Papua New Guinea Is the Most Multilingual Country, with over 839 Living Languages, According to Ethnologue, a Catalogue of the World's Known Languages. the...
Papua New Guinea is the most multilingual country, with over 839 living languages, according to Ethnologue, a catalogue of the world's known languages. The site ranked countries and territories based on the number of languages spoken as a first language within their borders.
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Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with approximately 840 languages used.
Most countries have one or two official national languages, while a few including the United States and Mexico have none. South Africa, however, has 11 – a number that could soon increase to 12 if the country's parliament accepts a recommendation to give South African Sign Language official status.
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