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    Which country has the most languages?

    Question #84874. Asked by bbsmith. (Aug 23 07 6:21 PM)


    wwefan18

    		New Guinea has 820 living languages.

    http://www.vistawide.com/languages/language_statistics.htm

    Aug 23 07, 6:24 PM
    star_gazer

    		Do you mean official languages or languages spoken by any certain people within the nation?

    Because the latter answer would most likely be the US.

    Aug 23 07, 8:41 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		The most official languages I think goes to South Africa, with well over 100. Of these, the most often used are English and Afrikaans.

    Aug 23 07, 9:37 PM

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