2007-04-21 11:43:07 · 11 answers · asked by Patatina P 1 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)
2007-04-21 11:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by Redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is in the region of 2 000. Many of these have very few speakers though and will die when their speakers die. The descendants of such people often adopt other languages since they live in communities where other languages dominate.
2007-04-21 18:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by ellipse4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7,265
Niger-Congo (1,514 languages)
Austronesian (1,268 languages)
Trans-New Guinea (564 languages) (validity disputed)
Indo-European (449 languages)
Sino-Tibetan (403 languages)
Afro-Asiatic (375 languages)
Nilo-Saharan (204 languages)
Pama-Nyungan (178 languages) (validity disputed)
Oto-Manguean (174 languages) (number disputed; Lyle Campbell includes only 27)
Austro-Asiatic (169 languages)
Sepik-Ramu (100 languages) (validity disputed)
Tai-Kadai (76 languages)
Tupi (76 languages)
Dravidian (73 languages)
Mayan (69 languages)
2007-04-21 19:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6,912 known living languages
2007-04-21 18:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by ra63 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I count fifteen language families!
2007-04-21 18:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's hundreds of thousands if not millions, including languages in math, computer programming, etc.
2007-04-21 18:45:37 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
140 languages
2007-04-21 18:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by AMOReninha 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
its really impossible to know....everyday people discover new tribes in Africa and South America and even part of Asia and Austrailia....and each tribe has their own language so there is really no way to know
2007-04-21 18:48:34 · answer #8 · answered by Sean Giborty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One.
Tha language of luuurve.
2007-04-21 18:46:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thousands, if you include dialects. Largest is Mandarin.
2007-04-21 18:46:43 · answer #10 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋