How many languages in the world?
Correct answer: A. 7,139
- A. 7,139
- B. 7500
- C. 8300
- D. 9000
Explanation
Ethnologue lists roughly 7,100 living languages worldwide, with the exact total changing as languages are newly documented or reclassified. The commonly cited figure in this question is 7,139.
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