Poll: How many languages are in use today?
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Jun 6, 2025

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Ivon Ng'umbi
 
Alison MacG (X)
Alison MacG (X)
Uingereza
Local time: 05:18
? Jun 6, 2025

Is this a quiz?

Zea_Mays
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Gyöngyi Tanácsi
Alex Lichanow
Lieven Malaise
writeaway
ipv
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Ureno
Local time: 05:18
Mwanachama(2007)
Kiingereza hadi Kireno
+ ...
7000+ Jun 6, 2025

https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/how-many-languages/#:~:text=7,159%20languages%20are%20in%20use,by%20our%20rapidly%20changing%20world.

Peter Simon
Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
Maria Laura Curzi
Philip Lees
 
Lieven Malaise
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Ubelgiji
Local time: 06:18
Mwanachama(2020)
Kifaransa hadi Kidaji
+ ...
Yes Jun 6, 2025

Alison MacG wrote:
Is this a quiz?


Yes, and you are allowed to use your smartphone and Google. Everybody wins!


Charlotte Spinetta
Christel Zipfel
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Philip Lees
 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
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Kostarika
Local time: 22:18
Mwanachama(Oct 2026)
Kiingereza hadi Kihispania
+ ...
I would say that... many languages... Jun 6, 2025

It is a win-win! I wish all my exams were like this.

Lieven Malaise wrote:

Alison MacG wrote:
Is this a quiz?


Yes, and you are allowed to use your smartphone and Google. Everybody wins!


 
peter palladius
peter palladius
Uhindi/India
Local time: 09:48
Kihispania hadi Kiingereza
+ ...
List of countries by number of languages Jun 7, 2025

Check this out...fascinating

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_languages


 


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Poll: How many languages are in use today?






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