Language fun facts

We are finally going out more in the summertime which could lead to small talk. Here are your favourite fun facts about languages to help you impress people at parties:

• The world’s rarest languages have just a few speakers: among them are Hanti or Njerep.
• The constructed language Toki Pona has only around 120 words; and promotes positive thinking.
• There are many fictional languages – The one with the most speakers is probably Klingon.
• The Prisma team speaks on average 4.5 languages. (Unfortunately, no one speaks a fictional language yet)

• Language families Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan have the most speakers worldwide.
• Esperanto, the biggest constructed language, was created in the 1800s to foster harmony around the world.
• More than half the world’s population is bilingual.
• Start learning a new language by memorizing the 1000 most important words. It will lead a lot faster to fluency.

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