Number Of Languages By Country - Culture

Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,217,696 members, 8,035,146 topics. Date: Monday, 23 December 2024 at 03:24 AM

Number Of Languages By Country - Culture - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Culture / Number Of Languages By Country (26450 Views)

The Number Of Igbos Who Cannot Speak The Language Is Alarming! / Languages Spoken In Each Of The 36 States In Nigeria / Chadic Group Of Languages. (2) (3) (4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (Reply) (Go Down)

Number Of Languages By Country by Realtord43: 4:49pm On Mar 24

Number of languages by country:

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea: 840
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 710
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 524
🇮🇳 India: 453
🇺🇸 USA: 335
🇦🇺 Australia: 319
🇨🇳 China: 305
🇲🇽 Mexico: 292
🇨🇲 Cameroon: 275
🇧🇷 Brazil: 228
🇨🇦 Canada: 195
🇵🇭 Philippines: 191
🇷🇺 Russia: 159
🇩🇪 Germany: 95
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 85
🇬🇧 UK: 85
🇮🇷 Iran: 84
🇹🇷 Turkey: 54
🇮🇱 Israel: 53
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 50
🇻🇪 Venezuela: 48
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 48
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 48
🇮🇹 Italy: 47
🇳🇴 Norway: 47
🇿🇦 South Africa: 42
🇫🇷 France: 42
🇦🇷 Argentina: 40
🇩🇰 Denmark: 39
🇸🇪 Sweden: 37
🇦🇹 Austria: 36
🇪🇸 Spain: 34
🇵🇱 Poland: 27
🇦🇪 UAE: 27
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 25
🇪🇬 Egypt: 23
🇯🇵 Japan: 19
🇮🇪 Ireland: 13
🇧🇾 Belarus: 11
🇰🇷 South Korea: 5
🇮🇸 Iceland: 2
🇻🇦 Vatican: 2
🇰🇵 North Korea: 1

According to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019)

10 Likes 5 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Lance008(m): 5:24pm On Mar 24

Nigeria suppose Dey number 1

7 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by boxypane(m): 5:24pm On Mar 24

Omo you go fear. See wetin Tower of Babel cause for World.

95 Likes 5 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by SirElaw(m): 5:25pm On Mar 24

Our diversity is beautiful.

7 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by eedimo(m): 5:25pm On Mar 24

1 Like

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Villagesquare: 5:25pm On Mar 24

1 Like

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by busybrain123(m): 5:25pm On Mar 24

So out of 524 in Nigeria, I can only speak 4. wink

7 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by PrinceDoctor(m): 5:25pm On Mar 24

Many languages, many troubles.

18 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by PulaPower: 5:25pm On Mar 24

North Korea no dey everly get joy sha..

88 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by shadrach77: 5:26pm On Mar 24

How did countries like US, UK and Canada have several languages? I thought it's only English they speak cry

90 Likes 7 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by DCmonster: 5:26pm On Mar 24

Lies

1 Like

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Kizzygentle: 5:26pm On Mar 24

Surprised about UK... Thought they all speak English.. US and Canada still understandable because of the boundaries between fellow soutthern and northern American countries that speak Spanish and Latin.

9 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by baike: 5:27pm On Mar 24

What's the population of that first country?

4 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by KingAzubuike(f): 5:27pm On Mar 24

Na for all this kind unbeneficial things you go see us

14 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Absuchat(m): 5:27pm On Mar 24

Bayelsa alone has over 100 languages.
Who put that digit for Nigeria?

13 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by stagger: 5:28pm On Mar 24

Some of those countries' languages belong to immigrants and are not indigenous.

39 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by clefstone(m): 5:28pm On Mar 24

Kindly explain US and UK numbers

9 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by davosea(m): 5:28pm On Mar 24

How many languages nigga gotta comprehend?

1 Like

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by smokinloud(m): 5:28pm On Mar 24

So, Papua and Guinea,with their little landmass, get number of languages pass Nigeria and dem no dey fight themselves like us

12 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Solsix(m): 5:28pm On Mar 24

UK kwa? Wetin person know know plenty

3 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by unscripted(m): 5:28pm On Mar 24

SirElaw:
Our diversity is beautiful.

well it only shows we have never been united..

1 Like

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by sylve11: 5:29pm On Mar 24

I love Iceland! They have just two languages, it means they have lesser problems compared to some...... cool

5 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by AntiChristian: 5:29pm On Mar 24

524!

Oropo o!

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by seanwilliam(m): 5:29pm On Mar 24

Ondo state alone has over 300

13 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by phr0nesis(m): 5:29pm On Mar 24

Small Papua New Guinea with 850 languages.
Omo

5 Likes

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Gabayo17(m): 5:29pm On Mar 24

God is too deep for any mortal man to comprehend

15 Likes 2 Shares

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by osazsky(m): 5:30pm On Mar 24

boxypane:
Omo you go fear. See wetin Tower of Babel cause for World.

myth

8 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by omoadeleye(m): 5:30pm On Mar 24

Okay

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Emu4life(m): 5:31pm On Mar 24

Massive

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by smokinloud(m): 5:31pm On Mar 24

clefstone:
Kindly explain US and UK numbers

mostly foreigners speaking their mother tongue

13 Likes 1 Share

Re: Number Of Languages By Country by Mikelarteta(m): 5:31pm On Mar 24

Who language help?

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (Reply)

Emir Zubairu Gwari To Subjects In Kaduna: "Defend Yourselves" / Ooni Ogunwusi At Bukky Wright Movie “Iwure Olofin” Premiere In Lagos / Tafida Bawo: Emir Of Rano Suspends District Heads, Strips Them Of Titles

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 11
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.