Pakistan

This is the language most Pakistanis want to learn

Hint: It is not English

News Desk May 08, 2016

An instructor points out mandarin characters on a whiteboard at a night class for people learning mandarin as a second language in Singapore September 1, 2009. PHOTO: REUTERS

English is the most popular language in the world to learn online, according to one of the world's biggest language websites.

According to language learning website, Duolingo, English is the first choice for users from 116 countries. However, in a surprising turn, French is the most popular language to learn in Pakistan.

Recently, the website used data from its 120 million users spread across 194 countries, to find out what languages they were learning.

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As the map below shows, English is the first choice while French has the second highest number of learners. Spanish comes in third and is followed by German.

PHOTO: DUOLINGO

Another map produced by the website shows the second most popular languages to learn across the world.

PHOTO: DUOLINGO

The map shows that the second most popular language to learn in Pakistan is German.

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Interestingly, the most learned language in Sweden is Swedish, which Duolingo suggests is due to high immigration. The same case can be seen in Norway where Norwegian is the second most popular language to learn and in the United States where English is the second most popular language to learn.

This article originally appeared on Independent.

COMMENTS (7)

Adnan Siddiqui | 7 years ago | Reply @Syed1: "Most educated Pakistanis already speak English fluently." That is just not true.

Maria | 7 years ago | Reply @Syed1: Learning either of Canada's official languages facilitates immigration to Canada just as learning the language of any country is essential to integration there. However you do not get more points for speaking French - it is either English or French. I have yet to come across Pakistanis in Canada who speak French well enough to settle in mainstream Quebecois society where French is the dominant language. Learning French has nothing to do with Pakistanis wanting to immigrate to Canada. It is because French is a beautiful language with a worldwide presence. Et out, j'habits au Canada et je parle francis aussi.