

As per an article from [1] Ethonologue, there are 7,097 languages in the world.
Studies show that languages are most widely spread in Africa and Asia that represent more than 2/3 of the total number.
While the number of languages in Europe only represents 4% of the total, they are spoken by 22% of the planet while Asian languages are spoken by more than 50%.
Percentage of world language per region
- Asia 32% – 2,300
- Africa 30% – 2,143
- Pacific 19% – 1,306
- Americas 15% – 1,060
- Europe 4% – 288
Number of speakers in million per region
- Asia 4,015
- Europe 1,726
- Africa 980
- Americas 49.2
- Pacific 6,884
source: [1] https://www.ethnologue.com/guides/how-many-languages
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