The table below gives information about languages with the most native speakers.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Languages with the most native speakers
Figures in Millions
Language Native speakers Additional speakers Total speakers
Mandarin(Chinese) 900 190 1090
Hindi 370 120 490
Spanish 350 70 420
English 339 603 942
Arabic 206 24 230
Portuguese 203 10 213
The given table illustrates number of people speaking six languages (Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, English, Arabic, and Portuguese) with a split on native and speakers using it as additional language. The numbers are in millions.
Overall, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language, followed by English. In contrast Portuguese and Arabic is least spoken language respectively. Although, English is second most spoken language, non-native speakers account for more than half the number of native English speakers, placing English in the most widely spoken language category by non-native speakers.
In terms, total number of speakers of Mandarin Chinese is at 1,090 million with 900 million native speakers and the remaining additional speakers constitute to 190 million. English spoken stands at 942 million with larger base od additional speakers (603 million) and natives at 339 million (nearly half). Hindi and Spanish speakers both account collectively to less than a billion (490 & 420) respectively. While Portuguese and Arabic languages are at the bottom of the table with 230 and 213 million speakers.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
second, while, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 7.0 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 6.8 118% => OK
Relative clauses : 0.0 3.15609756098 0% => OK
Pronoun: 1.0 5.60731707317 18% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 33.7804878049 65% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 3.97073170732 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 943.0 965.302439024 98% => OK
No of words: 169.0 196.424390244 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5798816568 4.92477711251 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.60555127546 3.73543355544 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73590126089 2.65546596893 103% => OK
Unique words: 95.0 106.607317073 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.562130177515 0.547539520022 103% => OK
syllable_count: 279.9 283.868780488 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.45097560976 117% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 1.53170731707 0% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.33902439024 46% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.07073170732 93% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.482926829268 207% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 3.36585365854 59% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 8.94146341463 101% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.4926829268 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 60.3508261934 43.030603864 140% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.777777778 112.824112599 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7777777778 22.9334400587 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.88888888889 5.23603664747 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 3.0 3.83414634146 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 4.0 1.69756097561 236% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 3.70975609756 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.09268292683 98% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.21812545796 0.215688989381 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0963464507189 0.103423049105 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0679625667222 0.0843802449381 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152801221259 0.15604864568 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0302633056176 0.0819641961636 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 13.2329268293 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 61.2550243902 73% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.51609756098 48% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.3012195122 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.08 11.4140731707 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.06136585366 107% => OK
difficult_words: 44.0 40.7170731707 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.4329268293 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.9970731707 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.0658536585 81% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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