August 23, 2026
Fascinating Findings Reveal Humans May Have Once Spoken Tens of Thousands of Languages
About 7,500 spoken and signed languages exist today. But that number may represent only a fraction of the languages humans once used. A new study suggests that linguistic diversity reached a remarkable peak between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago, when tens of thousands of languages may have coexisted around the world.
