On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 Mystery1881~at~aol.com wrote:
> vs editions in each language. I don't think there are 1500 separate
> languages, so there must be some fudging on the "most translated" idea.
Actually, there are some 6800 known languages, of which 2261 have a
writing system! Of course, the number depends on what you want to call a
'separate language'. See
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html and
http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp
Garmt.
Received on Mon 23 Aug 2004 - 13:46:05 IDT