At the time of the French Revolution, 75% of French citizens did not speak French as a mother tongue. Until the 19th century, French was spoken more widely in Holland and Germany than in some parts of France.
Asian shopping street with strings of lanterns above
Garden table with meal for two including salad, croissant, juice, coffee.
People dancing with balloons at a party
On average Japanese speakers talk faster than any other language.
Most European languages use the Latin alphabet. Some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. Greek, Armenian, Georgian and Yiddish have their own alphabet.