2007-05-23 12:18:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
A few thousand, depending on how you define languages and dialects. For instance, are Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans different languages or dialects? Spanish spoken in Europe and different parts of the Americas? Brazilian and European Portuguese? English spoken in different countries? I've met people from Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Wales and the east end of London who I can hardly understand. But most language experts would say there are about 6000 different languages. Sadly, many of them are dying out, especially in South America.
2007-05-23 12:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let me bet... your local language is both english of arabic, correct? The reality of the problem is that there are too many cultures all over the place the arena and every body, if they've any pleasure, wish be what they're. A russian individual could wish to talk russian, and an indian individual could wish to talk Hindi, or anything his title language is. Even if one regulated language was once made for the wrold populace, the local lnague could have an effect on it and it could diverge into many distinct dialects, if now not a entire new pidgen language.
2016-09-05 09:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethnologue lists 6,912 living languages in the world today. Keep in mind, however, that the number of languages may never be determined exactly. At the same time, estimates of how many people speak a given language can vary considerably. Some surveys include only first language (native) speakers, others include both first and second language speakers (i.e., those who use the language in daily life but are not native speakers of it).
2007-05-23 12:25:32 · answer #3 · answered by Kalikina 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ethnologue lists 6,912 living languages in the world today. Keep in mind, however, that the number of languages may never be determined exactly
2007-05-23 12:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer is, "No".
The Philippines have 175 languages, Indonesia 750.
The number of dead languages will never be known.
The number of discovered new ones grows every year.
2007-05-23 12:30:23 · answer #5 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The popular reference site says 6912. Don't ask me where they get that figure from! However, don't be too quick to write them off -- they know what they're talking about.
http://www.ethnologue.com/
The problem always comes in making a distinction between a language ("a dialect with an army and navy") and dialect. For that reason, the figure will vary by a lot!
2007-05-23 12:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
As of early 2007, there are 6,912 known living human languages
2007-05-23 12:38:14 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Ferdie ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
30 at least!
2007-05-23 13:10:09 · answer #8 · answered by garik 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, no one really knows.
2007-05-23 12:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋