True or false: More than half of all languages come from Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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Reginald Hill

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19 September, 03:56

True or false: More than half of all languages come from Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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Emmanuel Cameron · Answer 1

The correct answer is False - Half of the world's languages are spoken in Asia and the Pacific Islands

Explanation: There are 6,912 languages worldwide, according to the Ethnologue compendium, considered the largest language inventory on the planet. The book, published since 1951, is a kind of linguistic bible, indicating which languages are in use, where they are spoken and how many people use the language.