Mother Tongue day

125mn speakers mainly in Japan

100mn native speakers, most widely spoken 1st language in Europe

1st language for 59million people

40mn native speakers

23 million 1st language speakers

7.2mn speakers

1.1 million speakers

371,000 speakers

85,000 people use as a daily language

Indian Andaman islands

in danger of disappearing

90% world languages will not exist in 2100

Spoken by 94% of world's population

by fewer than 10 people

rate of one language every two weeks

UNESCO