In this article we will give you some important statistics on languages spoken in the world.
Estimates of the number of extant languages range from 3000 to 7000. A majority of specialists agree on the figure of about 6000 languages.
- From 10 to 20 languages, extremely little practiced, would disappear every year.
- English is the language that can be understood by the most people around the world.
- According to UN data, 1% of all languages are used for communication by 99% of humanity!
What do you think of these statistics? They're really incredible, don't you think?
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What do you think of these statistics? They're really incredible, don't you think?
Please, leave a comment below:
- FAQ Author: vincent
April 2019
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Comments
 | -miray-1 weeks ago there are about 7000 languages in the world there are more than 2000languages in africa-1000in the americas-more than 2250in asia-about230 in europe -and more than 1300 in oceania |
 | sobiaanjumOctober 2019 There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most popular language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 1,213,000,000 people in the world that speak that language. |