- Roughly one-quarter of the world’s people know at least a smattering of English
- 12.4% of people speak Mandarin Chinese as their first language
- The UN’s Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into more than 300 languages, making it the most translated document in the world
- Reading a newspaper in China requires knowledge of about 2,000 characters
- There are 13 different ways to spell the “o” sound in French
- School children in Luxumbourg spend about 50% of their day in language studies – English, French, and German
- After the Bible, the book available in the most languages is – Pinocchio
