What countries have the most languages?
Papua New Guinea has the most languages in the world – over 800. Indonesia isn't far behind with over 700.
Languages are spread unequally throughout the world. That trend is clear whether we’re looking at whole regions or individual countries.
To the right are the ten countries where the most languages are spoken today.
More than twice the number of languages spoken across Europe can be found in Papua New Guinea alone.
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