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Our telephone number is (212) 787…2110。
The Language Club has no official handshake; club song; club motto; or club dues。
(You come when you feel like it and you pay for your own meal。)
We do; however; have an official club joke。 Once you know this joke; you’re as
much a member of the Language Club as anybody else。
Two mice were hopelessly trapped。 A hungry cat was poised to pounce。 There was
no escape。
At the last instant; one of the mice put his little paws up to his lips and yelled; “Bow
wow!”
The cat turned around and ran away; whereupon that mouse turned to the other
mouse and said; “You see; that’s the advantage of knowing a second language!”
The Principal Languages
of the World
Source: Sidney S。 Culbert; University of Washington; Seattle; Wash。 98195
Total number of speakers (native plus nonnative) of languages spoken by at least
one million persons (midyear 1989)
Language Millions
Achinese (N。 Sumatra; Indonesia) …………………………………………。。 3
Afrikaans (South Africa) …………………………………………………… 10
Akan (or Twi…Fante) (Ghana) ……………………………………………… 7
Albanian (Albania; Yugoslavia) ……………………………………………。 5
Amharic (Ethiopia) …………………………………………………………。 17
Arabic ………………………………………………………………………。 197
Armenian (USSR) …………………………………………………………… 5
Assamese (Assam; India; Bangladesh) ……………………………………… 22
Aymara (Bolivia; Peru) ……………………………………………………… 2
Azerbaijani (Iran; USSR) …………………………………………………… 14
Balinese (Indonesia) ………………………………………………………… 3
Baluchi (Bakuchistan; Pakistan) ……………………………………………。 4
Bashkir (USSR) ……………………………………………………………。。 1
Batak Toda (including Anakola) (Indonesia) (see also karo…Dain) …………。。 4
Baule (Cote d’Ivoire) ………………………………………………………。。 2
Beja (Kassala; Sudan; Ethiopia) ……………………………………………。 1
Bemba (Zambia) ……………………………………………………………。 2
Bengali1/Berber2 (Bengal; India; Bangladesh) ……………………………… 184
Beti (Cameroon; Gabon; Eq。 Guinea) ………………………………………。 2
Bhili (India) …………………………………………………………………。 3
Bikol (SE Luzon; Philippines) ………………………………………………。 4
Brahui (Pakistan; Afghanistan; Iran) ………………………………………… 1
Bugis (Indonesia; Malaysia) …………………………………………………。 4
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) ………………………………………………………… 9
Burmese (Burma) ……………………………………………………………。 30
Buyi (S Guizhou; S China) …………………………………………………… 2
Byelorussian (USSR) ………………………………………………………… 10
Cantonese (or Yue) (China; Hong Kong) ……………………………………。。 63
Catalan (NE Spain; S France; Andorra) ……………………………………… 9
Cebuano (Bohol Sea area; Philippines) ………………………………………。 12
Chagga (Kilimanjaro area; Tanzania) ………………………………………… 1
Chiga (Ankole; Uganda) ……………………………………………………… 1
Chinese3
Chuvash (USSR) ……………………………………………………………… 2
Czech (Czechoslovakia) ………………………………………………………。 12
Danish (Denmark) ……………………………………………………………。。 5
Dimli (EC Turkey) ……………………………………………………………。 1
Dogri (Jammu…Kashmir; C and E India) ………………………………………。 1
Dong (Guizhou; Hunan; Guangxi; China) ……………………………………。。 2
Dutch…Flemish (Netherlands; Belgium) ………………………………………。。 21
Dyerma (SW Niger) …………………………………………………………… 2
Edo (Bendel; S Nigeria) ………………………………………………………。。 1
Efik (incl。 Ibido) (SE Nigeria; W Cameroon) …………………………………。 6
English ………………………………………………………………………… 443
Esperanto ……………………………………………………………………… 2
Estonian (Estonia) ……………………………………………………………。。 1
Ewe (SE Ghana; S Togo) ……………………………………………………… 3
Fang…Bulu (Dialects of Beti; q。v。)
Farsi (Iranian form of Persian; q。v。)
Finnish (Finland; Sweden) ……………………………………………………。。 6
Flemish (see Dutch…Flemish)
Fon (SC Benin; S Togo) ………………………………………………………。 1
French (France; Switzerland) …………………………………………………。 121
Fula (or Peulh) (Cameroon; Nigeria) …………………………………………。 13
Fulakunda (Senegambia; Guinea Bissau) ……………………………………。。 2
Futa Jalon (NW Guinea; Sierra Leone) ………………………………………。。 3
Galician (Galicia; NW Spain) …………………………………………………。 3
Galla (see Oromo)
Ganda (or Luganda) (S Uganda) ………………………………………………。 3
Georgian (USSR) ……………………………………………………………… 4
German (Germany; Austria; Switzerland) ……………………………………。。 118
Gilaki (Gilan; NW Iran) ………………………………………………………。。 2
Gogo (Riff Valley; Tanzania) …………………………………………………。。 1
Gondi (Central India) …………………………………………………………。。 2
Greek (Greece) ………………………………………………………………… 12
Guarani (Paraguay) ……………………………………………………………。 4
Gujarati (W and C India; S Pakistan) …………………………………………。。 38
Gusii (Kisii District; Nyanza; Kenya) …………………………………………。。 2
Hadiyya (Arusi; Ethiopia) ……………………………………………………… 2
Hakka (or Kejia) (SE China) …………………………………………………… 32
Hani (S China) …………………………………………………………………。 1
Hausa (N Nigeria; Niger; Cameroon) …………………………………………。。 34
Haya (Kagera; NW Tanzania) …………………………………………………。 1
Henrew (Israel) …………………………………………………………………。 4
Hindi4 …………………………………………………………………………… 352
Ho (Buhar and Orissa states; India) ……………………………………………。。 1
Hungarian (or Magyar) (Hungary) ……………………………………………… 14
Iban (Kalimantan; Indonesia; Malaysia) ………………………………………。。 1
Ibidio (see Efik)
Igbo (or Ibo) (Lower Niger R。; Nigeria) ………………………………………… 16
Ijaw (Niger River Delta; Nigeria) ………………………………………………。 2
Ilocano (NW Luzon; Philippines) ………………………………………………。。 7
Indonesian (see Malay…Indonesian)
Italian (Italy) ……………………………………………………………………。 63
Japanese (Japan) ………………………………………………………………… 125
Javanese (Java; Indonesia) ……………………………………………………… 58
Kabyle (W Kabylia; N Algeria) ………………………………………………… 3
Kamba (E Kenya) ………………………………………………………………。 3
Kannada1 (S India) ……………………………………………………………… 3
Kanuri (Nigeria; Niger; Chad; Cameroon) ……………………………………… 4
Karen (see Sgaw)
Karo…Dairi (N Sumatra; Indonesia) ……………………………………………。。 2
Kashmiri1 (N India; NE Pakistan) ……………………………………………… 4
Kazakh (USSR) ………………………………………………………………。。 8
Kenuzi…Dongola (S Egypt; Sudan) ……………………………………………。 1
Khalka (see Mongolian)
Khmer (Kampuchea; Vietnam; Thailand) ……………………………………… 7
Khmer; Northern (Thailand) …………………………………………………… 1
Kikuyu (or Gekoyo) (W and C Kenya) ………………………………………。。 5
Kirghiz (USSR) ………………………………………………………………。。 2
Kituba (Bas…Zaire; Bandundu; Zaire) …………………………………………。 4
Kongo (W Zaire; S Congo; NW Angola) ……………………………………… 3
Konkani (Maharashita and SW India) ………………………………………… 4
Korean (North and South Korea; China; Japan) ………………………………。 71
Kurdish (south…west of Caspian Sea) …………………………………………。 9
Kurukh (or Oraon) (C and E India) …………………………………………… 2
Lao5 (Laos) …………………………………………………………………… 4
Lampung (Sumatra; Indonesia) ………………………………………………。 1
Latvian (Latvia) ………………………………………………………………。 2
Lingala (incl。 Bangala) (Zaire) ………………………………………………。。 6
Lithuanian (Lithuania) ………………………………………………………。。 2
Luba…Lulua (or Chiluba) (Kasai; Zaire) ………………………………………。 6
Luba…Shaba (Shaba; Zaire) …………………………………………………… 1
Lubu (E Sumatra; Indonesia) …………………………………………………。 1
Luhya (W Kenya) …………………………………?