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gulftoday.ae Jul 29
People once spoke 75,000 languages worldwide. Now, it is just 7,500, with Arabic and Hindi among most common
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Daily Sabah Jul 28
Ancient world once spoke up to 75,000 languages: Study: Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish ...
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Study documents a precipitous decline in the number of languages: Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi ...
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