The Bible is the most widely translated book available in 2,454 different languages. Pinnochio is a close second. But the world’s most translated author is Agatha Christie.
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Learning a second language can make you smarter. A number of scientists agree that becoming polyglot can boost your brainpower. Other studies also suggest that speaking more than one language can help to slow down the aging process of the mind.
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The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France. It is not related to any other language in the world. It has an extremely complicated word structure and vocabulary.
Interesting language facts
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Re: Interesting language facts
by Jordi Gibert » Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:33 pm
Many languages,
In all the world there are many languages that people speak. There are more than seven thousand languages. Most of them are speaked for a reduced number of people as a mother language. The three first ones are Mandarin, Spanish and English. All of this three languages are speaked as a native language by around two billion people. If we considere mother tonge and a second languages, probably the most speaked is English and second Mandarin.
In all the world there are many languages that people speak. There are more than seven thousand languages. Most of them are speaked for a reduced number of people as a mother language. The three first ones are Mandarin, Spanish and English. All of this three languages are speaked as a native language by around two billion people. If we considere mother tonge and a second languages, probably the most speaked is English and second Mandarin.
- Jordi Gibert
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