Do you know the types of languages spoken worldwide?

Yes. Languages worldwide are classified in several ways:

• By Language Families: Groups sharing a common origin. Major families include:

  • Indo-European: English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, French.

  • Sino-Tibetan: Mandarin, Cantonese, Burmese, Tibetan.

  • Afro-Asiatic: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic.

  • Niger-Congo: Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu.

  • Austronesian: Malay, Tagalog, Hawaiian.

  • Dravidian: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam.

  • Turkic: Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh.

  • Others: Korean, Japanese, Basque (language isolates).

• By Form of Use:

  • Official Languages: Used in government (e.g., English in India, French in Canada).

  • Regional Languages: Spoken by communities within a region.

  • Endangered Languages: At risk of extinction, often indigenous.