There are many languages born and died throughout history. According to Ethnology, there are around 7111 different languages spoken around the world. Every year, there is a significant decrease in this number and less dominant languages are likely to go extinct. Let’s have a look at some interesting facts about languages that you might have never heard about before.
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Most Interesting Facts
- There are only 8 people who can speak Busuu. Until 1986, there were 8 speakers of these languages, which later reduced to 3 in 2005.
- The Bible is translated into 683 languages, which makes it the most translated book, followed by Pinocchio.
- French is popular as a love language, not because of its romantic accent, but because Italy and France have the most romantic destinations.
- Every language correlates with other languages, except Basque; this language has no influence on any other language.
- There are around 200 fake languages in books, TV shows, and films, such as Klingon.
- Many people believe that Russian is the first language spoken in space.
Chinese Mandarin language
- English doesn’t have the highest number of speakers; it is Chinese Mandarin. However, this language has more native speakers and not many people recognize it around the world.
- Chinese Mandarin language doesn’t use alphabets, instead, they use symbols. Moreover, the average native speaker can recognize 8000+ symbols.
- Chinese Mandarin is also the toughest language to learn because there is no alphabet. Therefore, to read a newspaper, you should know at least 3000 symbols.
English Language
- There are more English speakers in Nigeria than in the United Kingdom.
- English gets so much influenced by the French language that around 30% of English words are from French.
- More people in the world speak English as their second language than there are native speakers.
- Many people consider English as an official language of the United States, but in reality, the USA has no official language.
Bonus Facts
- Most languages have 2 genders, masculine and feminine; German is the only language with 3 genders, which are masculine, feminine, and neuter.
- South Africa has the highest number of official languages. Because of the higher cultural diversity, there are 11 official languages in the country.
- According to many linguists, languages were first initiated around 100,000 BC.
- There are around 4000 Arabic words in Spanish.
- South Korea and North Korea speak different languages. Because of the high cultural diversification, their grammatical rules and vocabularies are also very different.
- According to many studies, learning a second language enhances your memory and slows down aging.
Final Words!
Language is probably the most common aspect of our everyday lives. These language facts are really very surprising & interesting, and not most people look at languages this way. Every language has a story behind it, and it’s kind of fun to unleash the historical significance of languages, how they impact our psychologies and influence societies and cultures.
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