Some Amazing Language Facts

There are over 2,700 languages in the world.

There are 7000 dialects. 

This is interesting - a dialect is a regional variety of a language.  For example people living in the North and in the South of the same country may have different dialects - this means they could have a different meaning for the word or say it in a different way.

The official language of a country is always the language the government conducts business in.

Every pilot flying an international flight, no matter their nationality or where they are flying to or from, identifies themselves in English.

The above was adapted from:  Amazing Language Facts @teachervision.com