The philosophy of language explores how words and sentences acquire meaning.

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.

The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I Ran the Zoo' in 1950.

The concept of a 'dead language' is complex — Latin died as a spoken tongue but gave birth to French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.

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

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

The Portuguese man o' war's tentacles can extend up to 50 meters and remain dangerous even when detached.

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

The average English speaker uses only about 20,000 words actively — but recognizes 40,000–50,000.