"More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today and at least 3,000 of them, or 40 percent, are endangered. English is the most widely spoken language, with approximately 1.5 billion speakers in 186 countries. Two out of every 10 English speakers are native, while the remaining 80 percent speak English as their second, third or higher language, according to Ethnologue, a database which catalogues the world's languages."
"More than 156 scripts are still in use today, while more than 137 historical scripts, including Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Aztec pictograms, are no longer in use. The Latin script, which is used to write English, French, Spanish, German and more, is used in at least 305 of the world's 7,139 known living human languages. More than 70 percent of the world's population use it."
More than 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, and at least 3,000 (about 40 percent) are endangered. English has roughly 1.5 billion speakers, though only about 20 percent are native speakers. Mandarin Chinese has nearly 1.2 billion speakers and is largest by native-speaker population. Hindi, Spanish, and Standard Arabic follow. There are 293 known scripts; over 156 remain in use while more than 137 historical scripts are obsolete. The Latin script appears in at least 305 living languages and is used by over 70 percent of the global population. Of 7,159 languages, 3,193 are endangered, 3,479 stable, and 487 institutional; 337 are dormant and 454 extinct.
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