This document discusses human geography and ethnic grouping of people. It describes the major racial groups including Caucasian, Mongolian, Negroid, and Australoid. It then explains the different bases of ethnic grouping such as race, religion, linguistics, nationality, region, and language. The document provides data on the largest language families and the number of languages and speakers in each family. It concludes with a section on world religions.
20. WIKA DAMI NG NAGSASALITA
( MILYON)
1. MANDARIN CHINESE 874
2. HINDI 366
3. ENGLISH 341
4. SPANISH 322-358
5. BENGALI 207
6. PORTUGESE 176
7. RUSSIAN 167
8. JAPANESE 125
9. GERMAN 100
10. KOREAN 78
21. LANGUAGE FAMILY BILANG NG WIKA
NIGER-CONGO 1532
AUSTRONESIAN 1257
TRANS NEW GUINEA 477
SINO-TIBETAN 449
INDO-EUROPEAN 439
AFRO-ASIATIC 374
AUSTRALIAN 264
NILO-SAHARAN 205