Did you know that a duck could live upto 20 years? Yes, that is right. Although domesticated ducks have a relatively less lifespan when compared to their wild counterparts, the former can approximately live for 10 to 15 years. One mallard duck lived for 27 years, making it the highest life span for a duck till date. These lovely birds are generally found in aquatic habitats like wetlands, marshes, ponds, rivers, lakes and even oceans. Winter is the perfect season for ducks to look out for a mate.
There are currently 7,102 known languages spoken by people around the world, according to Ethnologue, widely considered to be the most extensive catalogue of the languages of the world. Sadly, this number declines every month. Of these languages, 90% are spoken by less than 100,000 people. UPDATED: As of 2017, Ethnologue reports that there are now only 7,097 languages in the world. Thatâs five fewer languages than last year. Roughly 150 to 200 languages are spoken by more than million people.
The majority of the languages in the world are unwritten and many of them are disappearing. About 1/2 of the world's languages are no longer spoken by children. This is the first step in the extinction of a language.About 2,000 languages now have less than 1,000 speakers.ote: If the 15 major variants of Arabic are considered one language, Arabic is the 6th most common language in the world having 198-201,000,000 native speakers with substantial numbers in at least 46 countries. Source: Ethnologue Volume I: Languages of the World, 14th ed. (2000).