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There around 455 languages which make the Indo-European language family. The most spoken Indo-European language is the West Germanic language English 1.52B.
Source: Ethnologue
There around 455 languages which make the Indo-European language family. The most spoken Indo-European language is the West Germanic language English 1.52B.
Source: Ethnologue
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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There around 455 languages which make the Indo-European language family. The most spoken Indo-European language is the West Germanic language English 1.52B.
Source: Ethnologue
There around 455 languages which make the Indo-European language family. The most spoken Indo-European language is the West Germanic language English 1.52B.
Source: Ethnologue
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Based on speakers count in the language families of the world’s languages, the Indo-European language family has the highest number of speakers 3.39B. The Indo-European language family is also one of the most studied language groups.
#Language #World #Lingustics #Indo-European
Based on speakers count in the language families of the world’s languages, the Indo-European language family has the highest number of speakers 3.39B. The Indo-European language family is also one of the most studied language groups.
#Language #World #Lingustics #Indo-European
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Based on speakers count in the language families of the world’s languages, the Indo-European language family has the highest number of speakers 3.39B. The Indo-European language family is also one of the most studied language groups.
#Language #World #Lingustics #Indo-European
Based on speakers count in the language families of the world’s languages, the Indo-European language family has the highest number of speakers 3.39B. The Indo-European language family is also one of the most studied language groups.
#Language #World #Lingustics #Indo-European
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The highest number of languages by country are as follows:
1-Papua New Guinea (Pacific) 841
2-Indonesia (Asia) 721
3-Nigeria (Africa) 538
4-India (Asia) 459
5-United States (Americas)364
The highest number of languages by country are as follows:
1-Papua New Guinea (Pacific) 841
2-Indonesia (Asia) 721
3-Nigeria (Africa) 538
4-India (Asia) 459
5-United States (Americas)364
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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The highest number of languages by country are as follows:
1-Papua New Guinea (Pacific) 841
2-Indonesia (Asia) 721
3-Nigeria (Africa) 538
4-India (Asia) 459
5-United States (Americas)364
The highest number of languages by country are as follows:
1-Papua New Guinea (Pacific) 841
2-Indonesia (Asia) 721
3-Nigeria (Africa) 538
4-India (Asia) 459
5-United States (Americas)364
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Papua New Guinea of the Pacific alone has 841 languages - the highest number in the world.
The second most linguistically diverse continent is Africa with around 2167 languages - 30.3% of the world’s languages with 1.28B speakers.
Papua New Guinea of the Pacific alone has 841 languages - the highest number in the world.
The second most linguistically diverse continent is Africa with around 2167 languages - 30.3% of the world’s languages with 1.28B speakers.
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Papua New Guinea of the Pacific alone has 841 languages - the highest number in the world.
The second most linguistically diverse continent is Africa with around 2167 languages - 30.3% of the world’s languages with 1.28B speakers.
Papua New Guinea of the Pacific alone has 841 languages - the highest number in the world.
The second most linguistically diverse continent is Africa with around 2167 languages - 30.3% of the world’s languages with 1.28B speakers.
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As of today, the highest number of languages concentrated in the Asian continent with around 2307 language varieties spoken by around 4.54B. That’s 32.2% of the world’s languages. The second highest number of languages in the world are concentrated in Indonesia - 721 languages.
As of today, the highest number of languages concentrated in the Asian continent with around 2307 language varieties spoken by around 4.54B. That’s 32.2% of the world’s languages. The second highest number of languages in the world are concentrated in Indonesia - 721 languages.
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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As of today, the highest number of languages concentrated in the Asian continent with around 2307 language varieties spoken by around 4.54B. That’s 32.2% of the world’s languages. The second highest number of languages in the world are concentrated in Indonesia - 721 languages.
As of today, the highest number of languages concentrated in the Asian continent with around 2307 language varieties spoken by around 4.54B. That’s 32.2% of the world’s languages. The second highest number of languages in the world are concentrated in Indonesia - 721 languages.
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After presenting the oldest language family in the world (Afroasiatic); the largest and most diverse language family in the world (Niger-Congo); today we are going to present the most diverse linguistic landscape by continent & by country.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Diversity
After presenting the oldest language family in the world (Afroasiatic); the largest and most diverse language family in the world (Niger-Congo); today we are going to present the most diverse linguistic landscape by continent & by country.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Diversity
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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After presenting the oldest language family in the world (Afroasiatic); the largest and most diverse language family in the world (Niger-Congo); today we are going to present the most diverse linguistic landscape by continent & by country.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Diversity
After presenting the oldest language family in the world (Afroasiatic); the largest and most diverse language family in the world (Niger-Congo); today we are going to present the most diverse linguistic landscape by continent & by country.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Diversity
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Another interesting feature of the Pirahã language is that it has solely present tense.
The Pirahã language along with Rotokas of Bougainville have only 11 contrastive sounds - the smallest inventory ever recorded today.
Another interesting feature of the Pirahã language is that it has solely present tense.
The Pirahã language along with Rotokas of Bougainville have only 11 contrastive sounds - the smallest inventory ever recorded today.
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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Another interesting feature of the Pirahã language is that it has solely present tense.
The Pirahã language along with Rotokas of Bougainville have only 11 contrastive sounds - the smallest inventory ever recorded today.
Another interesting feature of the Pirahã language is that it has solely present tense.
The Pirahã language along with Rotokas of Bougainville have only 11 contrastive sounds - the smallest inventory ever recorded today.
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The Pirahã people (2024-900 speakers) also exhibit simple kinship structure - the simplest ever recorded crosslinguistically until today: <baíxi> refers to a ‘parent, grandparent, or an elder’, <xahaigí> refers to a ‘sibling’; <hoagí or hoísai> refers to a ‘son’; & <kai> ‘daughter’.
The Pirahã people (2024-900 speakers) also exhibit simple kinship structure - the simplest ever recorded crosslinguistically until today: <baíxi> refers to a ‘parent, grandparent, or an elder’, <xahaigí> refers to a ‘sibling’; <hoagí or hoísai> refers to a ‘son’; & <kai> ‘daughter’.
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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The Pirahã people (2024-900 speakers) also exhibit simple kinship structure - the simplest ever recorded crosslinguistically until today: <baíxi> refers to a ‘parent, grandparent, or an elder’, <xahaigí> refers to a ‘sibling’; <hoagí or hoísai> refers to a ‘son’; & <kai> ‘daughter’.
The Pirahã people (2024-900 speakers) also exhibit simple kinship structure - the simplest ever recorded crosslinguistically until today: <baíxi> refers to a ‘parent, grandparent, or an elder’, <xahaigí> refers to a ‘sibling’; <hoagí or hoísai> refers to a ‘son’; & <kai> ‘daughter’.
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Pirahã exhibits only a two-way distinction quantifiers - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
Pirahã exhibits only a two-way distinction quantifiers - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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Pirahã exhibits only a two-way distinction quantifiers - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
Pirahã exhibits only a two-way distinction quantifiers - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
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There some interesting linguistic structures uncovered in the study of languages and linguistics some of which occur in the language of Pirahã and its people of the Amazon.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Amazaon #Brazil
There some interesting linguistic structures uncovered in the study of languages and linguistics some of which occur in the language of Pirahã and its people of the Amazon.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Amazaon #Brazil
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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There some interesting linguistic structures uncovered in the study of languages and linguistics some of which occur in the language of Pirahã and its people of the Amazon.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Amazaon #Brazil
There some interesting linguistic structures uncovered in the study of languages and linguistics some of which occur in the language of Pirahã and its people of the Amazon.
#Languages #World #Linguistics #Amazaon #Brazil
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Pirahã exhibits only a two-way contrastive quantifiers as a syntactic category for ‘number’ - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
Pirahã exhibits only a two-way contrastive quantifiers as a syntactic category for ‘number’ - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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Pirahã exhibits only a two-way contrastive quantifiers as a syntactic category for ‘number’ - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
Pirahã exhibits only a two-way contrastive quantifiers as a syntactic category for ‘number’ - ‘few’ & ‘many’; & there is zero-equivalency to cardinal & ordinal numbers in Pirahã.
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According to a recent estimate, there around 659M speakers in this language group - this is around 80-85% of Africa’s population - with Kiswahili alone leading with 150-200M speakers.
Sources: Ethnologue, Wikipedia & PHOIBLE 2.0
According to a recent estimate, there around 659M speakers in this language group - this is around 80-85% of Africa’s population - with Kiswahili alone leading with 150-200M speakers.
Sources: Ethnologue, Wikipedia & PHOIBLE 2.0
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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According to a recent estimate, there around 659M speakers in this language group - this is around 80-85% of Africa’s population - with Kiswahili alone leading with 150-200M speakers.
Sources: Ethnologue, Wikipedia & PHOIBLE 2.0
According to a recent estimate, there around 659M speakers in this language group - this is around 80-85% of Africa’s population - with Kiswahili alone leading with 150-200M speakers.
Sources: Ethnologue, Wikipedia & PHOIBLE 2.0
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This language family also host the majority of languages with a non-sex based nominal categories. This language family is also known for an elaborate contrastive tonal sound system, and large sound system inventories.
This language family also host the majority of languages with a non-sex based nominal categories. This language family is also known for an elaborate contrastive tonal sound system, and large sound system inventories.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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This language family also host the majority of languages with a non-sex based nominal categories. This language family is also known for an elaborate contrastive tonal sound system, and large sound system inventories.
This language family also host the majority of languages with a non-sex based nominal categories. This language family is also known for an elaborate contrastive tonal sound system, and large sound system inventories.
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As of today, there are around 143 different language families with over 7.6B speakers distributed all over the world. The Niger-Congo Language Family is the largest in the world in terms of language diversity & variation with over 1532 language varieties alone.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
As of today, there are around 143 different language families with over 7.6B speakers distributed all over the world. The Niger-Congo Language Family is the largest in the world in terms of language diversity & variation with over 1532 language varieties alone.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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As of today, there are around 143 different language families with over 7.6B speakers distributed all over the world. The Niger-Congo Language Family is the largest in the world in terms of language diversity & variation with over 1532 language varieties alone.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
As of today, there are around 143 different language families with over 7.6B speakers distributed all over the world. The Niger-Congo Language Family is the largest in the world in terms of language diversity & variation with over 1532 language varieties alone.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
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Our assumption is that the Proto-Afroasiatic language had most likely evolved out of a population along the Midwestern shores of the Red Sea (somewhere along the Eastern sea-lines of nowadays Sudan).
Our assumption is that the Proto-Afroasiatic language had most likely evolved out of a population along the Midwestern shores of the Red Sea (somewhere along the Eastern sea-lines of nowadays Sudan).
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Our assumption is that the Proto-Afroasiatic language had most likely evolved out of a population along the Midwestern shores of the Red Sea (somewhere along the Eastern sea-lines of nowadays Sudan).
Our assumption is that the Proto-Afroasiatic language had most likely evolved out of a population along the Midwestern shores of the Red Sea (somewhere along the Eastern sea-lines of nowadays Sudan).
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This language phylum comprises: Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, Omotic, and Berber phylogenetic subgroups. These languages are spoken by roughly around 500M speakers.
This language phylum comprises: Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, Omotic, and Berber phylogenetic subgroups. These languages are spoken by roughly around 500M speakers.
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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This language phylum comprises: Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, Omotic, and Berber phylogenetic subgroups. These languages are spoken by roughly around 500M speakers.
This language phylum comprises: Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, Omotic, and Berber phylogenetic subgroups. These languages are spoken by roughly around 500M speakers.
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The oldest language family we know so far is the Afroasiatic Language Family and its estimated dated genealogy is around 10000- 15000 years old. This language family is comprised of 381-391 fully-fledged language varieties - according to Glottolog and Ethnologue.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
The oldest language family we know so far is the Afroasiatic Language Family and its estimated dated genealogy is around 10000- 15000 years old. This language family is comprised of 381-391 fully-fledged language varieties - according to Glottolog and Ethnologue.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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The oldest language family we know so far is the Afroasiatic Language Family and its estimated dated genealogy is around 10000- 15000 years old. This language family is comprised of 381-391 fully-fledged language varieties - according to Glottolog and Ethnologue.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
The oldest language family we know so far is the Afroasiatic Language Family and its estimated dated genealogy is around 10000- 15000 years old. This language family is comprised of 381-391 fully-fledged language varieties - according to Glottolog and Ethnologue.
#Languages #World #Linguistics
Although I don’t entertain this idea of ‘New Year’ in both solar & lunar calendars in the world-all of them aren’t inclusive of the vast variations in the dimension of ‘time’ in the world, but as a token of ‘common courtesy’& equally also as an exercise of good ‘virtue’:I wish you a happy ‘new year’
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Although I don’t entertain this idea of ‘New Year’ in both solar & lunar calendars in the world-all of them aren’t inclusive of the vast variations in the dimension of ‘time’ in the world, but as a token of ‘common courtesy’& equally also as an exercise of good ‘virtue’:I wish you a happy ‘new year’
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As I said earlier, there are about 44% 3193 endangered languages in the world today. They are distributed all over the globe. These languages are not institutionalized, and the native speakers who speak these languages are in decline due to a lot of sociolinguistic reasons.
As I said earlier, there are about 44% 3193 endangered languages in the world today. They are distributed all over the globe. These languages are not institutionalized, and the native speakers who speak these languages are in decline due to a lot of sociolinguistic reasons.
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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As I said earlier, there are about 44% 3193 endangered languages in the world today. They are distributed all over the globe. These languages are not institutionalized, and the native speakers who speak these languages are in decline due to a lot of sociolinguistic reasons.
As I said earlier, there are about 44% 3193 endangered languages in the world today. They are distributed all over the globe. These languages are not institutionalized, and the native speakers who speak these languages are in decline due to a lot of sociolinguistic reasons.
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Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world today with around 1.2B speakers. While English has the largest number of native and non-native speakers combined (1.5B) in all over the world.
Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world today with around 1.2B speakers. While English has the largest number of native and non-native speakers combined (1.5B) in all over the world.
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world today with around 1.2B speakers. While English has the largest number of native and non-native speakers combined (1.5B) in all over the world.
Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world today with around 1.2B speakers. While English has the largest number of native and non-native speakers combined (1.5B) in all over the world.
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The world’s largest 20 languages constitute the native tongue of more than 3.7B individuals, which is just 0.3% of the worlds languages as of today whereby half of the world population are speaking these languages.
The world’s largest 20 languages constitute the native tongue of more than 3.7B individuals, which is just 0.3% of the worlds languages as of today whereby half of the world population are speaking these languages.
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The world’s largest 20 languages constitute the native tongue of more than 3.7B individuals, which is just 0.3% of the worlds languages as of today whereby half of the world population are speaking these languages.
The world’s largest 20 languages constitute the native tongue of more than 3.7B individuals, which is just 0.3% of the worlds languages as of today whereby half of the world population are speaking these languages.
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The most spoken language in the world as of today is ‘English’ by around 1.5B speakers around the globe, and then Mandarin Chinese takes the second place with around 1.2B speakers.
The most spoken language in the world as of today is ‘English’ by around 1.5B speakers around the globe, and then Mandarin Chinese takes the second place with around 1.2B speakers.
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The most spoken language in the world as of today is ‘English’ by around 1.5B speakers around the globe, and then Mandarin Chinese takes the second place with around 1.2B speakers.
The most spoken language in the world as of today is ‘English’ by around 1.5B speakers around the globe, and then Mandarin Chinese takes the second place with around 1.2B speakers.
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There are about 7159 languages in the world today in 242 countries with around 3193 (44%) endangered languages - there is decreasing interest in the newer generation to learn the language. English and Mandarin Chinese have the highest number of speakers in the world.
#Languages #World #People
There are about 7159 languages in the world today in 242 countries with around 3193 (44%) endangered languages - there is decreasing interest in the newer generation to learn the language. English and Mandarin Chinese have the highest number of speakers in the world.
#Languages #World #People
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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There are about 7159 languages in the world today in 242 countries with around 3193 (44%) endangered languages - there is decreasing interest in the newer generation to learn the language. English and Mandarin Chinese have the highest number of speakers in the world.
#Languages #World #People
There are about 7159 languages in the world today in 242 countries with around 3193 (44%) endangered languages - there is decreasing interest in the newer generation to learn the language. English and Mandarin Chinese have the highest number of speakers in the world.
#Languages #World #People
