[Language fact 1] There are only 6 people left on the planet who can still ‘speak’ the whistled language known as sfyria.
[Language fact 2] 800 different languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on Earth.
[Language fact 3] "Cryptophasia" is a phenomenon where twins make up a language which they only speak with each other. Twin languages often consist of onomatopoeia, and new words twins create by simplifying the words used by adults around them. Up to 50% of young twins may develop their own twin language.
[Language fact 4] "Crab mentality" describes selfish, short-sighted thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you."
[Language fact 5] A linguist (dâÄôArmond Speers) in Minnesota spoke only Klingon to his son for the first three years of his life, as an experiment in language acquisition.
[Language fact 6] The Cagots were a group of people that did not differ in race, language, or culture from the people around them and despite this, they were hated and persecuted for centuries, and historians still aren't sure why.
[Language fact 7] The language of Jabba the Hutt "Huttese" is based on Quechua - The Incan language still spoken in parts of South America.
[Language fact 8] Tolkien popularised "dwarves" as the plural of "dwarf" to differentiate his fantasy dwarves from humans with dwarfism, for whom the correct plural was "dwarfs". The dwarf trope became so entrenched that "dwarves" is now widely recognized as the standard plural of "dwarf" even for humans.
[Language fact 9] Motto of the news satire organization, “The Onion” is “Tu stultus es” which in Latin translates to “You're an idiot.”
[Language fact 10] The American Sign Language for “pasteurized milk” is the sign for “milk” while moving your hand past your eyes.
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