Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words in the English language, including 'lonely,' 'generous,' and 'assassination.'

There are approximately 7,000 languages spoken on Earth today, and one goes extinct roughly every two weeks.

The word 'paradise' comes from the Old Persian 'pairidaeza,' meaning an enclosed garden.

The German word 'Weltschmerz' means the pain of comparing the world as it is with how it should be.

Txting and internet slang follow consistent grammatical patterns — linguists study them as a natural form of language change.

English has the largest vocabulary of any language — the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 words.

The apostrophe was introduced into English in the 16th century — its rules have never been consistently applied.

The word 'treacle' once referred to an antidote to poison — it now means molasses.

The grammar of most languages encodes social hierarchy — languages like Korean have distinct speech levels for different relationships.