Population
How many people are there on Earth?
There are 8 billion people on Earth.
How many English speakers are there all together?
There are 1.8 billion English speakers on Earth.
What happens when a language disappears?
We lose the knowledge of the people who speak the language.
How can we save languages from extinction?
Social media, YouTube,text messaging
How many Chinese speakers are there?
~1.2 billion people
How big will the population be by the year 2100?
It'll be 10 billion
How many native English speakers are there?
There are 400 million native English speakers on Earth.
What will happen to many languages in 100 years?
Many languages will disappear.
Why are native Americans using social media?
To try and save their endangered languages.
How many spoken languages are there in the world?
There are 7000 languages.
Why did the population start increasing rapidly?
It started increasing rapidly because we invented agriculture.
How many countries is English an official language in?
English is an official language in 54 countries.
How many languages die every 2 weeks?
One language dies every 2 weeks.
Who did Dr. Harrison work on the talking dictionaries with?
National geographic linguists
Chinese people speak in mandarin and ______
Cantonese
When did the human population reach 1 billion people?
It reached 1 billion people in 1805 AD.
Name 3 languages that English uses words from.
French,Greek, Latin, Spanish, Turkish or Dutch
Which language has 99 words for ice?
The Yupik language has 99 words for ice.
How many talking dictionaries did Dr. Harrison create?
He created 8 dictionaries.
__% of people in Wales speak Welsh.
12%
For how many years did humans not have a permanent home?
They didn't have a permanent home for >2 million years.
Where did colonists spread English to?
North America, Australia,New Zealand,Asia, Africa
How many aboriginal languages in Australia have we lost since the 18th century?
We've lost 190 aboriginal languages since the 18th century.
How many word entries are in the talking dictionaries?
>32000 word entries
Singapore has four official languages:
English, Mandarin, Tamil and Malay