You’d have to know at least 3,000 characters to be able to read a newspaper, a far cry from memorizing the A-Z alphabet. CountryĬhinese is one of the most challenging languages for English speakers to pick up, in part due its completely unfamiliar scripts.
Mandarin, Yue (including Cantonese), Min, Wu, and Hakka cover over 200 individual dialects, which vary further by geographic location. What’s more, over half the planet speaks at least one of these 23 languages.Ĭhinese dominates as a macrolanguage, but it’s important to note that it consists of numerous languages. Only 23 languages are spoken by at least 50 million native speakers. Today’s infographic from Alberto Lucas Lopez condenses the 7,102 known living languages today into a stunning visualization, with individual colors representing each world region. They’re also a unique way to map the world – not through landmasses or geopolitical borders, but through mother tongues. Languages provide a window into culture and history. View a high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here.
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