Papua New Guinea has most number of languages
There are nearly 850 languages spoken in Papua New Guinea , making it the most linguistically diverse place on earth
India stands fourth with 453.
2019 is the United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages.
In 2016, the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues pointed out that "40% of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken around the world were in danger of disappearing".
Several languages are now "endangered" and in the case of languages like Tiniguan (Colombian origin), there is just a single native speaker left.
Ethnologue, a directory of languages, lists 7,111 living languages worldwide
Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic are the most widely spoken languages worldwide
These five languages account for what is spoken by over 40% of people worldwide.
There are nearly 850 languages spoken in Papua New Guinea , making it the most linguistically diverse place on earth
India stands fourth with 453.
2019 is the United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages.
In 2016, the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues pointed out that "40% of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken around the world were in danger of disappearing".
Several languages are now "endangered" and in the case of languages like Tiniguan (Colombian origin), there is just a single native speaker left.
Ethnologue, a directory of languages, lists 7,111 living languages worldwide
Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic are the most widely spoken languages worldwide
These five languages account for what is spoken by over 40% of people worldwide.
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