The video Mother Tongues: Languages ​​Around the World discusses the different languages ​​found in Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The film begins with a brief description of the nearly 2,000 African languages. This explains that due to Africa's relative isolation and long history of its occupants, it has the most languages ​​of any land mass. African languages ​​include anything related to Arabic, Swahili, or the “click” language. Click languages ​​are only found in Africa; in these languages, clicks function like normal consonants. The many languages ​​of Africa all evolved differently due to separation between groups. For example, the Nigeria region has over 400 languages ​​and almost every language group is represented. Africa has unique sounds such as kp or gb which can be written in ibgo. These sounds are not common anywhere other than Africa. Swahili is probably the best-known African language. Developed along the Indian Ocean, close to areas such as Kenya. Swahili was adopted from many languages, including Arabic. Swahili has gained an international image as one of the major languages ​​of Africa. The next section of the film discusses the language families of Oceania: Papuan, Austronesian and Australian. These languages ​​were spread throughout the region by sailors for thousands of years. The diverse languages ​​that make up this region are a great example of how languages ​​have developed into unique forms due to loss of contact. These languages ​​make up about a quarter of the world's languages ​​but represent barely a tenth of the world's population. For example, Papua New Guinea alone has 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 language for...... middle of paper ......nche, Hopi and Pipil. It is found primarily in the western United States and Mexico. Many major 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 ½ million speakers and was the language of Mayan society. The film provides basic information about many of the world's distinct languages ​​and language families and their diversity across the globe. The film shows how a single ancestor language can evolve into a variety of unique languages. These languages ​​divide and change until they finally become mutual. Many of these languages ​​can be traced and included in language families. Not all languages ​​can be traced so easily and because mutual unintelligibility is so high, similarities to other languages ​​cannot be found..