How many languages are there?
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Here read this. This will help. It is very interesting\n\n\nhttp://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11173&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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There are 28 states and 4 union territory in India. There are 346 languages spoken in India.
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Spanish, english, French, some German
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From the site -\nThe Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Chinese* (937,132,000)\n   2. Spanish (332,000,000)\n   3. English (322,000,000)\n   4. Bengali (189,000,000)\n   5. Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)\n   6. Arabic* (174,950,000)\n   7. Portuguese (170,000,000)\n   8. Russian (170,000,000)\n   9. Japanese (125,000,000)\n  10. German (98,000,000)\n  11. French* (79,572,000)\n\n* The totals given for Chinese, Arabic, and French include more than one SIL variety.  See chart for full details.\n\nThe following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)\n   2. Hindi (333 million)\n   3. Spanish (332 million)\n   4. English (322 million)\n   5. Bengali (189 million)\n   6. Arabic (186 million)\n   7. Russian (170 million)\n   8. Portuguese (170 million)\n   9. Japanese (125 million)\n  10. German (98 million)\n  11. French (72 million)\n\nThe following list is from George Weber’s article “Top Languages: The World’s 10 Most Influential Languages” in Language Today (Vol. 2, Dec 1997):\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion)\n   2. English (330 million)\n   3. Spanish (300 million)\n   4. Hindi/Urdu (250 million)\n   5. Arabic (200 million)\n   6. Bengali (185 million)\n   7. Portuguese (160 million)\n   8. Russian (160 million)\n   9. Japanese (125 million)\n  10. German (100 million)\n  11. Punjabi (90 million)\n  12. Javanese (80 million)\n  13. French (75 million)\n\nHowever, in terms of secondary speakers, Weber submits the following list:\n(number of speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. French (190 million)\n   2. English (150 million)\n   3. Russian (125 million)\n   4. Portuguese (28 million)\n   5. Arabic (21 million)\n   6. Spanish (20 million)\n   7. Chinese (20 million)\n   8. German (9 million)\n   9. Japanese (8 million)\n\nThus, if you add the secondary speaker populations to the primary speaker populations, you get the following (and I believe more accurate) list:\n(number of speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion)\n   2. English (480 million)\n   3. Spanish (320 million)\n   4. Russian (285 million)\n   5. French (265 million)\n   6. Hindi/Urdu (250 million)\n   7. Arabic (221 million)\n   8. Portuguese (188 million)\n   9. Bengali (185 million)\n  10. Japanese (133 million)\n  11. German (109 million)\n\nThe following is a list of these languages in terms of the number of countries where each is spoken.  The number that follows is the total number of countries that use that language (from Weber, 1997):\n\n   1. English (115)\n   2. French (35)\n   3. Arabic (24)\n   4. Spanish (20)\n   5. Russian (16)\n   6. German (9)\n   7. Mandarin (5)\n   8. Portuguese (5)\n   9. Hindi/Urdu (2)\n  10. Bengali (1)\n  11. Japanese (1)\n\nThe number of countries includes core countries (where the language has full legal or official status), outer core countries (where the language has some legal or official status and is an influential minority language, such as English in India or French in Algeria), and fringe countries (where the language has no legal status, but is an influential minority language in trade, tourism, and the preferred foreign language of the young, such as English in Japan or French in Romania).  For a complete breakdown of each and an accompanying chart, click here.\n\nAfter weighing six factors (number of primary speakers, number of secondary speakers, number and population of countries where used, number of major fields using the language internationally, economic power of countries using the languages, and socio-literary prestige), Weber compiled the following list of the world's ten most influential languages:\n(number of points given in parentheses)\n\n   1. English (37)\n   2. F
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One authoritative source that has collected data from all over the world, The Ethnologue, listed the total number of current languages in the world as 6809 (1).  These languages have come from about 20 “proto-langauges.” A “protolanguage” is simply:  a ”recorded ancestral language.”\n\nBased on the criteria of your question the answer is:\n\nAramaic\n\nAramaic is one of the world's oldest languages.  Last year, Aramaic was heard by large audiences in the film "Passion of the Christ", which portrayed the last 12 hours of Christ’s life.  Today this ancient language is spoken by around 15,000 people and is in danger of dying out.\nAramaic precedes Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Sanskrit and is also older then the “proto-language” from which Chinese originated.
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There are six official languages of the United Nations, in which all formal debate and communication are to be done in. Those are English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese. Most text is drafted in English and/or French.
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According to UN there are 6 main or offical languages spoken in the world and they are English, Chinise, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, French.
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In all  there are 6,912 known living languages:\n\nsome of them are as follows:\n\n\nAari\nAariya\nAasáx\nAbadi\nAbaga\nAbai Sungai\nAbanyom\nAbar\nAbau\nAbaza\nAbé\nAbidji\nAbinomn\nAbipon\nAbishira\nAbkhaz\nAbnaki, Eastern\nAbnaki, Western\nAbom\nAbon\nAbron\nAbu\nAbua\nAbui\nAbun\nAbung\nAbure\nAbureni\nAceh\nAchagua\nAchang\nAché\nAcheron\nAchi', Cubulco\nAchi', Rabinal\nAcholi\nAchterhoeks\nAchuar-Shiwiar\nAchumawi\nAcipa, Eastern\nAcipa, Western\nAcroá\nAdabe\nAdamorobe Sign Language\nAdang\nAdangbe\nAdap\nAdele\nAdhola\nAdi\nAdi, Galo\nAdioukrou\nAdonara\nAduge\nAdyghe\nAdynyamathanha\nAdzera\nAekyom\nAer\nAfade\nAfar\nAfitti\nAfrikaans\nAfro-Seminole Creole\nAgarabi\nAgariya\nAgatu\nAgavotaguerra\nAghem\nAghu\nAghu Tharnggalu\nAghul\nAgi\nAgob\nAgoi\nAgta, Alabat Island\nAgta, Camarines Norte\nAgta, Casiguran Dumagat\nAgta, Central Cagayan\nAgta, Dicamay\nAgta, Dupaninan\nAgta, Isarog\nAgta, Mt. Iraya\nAgta, Mt. Iriga\nAgta, Remontado\nAgta, Umiray Dumaget\nAgta, Villa Viciosa\nAguano\nAguaruna\nAguna\nAgutaynen\nAgwagwune\nÀhàn\nAhanta\nAhe\nAheu\nAhirani\nAhom\nAhtena\nAi-Cham\nAigon\nAiklep\nAiku\nAimaq\nAimele\nAimol\nAinbai\nAinu\nAinu\nAiome\nAiroran\nAiton\nAizi, Aproumu\nAizi, Mobumrin\nAizi, Tiagbamrin\nAja\nAja\nAjawa\nAjië\nAjyíninka Apurucayali\nAk\nAka\nAka\nAka-Bea\nAka-Bo\nAka-Cari\nAka-Jeru\nAka-Kede\nAka-Kol\nAka-Kora\nAkan\nAkar-Bale\nAkaselem\nAkateko\nAkawaio\nAke\nAkebu\nAkei\nAkha\nAkhvakh\nAklanon\nAkolet\nAkoose\nAkoye\nAkpa\nAkpes\nAkposo\nAkrukay\nAkuku\nAkum\nAkurio\nAkwa\nAlaba\nAlabama\nAlago\nAlagwa\nAlak\nAlamblak\nAlangan\nAlatil\nAlawa\nAlbanian, Arbëreshë\nAlbanian, Arvanitika\nAlbanian, Gheg\nAlbanian, Tosk\nAlege\nAlekano\nAlemannisch\nAleut\nAleut, Mednyj\nAlgerian Sign Language\nAlgonquin\nAli\n Alladian\nAllar\nAlngith\nAlor\nAlsea\nAlta, Northern\nAlta, Southern\nAltai, Northern\nAltai, Southern\nAlumu-Tesu\nAlune\nAlur\nAlutor\nAlviri-Vidari\nAlyawarr\nAma\nAma\nAmahai\nAmahuaca\nAmaimon\nAmal\nAmami-Oshima, Northern\nAmami-Oshima, Southern\nAmanab\nAmanayé\nAmapá Creole\nAmara\nAmarag\nAmarakaeri\nAmarasi\nAmba\nAmba\nAmbae, East\nAmbae, West\nAmbai\nAmbakich\nAmbelau\nAmbele\nAmblong\nAmbo\nAmbrym, North\nAmbrym, Southeast\nAmbulas\nAmdang\nAmele\nAmerax\nAmerican Sign Language\nAmharic\nAmi\nAmikoana\nAmis\nAmis, Nataoran\nAmo\nAmpanang\nAmri\nAmto\nAmundava\nAmuzgo, Guerrero\nAmuzgo, Ipalapa\nAmuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos\nAnaang\nAnakalangu\nAnal\nAnam\nAnambé\nAnamgura\nAnasi\nÁncá\nAndaman Creole Hindi\nAndaqui\nAndarum\nAndegerebinha\nAndh\nAndi\nAndio\nAndoa\nAndoque\nAndra-Hus\nAneityum\nAnem\nAneme Wake\nAnfillo\nAngaatiha\nAngal\nAngal Enen\nAngal Heneng\nAngika\nAngloromani\nAngolar\nAngor\nAngoram\nAnguillan Creole English\n||Ani\nAnii\nAnimere\nAnindilyakwa\nAnjam\nAnkave\nAnmatyerre\nAnor\nAnserma\nAnsus\nAntakarinya\nAntigua and Barbuda Creole English\nAnu\nAnuak\nAnufo\nAnuki\nAnus\nAnuta\nAnyin\nAnyin Morofo\nAoheng\nAore\nAp Ma\nApache, Jicarilla\nApache, Kiowa\nApache, Lipan\nApache, Mescalero-Chiricahua\nApache, Western\nApalaí\nApali\nApalik\nApatani\nApiacá\nApinayé\nApma\nA-Pucikwar\nApurinã\nAputai\nArabana\nArabela\nArabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken\nArabic, Algerian Spoken\nArabic, Babalia Creole\nArabic, Baharna Spoken\nArabic, Chadian Spoken\nArabic, Cypriot Spoken\nArabic, Dhofari Spoken\nArabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken\nArabic, Egyptian Spoken\nArabic, Gulf Spoken\nArabic, Hadrami Spoken\nArabic, Hasanya\nArabic, Hassaniyya\nArabic, Hijazi Spoken\nArabic, Judeo-Iraqi\nArabic, Judeo-Moroccan\nArabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian\nArabic, Judeo-Tunisian\nArabic, Judeo-Yemeni\nArabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken\nArabic, Libyan Spoken\nArabic, Mesopotamian Spoken\nArabic, Moroccan Spoken\nArabic, Najdi Spoken\nArabic, North Levantine Spoken\nArabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken\nArabic, Omani Spoken\nArabic, Sa`idi Spoken\nArabic, Sanaani Spoken\nArabic, Shihhi Spoken\nArabic, Shuwa\nArabic, South Levantine Spoken\nArabic, Standard\nArabi
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Hello,\n\n~~~~i am 22 years old and i speak 8 languages and learning more as well. I know someone aged 30 speaks 33 languages so it just depends ~~~~~~
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English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Arabic are the official languages of the United Nations
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There are 47 active languages spoken.
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There are approximately 7,300 main languages and about 39,491 alternate language names and dialects.\n\nLet's assume there are, on average, 75 ways to say no in each language.\n\nThat gives 2,961,825 ways to say no.  Take out an estimated 1,000,000 in overlap, and we're left with approximately 1,961.825 ways to say no.
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There would probably be three official languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese.  I believe they are the most-spoken languages on the planet.  I could be wrong, though.
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ANSWER: Although a language can be defined as differently from one person to the next, SIL International, the pre-eminent source for the catalogue of languages around the world, claim there are 6,912 known languages.\n\nEDIT: Posted wrong link, this is correct\n\nhttp://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp
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By far the main spoken language is Bengali. \n\nOther languages with over 100,000 speakers include Arakanese, Burmese, Chakma, Chittagonian, Hindi, Sadri, Sylheti and Urdu. \n\nA full breakdown of languages and the number of speakers is given on the link below.
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This is not true.  In the 19th century, some linguists proposed this as a possibility, but it has since been disproven.\n\nInitially, linguists thought that all world languages fell into four groups: Indo-European, Australo-Asiatic, Afro-Asiatic, and Sino-Tibetan.\n\nPeople had not yet really looked into Native American languages.  When it became clear that there were many languages worldwide that did not fit into the basic scheme of 4, linguists had to rethink everything.\n\nToday, it has become clear that there are hundreds of language families, and the basic four groups have been placed into a larger scheme containing dozens and dozens of "language families."  None of the language families are related to any other language families, so if you think about it, the great differences and high levels of complexity get really mind-boggling.\n\n(Just a note: the previous answers are way off - Latin, Greek and Sanskrit are all are part of the same family: Indo-European.)\n\nWikipedia has a decent website outlining the language families -- if you're interested, you might want to check it out.\n\nHere's an excerpt:\n\nThe largest language families in terms of number of languages are:\n\nNiger-Congo (1514 languages) \nAustronesian (1268 languages) \nTrans-New Guinea (564 languages) (validity disputed) \nIndo-European (449 languages) \nSino-Tibetan (403 languages) \nAfro-Asiatic (375 languages) \nNilo-Saharan (204 languages) \nPama-Nyungan (178 languages) \nOto-Manguean (174 languages) (number disputed; Lyle Campbell includes only 27) \nAustro-Asiatic (169 languages) \nSepik-Ramu (100 languages) (validity disputed) \nTai-Kadai (76 languages) \nTupi (76 languages) \nDravidian (73 languages) \nMayan (69 languages)
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i can speak 7 languages and understadn more than 10..i learnt them cuz i love learning new languages..its so much fulfulling to able to understand so many languages..its intoxicatin really