Some countries record a higher number of spoken languages than others. Throughout the world, languages are not equally distributed. Pacific is third with 18.5%, the Americas are fourth with 15%, and Europe is last with 4%. There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken on the continent of Africa. The Africa continent follows closely with 30%. About 2,300 languages are spoken across the continent. The Asian continent has the largest percentage in terms of the number of languages spoken, which is 32%. Many factors such as the spread of old civilizations, terrain, and cultural history determine the number of languages spoken in a particular region. With modernization, a third of these languages face the risk of extinction. This number is constantly increasing because new world’s languages emerge every day. There are about 7,099 languages spoken in the world.
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