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Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com/web.asp) is a site that lists the world's known languages. It is an excellent resource for scholars and others with language interests and contains statistical summaries of the number of language speakers by language size, family, and country. Using Ethnologue, try the following:
a. Visit the "Languages of China" site. What is the population of China? Of the country's more than 200 languages, which has the largest number of speakers? Which has the second-most speakers? How do these figures compare to the total number of English speakers in the English-speaking countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States?
b. Visit the "Languages of Spain" site. How many people live in Spain? How many native Spanish speakers are in Spain? How many languages altogether are spoken in Spain?
c. Switzerland is one of the smallest European countries. What are the major languages of Switzerland, and how many speakers does each have?
d. Find the table "Linguistic Diversity of Countries," which shows the population for each language as a proportion of the total population for most countries. What are the most linguistically diversified countries in the world? What are the least diversified countries?
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Situations characterized by cultural diversity
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Linguistic diversity of countries
: Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com/web.asp) is a site that lists the world's known languages. It is an excellent resource for scholars and others with language interests and contains statistical summaries of the number of language speakers by language..
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