How many languages are there in the world?

Re:How many languages are there in the world? by ggggtez on Sunday June 06, 2021 @11:46PM (#27418815)

TLDR: 6909, or 230, or 2197, or 832, or 2508. It depends how you measure.

Or maybe 1 if you want to sell a book about how humans are, like, all the same on the inside bruh.

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Re:How many languages are there in the world? by anoncake on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:06AM (#27420502)

1 is definitely wrong, if two varieties aren't even related they must be different languages.

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Re:How many languages are there in the world? by ggggtez on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:22PM (#27441822)

The article says "1", because human language is different than bird language. So therefore all human language is the same.

Yes it's stupid. You'd only follow that reasoning if you were looking to sell a book.

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Re:How many languages are there in the world? by Asraelite on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:42AM (#27421864)

It's quite likely that all human languages are related if you go back far enough (except for a few exceptions like Nicaraguan Sign Language). They're just not demonstrably related.

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