the linguists

• Number of Living Languages: 6,912
• Number of Words in the English Language: 998,773
• Chinese (various dialects): 500,000 +
• French: 100,000
• German: 185,000
• Russian: 195,000
• Spanish: 225,000 +
• Japanese: 232,000
• Hindi: 120,000
• Arabic: 45,000 (though used in many more variations)
• Toki Pona: 197

Top Languages on the Internet

1 to 10 in 1,000 Languages

Number of Living Languages by Country

Top Spoken Languages in the World

Average American Vocabulary: 14,000 words
(Consensus Estimate.)

Shakespeare’s Vocabulary: 24,000 words+
(Various concordances.)

Number of Words Invented by Shakespeare: 1,700+
(Various concordances.)

Words in the King James Bible:

• 12,143 individual words in the English,
• 783,137 total words,
• 8,674 individual words in the Hebrew Old Testament
• 5,624 individual words in the Greek New Testament

Number of words (neologisms) invented by Shakespeare: 1,700+Number of words invented by Thomas Jefferson: 150
Number of words invented by President Bush: 25+
Useful Language Links:

• Endangered Languages (SIL)
• The Endangered Language Foundation
• International Clearing House
• Terralingua: Partnerships for Linguistic & Biological Diversity