Sadly, many languages are endangered, meaning they're at risk of disappearing forever. According to UNESCO, a language goes extinct every 14 days. That's like losing a piece of cultural heritage every fortnight! But there are also efforts to preserve and revitalize languages, like Hawaiian and Maori, which are making a comeback.
Now, you might be wondering, what's the most spoken language in the world? Well, it's Mandarin Chinese, with over 1 billion speakers! That's a lot of people chatting away in Chinese. And did you know that English is the most widely spoken second language, with over 1.5 billion non-native speakers?
