English Dominates with 1.5M Words While Most Languages Have Under 100K

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2/28/2026

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English Dominates with 1.5M Words While Most Languages Have Under 100K

Vocabulary size comparison across major world languages reveals massive disparities

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      },
      {
        "unit": "",
        "label": "German",
        "value": 330000,
        "metadata": {}
      },
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        "label": "Russian",
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        "label": "Italian",
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        "label": "Portuguese",
        "value": 85000,
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