As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...

February 21 is World Mother Language Day. Al Jazeera looks at the most spoken languages and which ones are endangered.

Africa is one continent with a rich culture. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world, both in population and land mass. In addition, Africa is one of the most diverse places in the world.

Yue Chinese has 86.6 million users and is the 20th most-spoken language in the world. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family. Belonging to the Turkik language family, Turkish is used as the ...

French is one of the official languages of the United Nations, the European Union, and 29 other countries, including Haiti and Rwanda. Over 40% of its vocabulary has influenced the English language.

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is ...

Over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide. In 2025, over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, yet just a handful dominate global communication. These top languages aren’t only defined by their native ...