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 Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language says that estimates of total living languages in the world vary from 3,000 to 10,000. Voegelins' Classification and Index of the World's Languages (1977) lists 20,000 languages and dialects, grouped into about 4,500 living languages.