How many languages are there in the world, and which ones?



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How many languages are there in the world, and which ones? and got a better answer

Response from Антон Владимирович[+++++]

Response from 0[+++++]
about 200 there are only 10 piploffs who speak their language can't remember the country they are extinct!

Response from 0[+++++]
There are as many languages as there are people

Response from 0[+++++]
Very many and different

Response from 0[+++++]
I can imagine if someone were to list them all there wouldn't be enough space

Response from 0[+++++]
According to the most conservative estimate there are 2.5 thousand, if you don't take into account the differences in dialects. If dialects are counted as separate languages, their total number will reach 5 thousand. The population of the world is already over 5 billion people, so on average there is one language or dialect per million people.

Response from 0[++]
about 3,000 languages if you count all the languages of humanity

Response from 0[+++++]
Under 3,000 plus dialects.

Response from 0[+]
Oh, that's a lot. And they're all pink.

Response from 0[+++++]
Why do you bother?

Response from 0[+++++]
several thousand! The most common are English Chinese Spanish

Response from 0[++]
two kinds of languages. Which ones? I answer: long and short:

Response from 0[+++++]
about 6,000.

 

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