- List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia
Current distribution of human language families 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, while Arabic is sometimes considered a single language centred on Modern Standard Arabic, other authors consider its mutually unintelligible varieties separate languages [1] Similarly, Chinese is
- Language Diversity Index - National Geographic Society
According to Ethnologue com, there are nearly 7,000 languages spoken across the world today Only a fraction of these languages (359) are truly global, spoken by millions of people
- UNESCO World Atlas of Languages | ICCROM | Our Collections Matter
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
- How Many Languages Are Spoken in the World? - Elmura Linguistics
Most people can name a handful of major world languages, but very few can guess how many truly exist Ask around and you will hear guesses like 50, 200 or maybe a few hundred The real number is far higher According to Ethnologue, there are about 7,159 living languages spoken in the world today While billions rely on global languages such as English, Mandarin or Spanish, thousands of others
- UNESCO World Atlas of Languages: summary document
The World Atlas of Languages structures data around two dimensions: Languages around the world 8,324 languages (spoken and signed) documented by governments, public institutions and academic communities, with approximately 7,000 still in use
- New Data on Detailed Languages Spoken - Census. gov
This release provides data on over 500 individual languages and language groups spoken across the country during the five-year period from 2017 to 2021
- Ethnologue | Languages of 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
- How Many Languages Are There in the World? - Rosetta Stone
Take a look at the total number of languages in the world, which language families have the most speakers, and which countries have the highest number of languages spoken within their borders
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