Languages around the world
Which continent has the most languages?
Asia
Which language has the most native speakers?
Chinese
What is the world's most studied language?
English
How many of the world's languages may disappear by 2100?
About half
Which language could earn Americans an extra $128,000?
German
How many languages are spoken in Africa?
2,138
Which two languages come after Chinese?
Hindi and Urdu
Why is English spoken in many countries?
Because of the imperial past
How many languages have fewer than 1,000 native speakers?
2,000
Which language saw a 110% increase in U.S. college teaching?
Chinese
Which continent has the fewest languages?
Europe
How many native speakers does English have?
527 million
Does English being an official language mean most people speak it natively?
No
What percentage of people account for 96% of the world's languages?
3%
Which language saw a 30% decrease?
Russian
How many languages are spoken in Europe?
286
Which is more widespread according to the CIA: Spanish or English?
Spanish
What percentage of the world's population speaks English according to the CIA?
4.83%
Where in the U.S. are many endangered languages found?
The West Coast and Indigenous reservations
In which country is there a 97% chance two random people have different mother tongues?
Cameroon
How many languages are spoken in the Pacific?
About 1,300
How many native languages are shared by two-thirds of the world's population?
12
English is studied more than how many other major languages mentioned in the text combined?
Six
Name two regions expected to lose many languages.
E.g. Amazon rainforest and sub-Saharan Africa
What is the name of the index used to measure language diversity?
Greenberg's diversity index