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Sino-Tibetan languages include 8 Chinese languages including Manadarin, as well as the Burmese language.Niger-Congo origin includes 12 languages such as Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu, and others.Afro-Asiatic is made of 15 languages which includes 12 different types of Arabic as well as Amharic, Somali, and Hausa.Indo-European has 42 distinct languages such as English, Hindi, Spanish, French, Bengali, Russian, Portuguse, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Bavarian, Czech, and more.The most spoken languages in the world can be split into 9 language families:
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There is also a set criteria for language measurements, called ISO 693-3, which ensures that languages are counted for more than just their linguistics. Social: focused on cultural or political factors, as well as heritage and identity.Linguistic: focused on lexical and grammatical differences, or on variations within speech communities.
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But the most surprising is the most spoken language in the world - see if you can guess what it is!Īccording to Ethnologue, a database for world population, a language must be two things: Languages are the spice of life, and there are so many more in the world than you may realize! With over 6,500 languages, it would be impossible to encounter each one, making one just as surprising as the next.