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   How many languages are there in the world?

   • There are about 7000 spoken languages in the world and about 300 writing systems. Which language is the number 1 worldwide? According to various sources, English is the most widely spoken language in the world, with around 1.35 billion speakers (first and second language (L1 and L2)). English is the lingua franca of the modern era.

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   What languages are spoken in the world?

   • List of Languages most widely spoken in the world. Megalanguages around the World - List of Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and French-speaking countries. Languages of the World and where they are spoken, a list of Language Names in English and French with ISO 639-2 Alpha-3, and some of the Alpha-2 language identification codes.

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   How many endangered languages are there in the world today?

   • We look at the number of endangered languages in the world today. How many languages are there in the world? More than 7,000 languages are spoken today. We explore exactly how many there are, their geographic distribution, and compare endangered languages with the world's largest languages.

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   How many people speak English?

   • [EB] In terms of native speakers, English is the third-most spoken language in the world. An estimated 370 to 380 million people speak English as their native language. English is the official language in 54 countries and the primary language in about 30 of these countries.

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   How many people speak Spanish?

   • The Encyclopædia Britannica's entry for the Spanish language offers 360 million first language speakers. [EB] In terms of native speakers, English is the third-most spoken language in the world. An estimated 370 to 380 million people speak English as their native language.

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   Which language is most spoken in the world?

   • Mandarin Chinese is second, with just over a billion speakers. Hindi and Spanish are used by 602 million and 548 million people, respectively, and French comes in fifth with over 275 million speakers.

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2. www.worldatlas.com › society › how-many-languagesHow Many Languages Are There In The World? - WorldAtlas

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   Jan 4, 2023 · Learn about the history, formation, and diversity of languages in the world. Find out how many languages are spoken, how they are classified, and which ones are endangered or extinct.

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   According to the World Atlas of Languages’ methodology, there are 8324 languages, spoken or signed, documented by the governments, public institutions and academic communities; out of 8324, around 7000 languages are still in use.

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   1 day ago · Estimates from top language experts suggest around 6,500 languages are spoken around the world today, with worldwide historical languages reaching about 31,000. These figures continually shift as new languages are discovered and others fade away.

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   This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties, and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.

   Language	Family	Branch	First-language (l1) Speakers
   English (excl. creole languages)	Indo-European	Germanic	380 million
   Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, ...	Sino-Tibetan	Sinitic	941 million
   Hindi (excl. Urdu)	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	345 million
   Spanish (excl. creole languages)	Indo-European	Romance	486 million

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8. www.nationsonline.org › oneworld › languagesLanguages of the World - A Nations Online Project

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   There are about 7000 spoken languages in the world and about 300 writing systems. Which language is the number 1 worldwide? According to various sources, English is the most widely spoken language in the world, with around 1.35 billion speakers (first and second language (L1 and L2)).

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   How many languages are there in the world? More than 7,000 languages are spoken today. We explore exactly how many there are, their geographic distribution, and compare endangered languages with the world's largest languages.

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    According to the World Atlas of Languages' methodology, there are around 8324 languages, spoken or signed, documented by governments, public institutions and academic communities. O ut of 8324, around 7000 languages are still in use.