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This is a list of the number of languages by country and dependency according to the 22nd edition of
Ethnologue ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
(2019).
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
has the largest number of languages in the world.


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List of languages by number of native speakers This article ranks human languages by their number of native speakers. However, all such rankings should be used with caution, because it is not possible to devise a coherent set of linguistic criteria for distinguishing languages in a dialect ...
* List of languages by total number of speakers *
List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language This is a ranking of languages by the number of sovereign countries in which they are ''de jure'' or ''de facto'' official. List This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are ''de jure'' or ''de facto'' of ...
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List of official languages by country and territory This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority lan ...
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Linguistic diversity index Linguistic diversity index (LDI) may refer to either Greenberg's (language) Diversity Index or the related Index of Linguistic Diversity (ILD) from Terralingua, which measures changes in the underlying LDI over time. Greenberg's Diversity Index ...


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