Language Facts

A fun way to learn another language 

French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

South Africa used to have two official languages, now it has eleven.

The Chinese language does not require punctuation.

Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, has been translated into more languages than any book outside of the Bible.

"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

Many languages in Africa include a "click" sound that is pronounced simultaneously as other sounds. You have to learn these languages during childhood to do it properly.

Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France.

In Vulcan, Alberta Canada, the tourist welcome sign is written in both English and Klingon (alien language from "Star Trek").