The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation to appoint a âNamed Personâ for every child in Scotland. This is a state official tasked with looking after a childâs âwellbeingâ, that is, their âhappinessâ. The scheme is compulsory. 2  Every child will have a Named Person by law. 3  They will have power to access confidential data on the family, and to talk to a child without their parents agreeing with what they say.
The simplest collapse recodes the 382 languages into four major language groups: Spanish, Other Indo-European languages, Asian and Pacific Island languages, and Other languages. A more detailed collapsing puts the 382 codes into 39 languages and language groups.
But it's difficult to put a precise number on it. Ethnologue lists 7,106 languages, of which 204 are listed as having zero speakers (though for some reason, only 203 are rated as having an endangerment level of 9 (Extinct)). Given the uncertainty involved in counting languages, I would give 7.000 as a rough estimate.