Here 10 Interesting and unique Facts about Languages

There are an estimated 7,000 languages in the world

While being complex, languages are incredibly fascinating that continues to open the horizons of those willing to take a further look at them.

Scientists believe that languages evolved out of a series of grunts and hand gestures. From there new ones have been born, grown and even died.

Here 10 Interesting and unique Facts about Languages 

1. French was the official language of England for over 300 years.

2. Italian is the fifth most taught language, after English, French, Spanish and German.

3. German is the most widely spoken native language in Europe.

4. English speakers will be able to recognise over 3,000 Spanish words.

5. Portuguese has 178 million native speakers.

6. Romanian was perhaps the first of the Romance Languages to split from Latin.

7. English is spoken by an estimated 1.8 billion.

8. Dutch has contributed many words to English including yacht, easel, cookie, and freight.

9. Mandarin has the most native speakers: 845 million.

10.  Tagalog was chosen as the national language of the Philippines from an estimated 70 different dialects and languages.