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These 10 countries speak the most languages in the world

Multicultural Australia gets a mention, but we’ve got nothing on some of our closest neighbours.

These 10 countries speak the most languages in the world

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Most countries have one or two official languages, but first nation people, multiculturalism and globalisation mean many more are spoken within their borders.

Australia has a particularly rich linguistic culture and according to 2016 Ethnologue data, we speak a total of 260 languages. 

Indigenous language accounts for a large portion of these, with about 150 individual tongues still being spoken. When European people first came to Australia, it is estimated that 250 Indigenous languages were in use, however now all but about 20 are considered either endangered, critically endangered or extinct.

 

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http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2016/11/23/these-10-countries-speak-most-languages-world

 

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