Language

Language is a means of communication among people.

Major language families by number of native speakers

 * 1) Indo-European languages (Europe, Southwest to South Asia, America, Oceania)
 * 2) Sino-Tibetan languages (East Asia)
 * 3) Niger-Congo languages (Sub-Saharan Africa)
 * 4) Afro-Asiatic languages (North Africa to Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia)
 * 5) Austronesian languages (Oceania, Madagascar, Southeast Asia)
 * 6) Dravidian languages (South Asia)
 * 7) Altaic languages (Central Asia)
 * 8) Austro-Asiatic languages (Southeast Asia)
 * 9) Tai-Kadai languages (Southeast Asia)
 * 10) Japonic languages (Japan)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_families