HUMAN LANGUAGES

THERE ARE ABOUT 7,000 LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD.

THERE ARE 50,000 CHARACTERS IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.

YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 2,000 TO READ A NEWSPAPER.

12.44% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION SPEAKS

MANDARIN AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.

THERE ARE ABOUT 2,200 LANGUAGES IN ASIA.

1/4 OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION SPEAKS AT LEAST

SOME ENGLISH.

50% OF EDUCATIONAL TIME IN LUXEMBOURG IS DEVOTED

TO LEARNING ENGLISH, GERMAN, AND FRENCH.

THERE ARE 13 WAYS TO SPELL THE ‘O’ SOUND IN FRENCH.

THERE IS A LANGUAGE IN BOTSWANA THAT CONSISTS

OF MAINLY 5 TYPES OF CLICKS.

THERE ARE 2,400 LANGUAGES CLASSIFIED AS BEING

‘ENDANGERED’.