Number of Living Languages

Did you know that there are 6909 living languages in the world? Distribution of languages by area of origin Area Living languages Number of speakers Count Percent Count Percent Mean Median Africa 2,110 30.5 726,453,403 12.2 344,291 25,200 Americas 993 14.4 50,496,321 0.8 50,852 2,300 Asia 2,322 33.6 3,622,771,264 60.8 1,560,194 11,100 Europe 234 3.4 […]