Did you know that:
We don't know exactly how many languages there are currently in the world, there are estimates from 3 000 to 10 000. In reality there is probably around 4 000 to 5 000 currently living languages.
Living languages are languages which have native speakers alive who use it.
Extinct languages have no native speakers.
Top twenty languages regarding mother tongue speakers:
1. Chinese 2. English 3. Spanish 4. Hindi 5. Arabic
Top twenty language with official language population:
1. English 2. Chinese 3. Hindi 4. Spanish 5. Russian
(From: Crystal, D. (1995) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.) |
