There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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