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This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the ...
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties , and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.
The following languages are listed as having at least 50 million first-language speakers in the 27th edition of Ethnologue published in 2024. [7] This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties , such as Arabic , Lahnda , Persian , Malay , Pashto , and Chinese .
English as a first language is only spoken by 259,678 people, as a second language by 182,717,239 and as a third language by 45,562,173. [4] Nigeria: 206,200,000 125,039,680: 60.64 20,000,000 9.70: 103,198,040 50.05: English is the most widespread language in the country due to the many different languages spoken, with 60 million speakers. [5]
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
Equatorial Guinea: Spanish, French and Portuguese are the official languages of the country. [5] Fang, Bube, Igbo, Pidgin English, Annobonese are also spoken. [6] [7] Republic of the Congo: French (official), Lingala and Kituba national languages [8] plus other dialects, including Kikongo and Kituba.
Languages by speakers are split into the following articles: List of languages by number of native speakers; List of languages by total number of speakers
Wikipedia has several articles cataloging the languages of the world in different ways: See also. Language; Category:Lists of languages; This page was ...