The most expensive type of divorce in California is one involving children, according to our survey results. When a California divorce involved child custody and support issues, the average cost was $21,800, including $17,000 in attorneyâs fees.
Languages by world area. Ethnologue lists 6,912 living languages in the world today. 389 languages (5.6% of all known languages) are spoken by at least one million people and account for almost 94.1% of the worldâs population. The remaining 94.4% of languages are spoken by only 5.9% of the worldâs population.
Meanwhile, just 23 languages account for more than half the worldâs population. Zoom in above to see just how many pins are packed onto each region. Myriad factors â terrain, cultural history, the spread of ancient civilizations â play into how many languages exist in a certain area. As shown in the pie chart, the majority of languages are concentrated in Africa and Asia, with the fewest belonging to Europe. On this map, each language is shown just once, with a pin in its primary country.