What is the second world recognized language after English?

Singapore
April 8, 2008 10:30am CST
Spanish is famous, Latin is also a consideration, Chinese might be the top two, how about Hindi? Which one is correct? Thank you for the advice.
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regal_aeros
@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
22 Apr 08
given the population of china itself, i would say mandarin can possibly be on par with english or slightly below. i wouldnt' use recognize but i would say that ALOT of people can speak mandarin.
ThePaintGuru
@ThePaintGuru (541)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I remember looking this up one time. I think Chinese, then Hindi and Bengali. Spanish is up there, too.
scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
8 Apr 08
that's a hard one. probably spanish for daily/business use,but chinese by number of speakers.
SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
8 Apr 08
In my opinion, spanish and chinese come in on a tie.
jueyyan
@jueyyan (31)
• Taiwan
8 Apr 08
I vote for Chinese just because of the number of speakers!