What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
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Some background facts<br />
• There are an estimated 6,000 (+/- 1K)<br />
<strong>language</strong>s spoken in <strong>the</strong> world today.<br />
• Distribution<br />
– Europe 4%<br />
– Americas 15%<br />
– Africa 31%<br />
– Asia 50% (Papua New Guinea<br />
& Pacific Isl<strong>and</strong>s + Indonesia: 25% !)<br />
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A few <strong>language</strong>s dominate <strong>the</strong><br />
world scene<br />
• 10 major <strong>language</strong>s, each spoken by over 109<br />
million people, are <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r tongues of almost<br />
half (49%) of <strong>the</strong> world's population.<br />
• 4% of <strong>language</strong>s spoken today are spoken by<br />
96% of <strong>the</strong> world’s population.<br />
• Top 8: M<strong>and</strong>arin, Spanish, English, Bengali,<br />
Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese.<br />
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