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1. • 7,000 languages

     • About 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today.
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   How many languages will there be in the future?

   • In the future, there may be many more than 7,151 languages spoken globally, and it is also possible that there could be significantly fewer. Even if a time comes when only one language is spoken, thanks to the dynamic nature of humankind, a new dialect will always be around the corner.

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   How many people speak a language in Africa?

   • Over 600 million people currently speak a language that is descended from the Niger-Congo family. The regions involved are found between Senegal and Ghana, then central Africa towards Kenya and Angola and Mozambique, and all the way south to South Africa. Even Sudan has a small pocket of speakers.

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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.

   Languages of the World - A Nations Online Project

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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 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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   Which country has the largest number of languages in the world?

   • This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Papua New Guinea Indonesia Nigeria India China (mainland only) Mexico Cameroon Australia United States Brazil Democratic Republic of the Congo Philippines Malaysia

   List of countries by number of languages - Wikipedia

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3. 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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4. en.wal.unesco.org › world-atlas-languagesThe World Atlas of Languages - UNESCO WAL

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   The World Atlas of Languages is an online tool that documents the status and features of languages around the world. It shows that there are 8324 languages, spoken or signed, according to official data from governments and institutions.

5. people.howstuffworks.com › how-many-languages-areHow Many Languages Are There? Literally Thousands

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   1 day ago · There are also many components of widely spoken languages (major languages) that share words or etymological stems from rarely spoken native languages (endangered languages) or different languages that have been lost forever (dead languages). Then there are nonverbal languages like American Sign Language (ASL) to consider.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_countries_byList of countries by number of languages - Wikipedia

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   This is the list of countries sorted by the number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either nationally or locally, are included.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_languages_by_totalList of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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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

   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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9. www.bbc.co.uk › languages › guideLanguages of the world - Interesting facts about languages - BBC

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   Learn about the number, diversity, history and challenges of languages around the world. Find out which languages are most spoken, hardest to learn, endangered or artificial.

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

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    Learn about the diversity, distribution and history of languages around the world. Find out how many languages are spoken, written and official in each continent and country.