There are more than 7000 languages in practice across the globe.
In India alone (one of the prominent linguistically diverse nations globally) there are 270 mother tongues and over 120 languages. 21 of these got tagged with the label ‘Modern Indian Languages’ that are communicated these days.
English Language vocabulary treasure is the largest, generously housing over 750’000 words to which 5’400 new English words are added each year. Only 1,000 of the new additions are communicated through speaking and writing by the public. Indian word ‘JUGAAD’ is now in the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY (60+ Indian words are there)!
The extinction of Languages is as real as the extinction of living creatures. 200+ recorded languages are extinct now.
Cambodian language Khmer has the world’s Biggest alphabet, comprising 74 characters. The Papuan language has the shortest alphabet consisting of only 11 letters.
Sanskrit, Tamil, Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew, Arabic, and Basque are the earliest languages in the world.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most translated document worldwide (298 languages).
The Bible is the most translated book in the world (3000 languages).
Agatha Christie is the most translated author globally to date (7236 languages).
