There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects (A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning).
Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.
Children who study another language score higher on basic skills such as reading and math.
The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: "Mary had a little lamb."
In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same.
Date: 20/07/2008 Name: ron Rating: 4 Comment: cool, now i need to start learning new languages
Date: 01/07/2008 Name: potash Rating: 4 Comment: some languages are really hard to learn and some even seem impossible to speak
Date: 28/01/2008 Name: kdog Rating: 4 Comment: Cool. I've heard that people that do more than one language have better trained brains. So, keep challenging yourself to learn new things.
Date: 20/07/2008
Name: ron
Rating: 4
Comment: cool, now i need to start learning new languages
Date: 01/07/2008
Name: potash
Rating: 4
Comment: some languages are really hard to learn and some even seem impossible to speak
Date: 28/01/2008
Name: kdog
Rating: 4
Comment: Cool. I've heard that people that do more than one language have better trained brains. So, keep challenging yourself to learn new things.