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Official and National Languages of the World by Continent. Languages of Africa List of Languages of Africa by Countries. Languages of the Americas List of Languages of the Americas and the Caribbean by Countries. Languages of Asia List of Languages of Asia by Countries. Languages of Australia and the Pacifics List of Languages of the Pacifics by Countries. Languages of Europe List of Languages of the European Countries. Most spoken Languages of the World List of Languages most widely spoken in the world. Countries by Languages Megalanguages around the World - List of Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, French, Speaking Countries International Languages Codes Languages identification codes. List of English and French Language names with ISO 639-2 Alpha-3 as well as some of the Alpha-2 codes arranged alphabetically by English name of language. |
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Geographic Distribution of Living Languages (2000) | |||
| Total Living Languages | Percentage | |||
| Africa | 2 058 | 30% | ||
| The Americas | 1 013 | 15% | ||
| Asia | 2 197 | 32% | ||
| Australia/Pacific | 1 311 | 19% | ||
| Europe | 230 | 3% | ||
| Total | 6 809 | |||
| Source: Ethnologue |
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"First language" speakers (2000 est.) | ||
| Chinese, Mandarin | 14.37% | ||
| Hindi | 6.02% | ||
| English | 5.61% | ||
| Spanish | 5.59% | ||
| Bengali | 3.40% | ||
| Portuguese | 2.63% | ||
| Russian | 2.75% | ||
| Japanese | 2.06% | ||
| German, Standard | 1.64% | ||
| Korean | 1.28% | ||
| French | 1.27% | ||
| Source: CIA World Factbook |
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