There are at least 50 different words for snow in the Inuit languages.

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

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

Languages with no future tense have speakers who statistically save more money.

The Tonal languages of Africa and Asia use pitch to distinguish meaning — Mandarin has 4 tones; Cantonese has 6–9.

Sign languages are complete, independent languages — American Sign Language and British Sign Language are mutually unintelligible.

The human voice is the only musical instrument capable of producing language simultaneously with music.

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

Code-switching — alternating between two languages mid-sentence — is a sophisticated linguistic skill, not a deficiency.