The question pretty much says it all:
Which continent has the most languages, and could you please provide where you got the information.
Thanks.
2007-04-08 11:47:18 · 10 answers · asked by not_the_cup 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Ethnologue.com lists
Asia as tops with 2197
Then:
Americas -1013
Africa -1,058
Europe -230
Pacific -1,311
2007-04-08 15:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Africa has many more languages than any other continent.
It is estimated that there are between 2000 and 3000 languages spoken on the African continent, with possibly as many as 8000 dialects. African languages are divided into four major language families, as well as Austronesian.
2007-04-08 11:56:45 · answer #2 · answered by bwlobo 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My guess is Africa. I heard Indionesia has the most languages spoken in that country. 4,000 I believe! But that isn't exactly in Asia. It's sort of off the coast.
2007-04-08 12:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by andy c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Asia
2007-04-08 11:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Asia. Every other country has a different language.
Hindi
Nepali
Thai
Laotian
Cambodian
Chinese
Korean
Arabic
Pakistani
Mongolian
Japanese
Taiwanese
English
Indonisian
Vietnamese
and many more
South america has the fewest diversity of languages. It's either Portugese or Spanish there.
2007-04-08 11:52:22 · answer #5 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say Asia or Europe.
2007-04-08 13:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by prophet4000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
africa - there every tribe has it's own language or dialect
2007-04-08 11:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's North America because it has Canadian,Mexican,English,Hawiian,and more.It's like there are too many states.Like there are too many languages.
2007-04-08 11:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
According to UNESCO, it's Africa.
2007-04-08 12:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by paladin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africa!
2007-04-08 11:54:20 · answer #10 · answered by Bernard W 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋