Out of 6700, only 13 are considered widely spoken:

1. Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion)

2. English (330 million)

3. Spanish (300 million)

4. Hindi/Urdu (250 million)

5. Arabic (200 million)

6. Bengali (185 million)

7. Portuguese (160 million)

8. Russian (160 million)

9. Japanese (125 million)

10. German (100 million)

11. Punjabi (90 million)

12. Javanese (80 million)

13. French (75 million)

According to the Peoples Daily, half of the existing 6,700 languages in the world will die away in a century and another 2,000 languages will be endangered if no efforts are made to save them.

THERE ARE MANY WITHOUT SCRIPT.MANY LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN REMOTE INACCESSIBLE PLACES.

THOSE WHICH WERE COUNTED WERE GIVEN BY MANY.