Residents of a country generally use one or two language to communicate. But did you know that there is a country with hundreds of languages? These countries can have a variety of conversation styles that differ by region.
The number of languages in one country generally occurs due to the influence of multiculturalism and globalization. This creates ethnic diversity within a region, with different people having different language experiences.
So which country has the most languages in the world? The following is a list as quoted from Pangea.
10. Brazil
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Being one of the countries with the most population, it turns out that Brazil is also the region with the most languages in the world. Apart from Portuguese as the national language, Negeri Samba also has a total of 228 languages, including Japanese, German, to Nheangatu.
9. Australia
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Australians do use English as a language in fact national. However, the countries on this continent actually have 260 languages that are used in daily conversation. Apart from Mandarin, as the most popular non-English language, residents of the Kangaroo Continent also use Tagalog (Philippines), Arabic, and Punjabi (India).
8. Cameroon
The number of languages in the country is confirmed to be 280, although some have suggested that there are at least 600 languages spoken in Cameroon. To mediate speech diversity, the country has English as an official language, although most people also speak a lot of French, Bafia, Bafut, and Bakoko.
7. Mexico
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Communication in Mexico is mostly in Spanish. However, this region actually has a very diverse society that has a total of 290 languages. However, only 68 languages are recognized, of which 63 are native languages.
6. China
Mandarin is one of the most studied languages around the world. However, the speech used by the Chinese population itself is quite diverse, reaching a total of 301 languages.
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