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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.
语言可能是人类身上最重要的功能，它使我们在孩提时获得食物，在成人时获得几乎一切想要的东西，它也同样使我们通过文学、广播、音乐、电影获得许多娱乐时光。这个排行榜（按语言使用人数由少到多）归纳了现今使用的最重要的语言。
10.French
10.法语
Number of speakers: 129 million
使用人数：1.29亿
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
法语经常被誉为全球最浪漫的语言，很多国家都使用法语，包括比利时，加拿大，卢旺达，喀麦隆，海地。当然，还有法国。实际上，我们十分庆幸法语的流行，因为如果没有法语，我们可能一直坚持荷兰面包，荷兰炸薯条和荷兰式接吻。
To say "hello" in French, say "Bonjour".
法语说"你好"，即"bonjour"
9.Malay-Indonesian
9.马来-印尼语
Number of speakers: 159 million
使用人数：1.59亿
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.
惊喜吧！马来-印尼语即在马来西亚和印度尼西亚使用的语言。实际上，我们捏造了这个数据，那是因为马来当地有许多方言，其中最流行的是印度尼西亚语。但是他们很大程度上根植于同一个根语言，这使他成为了世界第九大常用语言。
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.
印度尼西亚是一个奇妙的地方；这个由13000个岛屿组成的国家是世界第六大人口国。马来西亚和印度尼西亚有两大部分（包括婆罗洲岛）接壤，其首都吉隆坡最为人所知。
To say "hello" in Indonesian, say "Selamat pagi"
印尼语说"你好"，即"Selamat pagi"
8.Portuguese
8.葡萄牙语
Number of speakers: 191 million
使用人数：1.91亿
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.
你可能认为葡萄牙语是小语言。在十二世纪，葡萄牙从西班牙赢得了独立，凭借著名探险家达伽马和航海家亨利王子的帮助扩大了其世界版图。由于葡萄牙的探索游戏开始得比较早，葡萄牙语在全球确立了自己的地位，特别是在巴西（那里的民族语言），澳门，安哥拉，委内瑞拉，莫桑比克等地。
To say "hello" in Portuguese, say "Bom dia"
葡萄牙语说"你好"，即"Bom dia"
7.Bengali
7.孟加拉语
Number of speakers: 211 million
使用人数：2.11亿
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.
在孟加拉国，一个超过1.2亿人口的国家，几乎人人都说孟加拉语。由于孟加拉国几乎被印度所包围（那里人口增长如此之快，好像只是呼吸空气就可以让你怀孕似的），在世界上讲孟加拉语的人的数量比大多数人预料的多得多。
To say "hello" in Bengali, say "Ei Je"
孟加拉语说"你好"，即say "Ei Je"
6.Arabic
6.阿拉伯语
Number of speakers: 246 million
使用人数：2.46亿
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.
阿拉伯语，是世界上最古老的语言，盛行于中东地区，如阿拉伯，科威特，伊拉克，叙利亚，约旦，黎巴嫩和埃及等地。此外，因为古兰经是阿拉伯语写成，其他国家成千上万的穆斯林也使用阿拉伯语。实际上，很多人都具备足够使用阿拉伯语的知识，1974年阿拉伯语被确认为联合国第六种官方语言。
To say "hello" in Arabic, say "Al salaam a'alaykum"
阿拉伯语说"你好"，即say "Al salaam a'alaykum"
翻译:佳奇 来源：前十网
