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Which continent has the most language spoken?

It's impossible to say definitively which continent has the "most" languages spoken, as there are different ways to measure that:

* Total Number of Languages: Africa has the largest number of languages, estimated to be around 2,100. However, many of these languages are spoken by relatively small groups of people.

* Number of Language Families: Asia has the greatest number of language families, which are groups of languages that share a common ancestor. This indicates a wider diversity of language origins.

* Number of Speakers: Asia has the most speakers of languages overall. However, this is due to the presence of a few very large languages like Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, and Bengali, which are spoken by hundreds of millions of people.

Therefore, the answer depends on your definition of "most."

* By total number of languages: Africa

* By number of language families: Asia

* By number of speakers: Asia

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