According to this english is not in the top two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

"As of 2009, 329 million people speak Spanish as a native language.
It is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of native
speakers, after Mandarin Chinese."


2010/1/29 Dan Bron <[email protected]>:
> The analogy we usually give is to Chinese.  When I look at a Chinese 
> newspaper or sign, I certainly can divine no meaning.  So yes,
> to me, the symbols are meaningless.  But over a billion people on this planet 
> live their whole lives using only Chinese, so
> obviously it means something to them.  And maybe that "something" is worth 
> the difficult challenge to learn Chinese (which is so
> very different from English).  Or maybe not.  Depends on what your goals are.
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