10 Most Spoken Languages You've Never Heard Of (feat. Language Simp)

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In language based discussions about language learning and linguistics occur, not all languages get time in the spotlight, here are the 10 most spoken languages you might not have heard of! Special thanks to Language Simp for appearing in this video! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:32 Amharic 3:07 Kannada 5:10 Javanese 7:32 Hausa 9:50 Wu Chinese 12:36 Tamil 14:47 Telugu 16:31 Marathi 18:36 Punjabi 20:09 Nigerian Pidgin 22:22 Outro Links to videos from others: Japanese topic vs subject markers: https://youtu.be/FknmUij6ZIk https://youtu.be/hjr2uYnDd68 Korean topic vs subject markers: https://youtu.be/fCxLNRLntc0 https://youtu.be/E2jrWqBDilM Ergativity explained in detail: https://youtu.be/kFzt_GHNd1M Sources: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/160608313.pdf https://llacan.cnrs.fr/publications/Caron2011_Hausa_Grammar.pdf https://www.ifra-nigeria.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:guide-to-standard-naija-orthography-an-nla-harmonized-writing-system-for-common-naija-publications&catid=67:naija-languej-akedemi https://apics-online.info/surveys/17 https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f05/engl/ling/confs/spcl/index_html/docs/Oshorenoya_Esizimetor https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wv209q5 (Native speakers, Wikipedia, Language Gulper) Special thanks to Wren for helping research for the Tamil and Telugu sections, and all the volunteers who reached out to proofread the video before launch