2007-10-04 21:38:32 · 12 answers · asked by rocky rawal 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's difficult to answer as only in India every region for every state is having different language. And there are 29 states with 100 or more villages each.
So, there might be more than 6000 languages all over the world.
2007-10-04 22:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by Krishna 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know and it's not easy for anyone to answer this. There must be so many different spoken languages all over the country. In our country we have 41 different spoken languages. This is just a country (Kenya)
2007-10-04 21:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by dviakal78 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nobody knows that. The one who knew that would probably get the Nobel prize, but there is no chance for anyone to receive it. The Nobel Academy would not be able to cheque it out. One thing is sure, the languages of the world are diminishing as tribes in remote areas of the world are dying out.
2007-10-05 02:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Over 4,500 and may be as high as 8,000 allowing for languages in remote parts of the world that have not yet been investigated.
2007-10-04 22:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approx 1 dialect on every 4 miles
2007-10-04 21:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Vishu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to ethnologue, 6,912. But the definition of "language" is somewhat arbitrary, as others have pointed out.
2007-10-05 04:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
between 6 000 and 8 000
the problem lies in the definition "what is a language and what is only a dialect, variety of it".
2007-10-04 21:45:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does your question include dialicts and body language?
2007-10-08 02:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by Celeste 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9,675 languages
2007-10-05 00:53:48 · answer #9 · answered by Arjun M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
might be 16,000 to17,000 are spoken
2007-10-04 22:33:33 · answer #10 · answered by kgvarshini 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋