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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.
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      Languages - UNESCO WAL

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

    Jan 4, 2023 · Learn about the history, formation, and diversity of languages in the world. According to Ethnologue, there are 7,151 recognized languages, but only 142 language families with a common ancestor.

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

    1 day ago · According to Ethnologue, there are around 7,100 known living languages, but this number might miss out on hypothetical languages in areas that haven't been fully explored. For instance, remote regions like parts of the Amazon or Papua New Guinea could still hold undiscovered languages.

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

    This web page shows the rankings of languages by the number of speakers, both native and non-native, based on different sources. It also discusses the difficulties and challenges of defining and counting languages and dialects.

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

    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.

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

    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 its methodology, and around 7000 languages are still in use.

  10. en.wal.unesco.org › discover › languagesLanguages - UNESCO WAL

    Explore the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages, which documents around 8324 languages, spoken or signed, and their endangerment levels. Learn about the global linguistic diversity and compare languages by facets such as nativity, type and region.

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

    Learn about the diversity, distribution and history of languages around the world. Find out how many languages are spoken on each continent, which ones are the most widely spoken and which ones are endangered.

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