scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled) ( 1 transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
One of the most commonly spoken languages in the world is French, which has an estimated 160 million speakers. Besides being the official language of France, it is commonly spoken in many other countries around the globe, such as Canada, Belgium, Cameroon, Haiti and Rwanda.
So, hereâs the Top 10 of the most spoken languages: 1  Mandarin Chinese, as already seen. 2  Spanish, which is spoken in 31 countries, mostly spread out in Latin America (this and Spain). 3  English, once again, not a big surprise. 4  Hindi. Arabic is spoken in close to 60 countries by around 240 million people.