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== Geography Fun Facts & Oddities ==
== Human populations ==
See also:
=== Language groups ===
* [[Geography Bee
[[File:Primary Human Languages Improved Version.png|thumb|Contemporary distribution (2005 map) of the world's major language families (in some cases geographic groups of families). This map includes only primary families i.e. branches are excluded.
* [[Geography fun facts & oddities]]
For greater detail, see Distribution of languages on Earth.]]
* there are 15 major language families in the world
** each of these major groups have sub-groups of distinct languages
** there are 7,111 languages in the world
[[File:Primary Human Language Families Map.png|thumb|Principal language families of the world (and in some cases geographic groups of families). For greater detail, see Distribution of languages in the world.]]
* there are also many other distinct languages (see map)
* see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_families List of language families (wikipedia)]