2006-09-28 04:19:52 · 6 answers · asked by Martin P 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's had to say because the definition of what is a language is a bit hard to determine and there are also people that have never met civilization and then we don't know what languages they speak or how many.
Ethnologue has created a comprehensive directory over the languages in the world and they have listed around 7000 languages spoken or signed. (About 25% or the languages are spoken by 1000 or less persons.)
2006-09-28 04:30:15 · answer #1 · answered by *duh* 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 04:21:36 · answer #2 · answered by mick241602 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing as an "official list" of the world's languages. There are several scientifically-based authoritative lists out there, but they average about 6000. That's the number that most linguists use as a working number. If you assign one person to represent 1000 languages, there is one person to represent all the native languages of the Americas, two persons to represent the languages of Africa, one person for the languages of Eurasia, one person for the languages of Australia and all the islands of Asia and the Pacific, and one person for the island of New Guinea.
2006-09-28 05:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
what you mean officially what in the world do any official have to do with the human communication system one group may have differing from another!
you should have asked how many known languages are there. that my friend would have been more appropriate!
and to answer your question my friend too many to ever ever be recorded for there are languages many use that other groups no not of!
peace!!
2006-09-28 04:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The most authoritative source on the languages of the world (Ethnologue, Grimes 1996) lists just over 6,500 living languages
2006-09-28 04:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by Perkins 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are approximately over 105 languages
2006-09-28 04:23:17 · answer #6 · answered by Smartalec 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋