| The total number of languages in the world as recorded by Ethnologue, the journal that chronicles the languages of the world | 7097 |
| The languages having the highest number of speakers in the world | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| The languages having the second highest number of speakers in the world | Spanish |
| The languages having the third, fourth and fifth highest number of speakers in the world | English, Arabic and Hindi respectively |
| The language which has been adapted as the official language of maximum number of countries (59) is | English |
| The only other country which has Hindi as one its official languages | Fiji |
| The other countries which have Tamil as one their official languages | Singapore and Sri Lanka |
| The official language of Pakistan | Urdu |
| The language having the largest number of native speakers in Pakistan | Punjabi |
| The official language of Bhutan | Dzongkha |
| The official language of Israel | Hebrew |
| The official languages of Afghanistan | Dari and Pashto |
| The official languages of Switzerland | German, (63.7%), French (20.4%), Italian (6.5%) and Romansch (0.5%) |