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How many languages are there in the world?

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How many languages are there in the world?

Most of us speak and communicate, of which language is an indispensable thing, most countries have their own language, and there are many countries in the world, so there are many languages, so how many languages are there in the world? Oct 22, 2024

How many languages are there in the world?


It is known that there are now 5651 identified languages, but among these huge variety of languages, there are 1400 languages that have not been officially recognized by human beings, some of which are not considered to be independent languages, and some of which have gradually started to decline and die out because the number of people using the language is gradually decreasing. Language is an important tool for human communication and a major means of expression between humans, so humans cannot live without it.

Generally speaking, every nationality has its own language and way of communication, so language is also an important characteristic of a nation. Chinese is one of the most spoken native languages in the world.

 

What is the composition of a language?


Language is composed of phonology, grammar and vocabulary, where vocabulary is a system of phonological expressions according to a certain grammar. Languages can be divided into different linguistic families according to their characteristics and origins, each of which contains a different number of languages, and different languages learn from and integrate with each other in the process of development.

 

Definition of language?


Language is a form of communication developed among living beings of the same kind because of the need to communicate, with a unified standard of coding and decoding, is the shell of sound and symbols, with meaning as the connotation, a kind of thing that contains a wide range of meaning, although most of the language is human, but in fact, some animals also have language among themselves.

 

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