Which country has so many languages? Also state them.

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I want to know about different countries languages.

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[+4] - saab - 04/30/2013Here it is, even though you forgot to say please. You could easily have found it yourself on internet. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855611.html
[+4] - Setanta - 05/01/2013[quote]Individual mother tongues in India number several hundred; [b]the 1961 census recognized 1,652[/b] (SIL Ethnologue lists 415). (emphasis added)[/quote]...
[+3] - hingehead - 04/30/2013Papua New Guinea has 800 languages, I can't name them all.
[+3] - laughoutlood - 04/30/2013http://www.vistawide.com/languages/20_countries_most_languages.htm Papua New Guinea tops the list with 820 including it's official language Tok Pisin with which I am passingly familiar.

@pataria,

Here it is, even though you forgot to say please.
You could easily have found it yourself on internet.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855611.html

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@saab,

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Languages:
Field info displayed for all countries in alpha order.
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
note: the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 28 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States

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@pataria,

Papua New Guinea has 800 languages, I can't name them all.

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India, look 'em for yourself.

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@pataria,

http://www.vistawide.com/languages/20_countries_most_languages.htm

Papua New Guinea tops the list with 820 including it's official language Tok Pisin with which I am passingly familiar.

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@pataria,

Papua New Guinea has 820 languages, There official languages are -Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English.

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Individual mother tongues in India number several hundred; the 1961 census recognized 1,652 (SIL Ethnologue lists 415). (emphasis added)

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Which country has so many languages? Also state them.

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