The word 'robot' comes from the Czech word 'robota,' meaning forced labor.

The dot over the letters i and j has a name — it's called a tittle.

The shortest complete sentence in the English language is 'I am.'

The word 'mortgage' comes from French for 'death pledge' — the debt dies when paid off.

'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' contains every letter of the English alphabet.

Some languages have no word for 'left' or 'right' — speakers of Guugu Yimithirr in Australia use cardinal directions instead.

Portmanteau words combine two words — 'breakfast + lunch = brunch,' 'smoke + fog = smog.'

There are about 7,000 languages spoken on Earth today, but roughly half are endangered.

All human languages have nouns and verbs — but many lack adjectives or other categories found in English.