There are approximately 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, but about 40% are considered endangered.

The word 'clue' originally referred to a ball of thread — in Greek mythology, Ariadne gave Theseus a thread to escape the labyrinth.

The longest word in the English language without a vowel is 'rhythms.'

Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-European language, has the most perfect grammatical structure ever analyzed.

About 7,000 languages are spoken in the world today — one dies roughly every two weeks.

The word 'clue' derives from 'clew' — a ball of thread — from the Greek myth of Theseus in the labyrinth.

The word 'philosophy' is Greek for 'love of wisdom' — coined around the 6th century BC.

The word 'emoji' is Japanese for 'picture character' — e (picture) + moji (character).

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