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Language Statistics

The following table shows each one of the continents with their respective language statistics.

A Living Language is defined as one that has at least one speaker for whom it is their first language; these not includes extinct languages and languages that are used only as a second language.
In this count, each language is counted only once so that the total count at the bottom of the table shows the total of living languages in the world. A language that is spoken in more than one country is counted under the area of its primary country.

Number of Speakers is the total number of people who use these languages as their first language, regardless of where in the world they may live.

Area

Living Languages

Number of Speakers


Count

Porcent

Count

Porcent

Africa

2 092

30.3

675 887 158

11.8

Americas

1 002

14.5

47 559 381

0.8

Asia

2 269

32.8

3 489 897 147

61.0

Europe

239

3.5

1 504 393 183

26.3

Pacific

1 310

19.0

6 124 341

0.1

Totals

6 912

100.0

5 723 861 210

100.0


Number of Living Languages by Country
Major Language families of the World
Languages by Country
Top Languages on the Internet




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