What languages are most in demand?
The Most Important Languages To Learn In 2020Mandarin Chinese. With over one billion Mandarin Chinese speakers in the world, of course it tops the list of most important languages to learn in 2020. Spanish. German. French. Arabic. Russian. Portuguese. 8. Japanese.
What is the fastest growing language?
French
What languages will die?
UNESCO languages by degress of endangerednessName in EnglishNumber of speakersDegree of endangermentQuechua of Cuzco1115000VulnerableEastern Slovak1000000VulnerableLigurian1000000Definitely endangeredRusyn1000000Vulnerable151 •
What are the 8 Romance languages?
The full list of Romance languages is pretty long: Aragonese, Aromanian, Asturian, Arpitan, Catalan, Corsican, Emilian, Extremaduran, Fala, French, Cajun French, Friulian, Galician, Istriot, Italian, Jèrriais, Judeo-Italian, Ladin, Ladino, Ligurian, Lombard, Minderico, Mirandese, Napoletano-Calabrese, Occitan, Picard.
How many languages have died out?
UNESCO lists a total of 577 languages as critically endangered. And these dying languages are in every corner of the world — Asia, Africa, North America, Australia and South America.
How many languages die a day?
One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish.