What are all the languages called?

Answer 1

It is impossible to list all the world's languages, here. We aren't even positive how many languages there are. Some people who study language say there are about 6800 languages, some say there are 6900.

The problem is, what do you consider a language? Does it have to be written, or can it just be spoken? Can a language be a dialect of another language? How many people does a language have to be spoken by to qualify as a language?

Take, for example, a language spoken by a tribe of Amazonian aboriginals that haven't been discovered, yet. Does it count? Or what if only 57 people speak that language. Or is it a modified version of the language spoken by the next tribe up the river.

What about languages like pig-latin? In USA-style pig-latin, at-they ould-way ee-bay oken-spay is-thway.

In the Arabic countries, pig latin would be spoken this way (add the "Z" sound before every vowel) Example hzow wzould yzou lzike tzo spzeak thzis wzay? Is it a separate language?

Answer 2

There are currently over 7,000 languages spoken in the world, each with its own unique characteristics and cultural significance. Some of the most spoken languages include English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic.