Two people and a bike outside a cafe with neon signs
French is second only to English for the number of countries where it has official status – 28 as opposed to 58. But, with 57 members, La Francophonie is now larger than the Commonwealth, which has 53.
On average Japanese speakers talk faster than any other language.
Busy airport check-in
Close up of rain falling on a kerb
Hawaiians have over 200 different words for rain!
Most European languages belong to three broad groups: Germanic, Romance and Slavic.