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List of countries by number of languages

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This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019).[1]

Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.[2][3]

Number of living languages and speakers

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Number of official languages

This is the list of countries sorted by the number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either nationally or locally, are included.

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Notes

  1. This refers to the percentage of total number of languages in the world, including both established and immigrant languages.

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