Industry Segments

Language Trivia

Languages can be both weird and wonderful. Here are a few facts and figures about some of the world's many different languages which you may find surprising.

Did you know? ...

• There are some 6,500 languages in use today. Of these, many have fewer than 1,000 speakers.

• After English the most popular languages on the Internet are Japanese (Japanese sites account for 17.4%), Spanish (17.1%), German (16.8%) and French (10%).