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

The English language borrows from over 350 other languages, making it one of the most linguistically diverse.

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Creole languages form when children of pidgin speakers create a fully structured native language.

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The average educated English speaker knows about 40,000–50,000 words but uses only 5,000–10,000 in everyday speech.

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The Hawaiian language has only 13 letters — 5 vowels and 8 consonants.

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

Fact #6201 · Language

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

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The word 'lethologica' describes the inability to remember the word you are trying to say.

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Orcas have unique dialects.

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