There is no word in the English language that rhymes with 'orange,' 'silver,' 'purple,' or 'month.'

Many Native American languages contain single words that would require whole sentences to express in English.

Noam Chomsky proposed humans have an innate 'universal grammar' — a built-in capacity for language.

There are no true synonyms — words with similar meanings always differ in connotation or register.

The word 'dollar' derives from the Bohemian Joachimsthal, where silver coins called 'Joachimsthaler' (thalers) were minted.

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

Sign languages are complete, natural languages with their own grammar — they are not universal and vary by country.

The tongue does not have distinct zones for different tastes — the 'tongue map' is a mistranslation of a German study.

Language death is driven by economic and political power — speakers shift to more useful languages.