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   How many languages are there?

   • The data comes from the 22nd edition of Ethnologue, a database covering a majority of the world’s population, detailing approximately 7,111 living languages in existence today. The definitions of languages are often dynamic, blurring the lines around a singular understanding of what makes a language:

   Ranked: The 100 Most Spoken Languages Worldwide - Visual Capitalist

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   How many English speakers are there in the world?

   • Of the billion-strong English speakers in the world, only 33% consider it their native language. The popularity of a language depends greatly on utility and geographic location. Additionally, how we measure the spread of world languages can vary greatly depending on whether you look at total speakers or native speakers.

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   What percentage of the world's population is bilingual?

   • Nearly 43% of the world’s population is bilingual, with the ability to switch between two languages with ease. From the data, second language (L2) speakers can be calculated by looking at the difference between native and total speakers, as a proportion of the total. For example, 66% of English speakers learned it as a second language.

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   What is the most widely spoken language in the world?

   • The world's most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers and as a second language, according to figures from UNESCO (The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French. 3.

   Languages of the world - Interesting facts about languages

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2. www.visualcapitalist.com › 100-most-spokeRanked: The 100 Most Spoken Languages Around the World

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   Feb 15, 2020 · Today’s detailed visualization from WordTips illustrates the 100 most spoken languages in the world, the number of native speakers for each language, and the origin tree that each language has branched out from.

3. www.nationsonline.org › oneworld › languagesLanguages of the World - A Nations Online Project

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   Learn about the diversity, distribution and history of languages in the world, with facts and figures from various sources. Find out the most widely spoken languages, the official languages of the UN, the languages by continent and the languages by region.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_languages_byList of languages by number of native speakers - Wikipedia

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   The Ethnologue 200 accounts for most of the world's population. Over 88% of people speak one of these languages as their native tongue, and many hundreds of millions more speak them as second languages. This ranking accounts for both, showing the total usage worldwide.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_languages_by_totalList of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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   Lists of languages. List of languages by number of native speakers. List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language. Number of languages by country. World language. Languages used on the Internet. Extinct language.

   Language	Family	Branch	First-language (l1) Speakers
   English (excl. creole languages )	Indo-European	Germanic	380 million
   Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, ...	Sino-Tibetan	Sinitic	939 million
   Hindi (excl. Urdu )	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	345 million
   Spanish (excl. creole languages )	Indo-European	Romance	485 million

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6. en.wal.unesco.org › world-atlas-languagesThe World Atlas of Languages | UNESCO WAL

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   The World Atlas of Languages is an interactive and dynamic online tool that documents different aspects and features of language status in countries and languages around the world. It aims to provide a detailed record of languages as communicative tools and knowledge resources in their sociocultural and socio-political contexts, based on official data from UNESCO’s Member States and other sources.

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8. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › fieldLanguages - The World Factbook

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   Find out which languages are spoken in each country and how many people speak them as a first or second language. The World Factbook provides a comprehensive and reliable source of information on languages around the world.

9. www.bbc.co.uk › languages › guideBBC - Languages - Languages - Languages of the world ...

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   Learn about the number, distribution and difficulty of languages in the world, as well as the endangered, alphabets and origins of languages. Find out why learning another language is important and how to do it well with BBC Languages.

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