There are 7,000 living languages worldwide, with over 2,000 in Africa and Asia and 200 in Europe. Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers, while Spanish and English follow. Many languages face extinction by 2050 due to the internet’s impact on language structure.
There are nearly 7,000 living languages in the world, as well as hundreds of extinct and endangered languages. There are more than 2,000 living languages in both Africa and Asia, and there are around 200 languages spoken in Europe every day.
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About 95% of the world’s languages are spoken by only about 6% of the world’s population. This means that most languages only have a small number of people who use them on a regular basis.
The language with the largest number of native speakers is Mandarin Chinese, with nearly 900 million speakers. Spanish is the language with the highest number of native speakers, with over 400 million native speakers, followed by English, which has approximately 300 million native speakers.
Some linguists believe that 90 percent of all languages will become extinct by 2050. They argue that the entire structure of language is in crisis, partly due to the spread of the Internet, and that language will completely renew itself in the coming years.
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