In parts of the Papua New Guinea highlands, two villages within a day’s walk of each other can speak languages as far apart as English and Japanese. Cross a ridge, and the words change entirely. This is not folklore. It is the ordinary texture of a country that holds more living languages than any other [...] The post Papua New Guinea has a population of roughly 10 million people and 840 living languages — more than any other country on Earth, a number greater than all the languages spoken across every nation in Europe combined appeared first on Space Daily .
Papua New Guinea has a population of roughly 10 million people and 840 living languages — more than any other country on Earth, a number greater than all the languages spoken across every nation in Europe combined
