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How many languages are there in the world?

There are about 6,912 known languages in the world, out of which 516 are nearly extinct.
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Updated on Monday, February 06 2012 at 07:05AM EST
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There are 6,912 known languages in the world. The number of those that are nearly extinct is 516.

There are 6,500 living languages listed. Of these, 6,000 have registered population figures. Mandarin is the language that has the most speakers.

There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world! Mandarin has 885 million speakers compared to German having 98 million speakers.

There are about 6,900 known languages. Mandarin is most widely spoken, followed by Spanish, English

There are about 6,900 known languages. Mandarin is the most widely spoken, followed by Spanish, then English.

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