How many languages are there in the entire world?
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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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There are many...it is a language made of Sanskrit, Greek and Latin\n\nYou don't respect people in english...you call you to all...which is very bad
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_speakers
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Most Commonly Spoken Languages \nRank Language Number of Speakers \n1 Chinese (Mandarin) 1,000,000,000 + \n2 English 508,000,000 \n3 Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) 497,000,000 \n4 Spanish 392,000,000 \n5 Russian 277,000,000 \n6 Arabic 246,000,000 \n7 Bengali 211,000,000 \n8 Portuguese 191,000,000 \n9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 \n10 French 129,000,000
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Most Widely Spoken Languages \nin the World/Language Approx. number of speakers \n\n 1. Chinese (Mandarin) 1,075,000,000 \n 2. English 514,000,000 \n 3. Hindustani 496,000,000 \n 4. Spanish 425,000,000 \n 5. Russian 275,000,000 \n 6. Arabic 256,000,000 \n 7. Bengali 215,000,000 \n 8. Portuguese 194,000,000 \n 9. Malay-Indonesian 176,000,000 \n10. French 129,000,000
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Yes there is possibly more English speaking then any other language, yet I doubt it would be spoken all over the world, because nationalities want to keep tradition and want to speak in their own language and not a strange forgien one.
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The 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\nChinese (937,132,000) \nSpanish (332,000,000) \nEnglish (322,000,000) \nBengali (189,000,000) \nHindi/Urdu (182,000,000) \nArabic (174,950,000) \nPortuguese (170,000,000) \nRussian (170,000,000) \nJapanese (125,000,000) \nGerman (98,000,000) \nFrench (79,572,000) \n\n\nThe following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\nMandarin Chinese (836 million) \nHindi (333 million) \nSpanish (332 million) \nEnglish (322 million) \nBengali (189 million) \nArabic (186 million) \nRussian (170 million) \nPortuguese (170 million) \nJapanese (125 million) \nGerman (98 million) \nFrench (72 million)
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Well the UN officially recognises exactly 200 countries. However there are several which claim independance, but are not recognised, ir Chechnya, Kashmir, Western Sahara etc Also there are more countries which exist as parts of Unions or Federations, and so are only counted once, ie England, Scotland, Wales & N.Ireland are all counted as the UK. \nAs for language's. There are over 7000 according to the Ethnologue, although UN statistics suggest the number is closer to 3,500 that are in common use, although with globalisation there is apparently a language extinction every 20 days or so at present! Although is seems a large number the vast majority or people upon the Earth speak one of the top 50 most common. The top 10 are:\n1 Chinese (Mandarin) 1,000,000,000 + \n2 English 508,000,000 \n3 Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) 497,000,000 \n4 Spanish 392,000,000 \n5 Russian 277,000,000 \n6 Arabic 246,000,000 \n7 Bengali 211,000,000 \n8 Portuguese 191,000,000 \n9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000 \n10 French 129,000,000
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The answer may come as a surprise. Depending on one's definition, estimates range from at least 4,000 languages to 6,000. Either way, this is still quite a large number. One obvious fact is that languages vary greatly in size. We go all the way from English and Spanish with hundreds of millions of speakers around the world - even more if we count all those who use one of these regularly as a second language - down to small languages spoken by a few thousand or a few hundred people. Many go down lower than this: some languages are spoken natively by only a couple dozen or so people, and languages like this soon go down to a single speaker and disappear forever (extinction of languages is the topic of
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Best in which context?\nHowever, according to current statistics, the most spoken native languages rated as follows:\n\nRank Language       Primary Country   Population \n1 CHINESE MANDARIN   China         885,000,000 \n2 SPANISH            Spain         332,000,000 \n3 ENGLISH           United Kingdom 322,000,000 \n4 BANGLA            Bangladesh     189,000,000 \n5 HINDI             India          182,000,000 \n6 PORTUGUESE        Portugal       170,000,000 \n7 RUSSIAN           Russia         170,000,000 \n8 JAPANESE          Japan          125,000,000 \n9 GERMAN            Germany        98,000,000 \n10 CHINESE WU       China          77,175,000 \n\nOf them, obviously English is most widely used in all over the world and then spanish. Two other widely used languages are not listed, French and Arabic.\n\nThe most dminant language in the field of literature is also English having 26 Nobel Prize holders, following French 13, German 12 and Spanish 10. Other important Nobel prize holders are in Italian 6, Swedish 6, Russian 5. All listed languages have woned Nobel Prize except Hindi.\n\nIn all continents there are people whose 1st language is English unlike any other language. Now English is more than a language, it is a communication tool.\n\nLatin, Sanskrit and arabic are 3 very important languages called dead language, of them arabic is still mother language of millions over number of countries in 2 continents.
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The following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):\n\nMandarin Chinese (836 million) \nHindi (333 million) \nSpanish (332 million) \nEnglish (322 million) \nBengali (189 million)
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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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I found this on the CIA's world fact book:\n\n"English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language"
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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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there is at least one major language per county. in some places like affrica tribes of people can have their own language all together. in that case however in order to comunicate with other tribes those people know more than one language at all times.\n\ni speak 4 languages. english, french, german, and spanish.\n\nenglish comes in handy all over the world. french, german are only used in smaller area. \nspanish has different dialects and is a more widly used one.\n\ni sujest that you learn one language of each type first. the others come more esily that way.\n\nthe catagories are:\ngermanic: this includes english\nlatin baiced: this french, spanish, italien\nrussian: and those like are semi germanic\nasian: korean, chinese, japanes to name only a few\nmiddle eastern: hindi, jewish, greek, there are more\naustralien: and its dialects amung tribes\nafrican: and it's tribes. although french and english are commun\nsouth american: spanish is commun there
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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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same amount of nations in the world and 7 continents