As promised last week, we did some researching and found a wonderful catalog of world languages and the countries where they are spoken.
I'd like to introduce you to a web service called Ethnologue, a database that contains statistics for 6,912 world languages as documented in the 15th edition, released in 2005.
Ethnologue has 6,912 main languages in its language name index and distinguishes about 39,491 alternate language names and dialects.
Wikipedia defines Ethnologue as follows:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with native language biblical texts.
To read an exhaustive list and learn more about Ethnologue, visit their website for more information.
Who knew that there were so many languages and dialects? More are being discovered and identified each year, so keep checking their website for updates.
Cheers,
