Languages spoken around the world
There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1 billion people. We represent each language within black borders and then provide the numbers of native speakers (in millions) by country. The color of these countries shows how languages have taken root in many different regions
Use the picture to answer the questions below. The first person to post all 8 answers correctly will win a prize!
- How many languages are in the picture above?
- How many people speak English as their mother tongue?
- How many people in the United States speak English as their mother tongue?
- How many people speak Spanish as their mother tongue?
- How many people in the United States speak Spanish as their mother tongue?
- How many people in China speak Korean as their mother tongue?
- In how many countries do people speak French?
- How many people are learning Italian?
