Jul 19 2006
Languages of the world
There are 6,912 “known living languages” in the world. According to the same source “The number of languages listed for India is 428. Of those, 415 are living languages and 13 are extinct”. A country-by-country summary reveals a clearer picture of the language distribution. Surprisingly, Indonesia, which is so much smaller than India in size, has nearly twice the number of spoken languages. The exact figure is 742. Even more surprising is the number of living languages listed for Papua New Guinea. It’s 820!
Source: http://www.ethnologue.com
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