Languanologue # 6

Today we have the second list of he largest language families in terms of number of languages are the following. Some families are controversial, and in many the language count varies between researchers:

1. Niger-Congo (1532 languages)

2. Austronesian (1257 languages)

3. Trans–New Guinea (477 languages)

4. Sino-Tibetan (449 languages)

5. Indo-European (439 languages)

6. Afro-Asiatic (374 languages)

7. Nilo-Saharan (205 languages) [controversial]

8. Pama-Nyungan (178 languages)

9. Oto-Manguean (177 languages) {controversial]

10. Austro-Asiatic (169 languages)