I'll Be Shocked If You Can Name 6 Out Of The 23 Most-Spoken Languages

    It's like the Tower of Babel over here.

    Andy Golder
    by Andy Golder

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Did you know that there are an 7,000+ languages in the world?

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    (Not including sarcasm, of course.)

    But just 23 of those languages are spoken by half the entire world's population!

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    How many of those 23 languages can you name? Type your guesses into the quiz below. Keep in mind this is TOTAL speakers, not just native speakers, so it counts everybody who can speak the language!

    Note: This list of languages is according to Ethnologue!