![]() ![]() It’s followed by Africa, with around 2000, America and Oceania, each with 1000 respectively, and finally Europe with some 280. If we look at the number of languages for each continent, according to an article in the Washington Post, Asia is the continent with the most languages, some 2300. ![]() While the fact that there are 6,000 languages sounds a lot, 75% of the world’s population can speak with just 20 languages. What’s more, at least 43% of the approximate 6,000 languages spoken in the world are in danger of becoming extinct. In some territories several languages are spoken, and knowing where one language starts, and another stops, is also tricky. It’s difficult then to calculate exactly how many languages there are worldwide. But the number is by no means fixed, just like languages themselves, which evolve and change to adapt to new societies and situations in the world. There are around 6000, according to Unesco. But how many languages are there really in the world? Saying we could translate all languages would be unrealistic and most likely infeasible. The answer is more than 25 language combinations. We often get asked at our company how many languages we can translate. ![]() How Many Languages are Spoken in the World? ![]()
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