When this series started, the Bradford family consisted of Tom, the father, a respected columnist for the Sacramento Register, Joan, his wife for about 25 years, and the eight children of the couple, all of them were very normal but quite independent. Unexpectedly, actress Diana Hyland died of cancer and was written off the series after 5 episodes.
Let's first take a closer look at the linguistic diversity that existed five hundred years ago. In 1500 there were probably about 7 thousand languages spoken across the earth, most still groupable into the 25 or so major families represented today.
How Many Languages Are There In The World. There are more than 7000 different languages are spoken by the people around the world today. Anyhow 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000. If you ask a question, how many languages are there in the world, it can be answered with the number 7000+.