Languages die at a rate of about one every two weeks, and by 2100, nearly half of all current languages may be extinct.

The clicks in Khoisan languages of southern Africa are consonants — making them among the most phonetically complex languages.

Loanwords are borrowed from other languages — 'kindergarten,' 'safari,' 'pajama,' and 'robot' are all loanwords in English.

The Basque language has no known relatives anywhere in the world — it is a true language isolate.

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

The word 'lethologica' describes the inability to remember the word you are trying to say.

The word 'OK' may be the most recognized word in the world — it's understood in virtually every language.

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

The oldest continuous written language still in use is Chinese — with over 3,000 years of unbroken written tradition.