Can you name some,if not all.Is it possible to name all?
2007-03-05 07:42:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
There are 6,800 known languages spoken in the 200 countries of the world. 2,261 have writing systems (the others are only spoken) and about 300 are represented by on-line dictionaries as of May 11, 2004.
Go to the following link, you have the list:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html
2007-03-05 07:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by Martha P 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends how you count them and the way you distinguish a language from a dialect. The Ethnologue website claims 6912 languages to be spoken.
2007-03-05 07:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by Reindeer Herder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 6000languages In Ethiopia alone there are80
2007-03-09 00:48:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait i'll be right back.......
Check this link
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/november/worldlanguages.htm
Check this one too is the best
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages
2007-03-05 07:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by US Cutie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋