The word 'robot' was coined by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1920 — from the Czech 'robota' meaning forced labor.

Languages evolve continuously — Shakespeare's English is dramatically different from today's just 400 years later.

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

Esperanto has around 2 million speakers and was invented in 1887 by Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof.

The word 'panic' derives from Pan, the Greek god — his terrifying shout was said to cause irrational fear.

There are approximately 7,000 languages spoken in the world — about half are expected to disappear by end of the century.

Constructed languages (conlangs) like Tolkien's Elvish are linguistically complete — with grammar, vocabulary, and literature.

The English word 'war' derives from the Old High German 'werra,' meaning strife or confusion.

The longest sentence in serious literature appears in Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom!' — 1,288 words.