Bengali has been classified as the sweetest language in the world. As a language, Bengali is widely spoken all over India, including Assam and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The sweetest language in the world is also recognized in the Constitution of India.
There are a number of reasons why English is spoken relatively slowly. Firstly, English has 20 vowel sounds. This means that the mouth has to be in 20 different positions to make all those noises. That requires agility and takes time.
Kawishana is the rarest language in the world.
Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Viking runes and Egyptian hieroglyphs call to you and you feel it's time to answer. These are dead languages – those that no longer have a native speaking community.
Canada. This North American country is known for its amiable people and cheerful atmosphere. Canada is certainly a country with friendliest people in the world. Canadians are supposed to be the most polite people on earth, who witnessed very little war.
The Reputation Institute, a global private consulting firm based in New York and Copenhagen, has just released its third annual list of 50 countries, ranked according to what it says is people's trust, admiration, respect and affinity for those countries. Topping the list for the second year in a row: Canada.
1. French Polynesia. The friendliest country in the world according to you, our readers, is French Polynesia, a collection of more than 100 islands in the South Pacific. The mild climate makes it a year-round destination, and the locals here are only too happy to accommodate.