The Mother Tongues: Languages ​​of the World video discusses the various languages ​​found in Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The film begins with a brief description of the nearly 2,000 African languages. He explains that, due to its relative isolation and long history of occupants, Africa has the greatest number of languages ​​of any land mass. African languages ​​include everything from Arabic, Swahili, or the “click” language. Click languages ​​are found only in Africa; in these languages ​​clicks function like normal consonants. The many African languages ​​evolved differently due to separation between groups. For example, the Nigeria area has over 400 languages ​​and almost all linguistic groups are represented. Africa has unique sounds like kp or gb which can be written in ibgo. These sounds are not common in places other than Africa. Swahili is probably the best-known African language. Developed along the Indian Ocean near areas such as Kenya. Swahili has been adopted by many languages, especially Arabic. Swahili has taken on an international image as one of Africa's major languages. The next section of the film examines the language families of Oceania: Papuan, Austronesian and Australian. These languages ​​were spread throughout the region by seafarers over thousands of years. The different languages ​​that make up this region are an excellent example of how languages ​​have developed into unique forms due to loss of contact. These languages ​​represent about a quarter of the world's languages, but make up just a tenth of the world's population. Papua New Guinea alone, for example, speaks more than 800 languages. A quarter of all the world's languages ​​are Austronesian, but languages ​​in this family are spoken by fewer than one per...... middle of paper ......even, Hopi and Pipil. It is found primarily in the western United States and Mexico. Numerous large language families are found in Latin America. Quechua was the language of the Incas and currently has around 9 million speakers. Q'eqchihas has approximately half a million speakers and was the language of Mayan society. The film provides background information on many of the world's countless distinct languages ​​and language families and how they are diverse across the globe. The film highlights how a single ancestor language can evolve into a variety of unique languages. These languages ​​divide and change until they become each other. Many of these languages ​​can be traced back and included in language families. Not all languages ​​can be traced back so easily and since mutual incomprehensibility is so high, no similarities with other languages ​​can be found.