1. 5. Hindi
1.1. 182 million
1.1.1. Online course program: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hindi.htm
1.1.2. Hindi for beginners: http://www.open-of-course.org/courses/course/view.php?id=15
1.2. Spoken in
1.2.1. India
1.2.2. Pakistan
2. 8. Russian
2.1. 144 million
2.1.1. Lessons in Russian language: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnp1Am2cTsQ&feature=relmfu
2.1.2. Free grammar and phonetic courses: http://russianonweb.com/courses#course3
2.2. Spoken in
2.2.1. Russia
2.2.2. Mongolia
2.2.3. Former Republics of the Soviet union
3. 6. Bengali
3.1. 181 million
3.1.1. Learn to speak this language: http://www.jaspell.co.uk/learnbengali.htm
3.1.2. Vowels and consonants: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/bengali.htm
3.2. Spoken in
3.2.1. Bangladesh
3.2.2. West Bengal- India
3.2.3. Tripura- India
4. 7. Portuguese
4.1. 178 million
4.1.1. Watch this You Tube video for a short introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M5cU2iUxNI
4.1.2. A video introduction to Portuguese: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/portuguese/talk/
4.2. Spoken in
4.2.1. Portugal
4.2.2. Angola
4.2.3. Brazil
4.2.4. Cape Verde
4.2.5. East Timor
4.2.6. Mozambique
4.2.7. Principe
4.2.8. São Tomé
4.2.9. Guinea-Bissau
5. 9. Japanese
5.1. 122 million speakers
5.1.1. First steps: http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/lesson01.cfm
5.1.2. Watch this You Tube video for an introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaoKzYJwfXc
5.2. Spoken in
5.2.1. Japan
6. 1. Mandarin
6.1. More than 1 billion speakers
6.1.1. Learning game link: http://www.digitaldialects.com/Chinese.htm
6.2. Spoken in
6.2.1. China
6.2.2. Taiwan
6.2.3. Singapore
6.2.4. Malaysia
7. 3. English
7.1. 508 million speakers
7.1.1. Learn English online: http://www.1-language.com/
7.1.2. Grammar quizzes: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/
7.2. Spoken in
7.2.1. United Kingdom
7.2.2. United States
7.2.3. Canada
7.2.4. Australia
7.2.5. Ireland
7.2.6. New Zealand
7.2.7. A number of Caribbean nations
8. 2. Spanish
8.1. 329 million speakers
8.1.1. Learn Spanish for beginners: http://spanish.about.com/
8.1.2. Spanish learning program: http://www.spanishprograms.com/
8.2. Spoken in
8.2.1. Spain
8.2.2. Latin America
8.2.3. USA
9. 4. Arabic
9.1. 221 million
9.1.1. Learn Arabic: http://mylanguages.org/learn_arabic.php
9.1.2. http://www.funwitharabic.com/
9.2. Spoken in
9.2.1. Middle East
9.2.2. Northern Africa
10. 10. German
10.1. 90 million speakers
10.1.1. First steps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edBtiGeB2ec&feature=relmfu
10.1.2. Pronunciation and alphabet: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/german.htm
10.2. Spoken in
10.2.1. Austria
10.2.2. Germany
10.2.3. Liechtenstein
10.2.4. Luxembourg
10.2.5. South Tirol
10.2.6. Switzerland