10 Interesting Fact About Language and linguistics

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Languages:

• Indonesian is the official language in Indonesia and is spoken by more than 200 million people.
• English is the most widely used international language throughout the world.
• There are more than 7,000 languages used throughout the world.
• Arabic has 28 letters and is written from right to left.
• Mandarin has more than 50,000 writing characters, but only around 20,000 are used in general.
• Korean language has its own alphabet called Hangul, made by King Sejong in the 15th century.
• Japanese has three different types of writing: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
• Sweden is the official language in Sweden and is also used in Finland and Estonia.
• Spanish is the official language in Spain, Mexico, and most of the Latin American.
• French is the official language in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and most of the West Africa.