Nonetheless, there are only 250 countries in the world corresponding to some 6000 languages, which means that most countries are multilingual and most languages therefore exist in close contact with other languages.
尽管如此，世界上约250个国家当中却存在大约6000种语言，说明大多数国家里面还是存在多种语言，故大多数语言仍然都会与其他语言密切接触。