"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical
order. "One" is the only number with its letters
in reverse alphabetical order.

"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 at the same time as
other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood
to do it properly.

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

There is no word that rhymes
with purple.

The most common letters in
English are
R S T L N E.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine
head."

There is no word that rhymes
with orange.

It has been estimated that
the number of actively spoken languages in the world today
is about 6,000.

The language of a society changes
slowly but steadily with the result that an educated person
will not be able to read or understand words in his language
written 500 years ago.

No word in the English language
rhymes with"month".

"Go." is the shortest
complete sentence in the English language.

Of all the words in the English
language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!

The language in which a government
conducts business is the official language of that country.

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

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