The longest word in the dictionary is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,' a type of lung disease.

The alphabet is a Greek invention — the Greeks added vowels to the Phoenician consonant alphabet around 800 BC.

Parrots can learn hundreds of words and use them in context.

Password managers are recommended by security experts — reusing passwords is the leading cause of account breaches.

Whistled languages, like Silbo Gomero in the Canary Islands, encode full speech and are UNESCO Heritage.

Wittgenstein argued that the limits of language are the limits of one's world.

Children learn language faster and more completely than adults — a window called the 'critical period' closes around puberty.

The world's shortest alphabet, Rotokas, has only 12 letters.

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