Portal:Language/Did you know/June 2009

...that the most common phonemes in all the languages, are k, p, t, n and m?

...that the Pirahã language is the language with the least phonemes, having only 8 phonemes?

...that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's largest French-speaking country?

... that the Tuyuca language was voted as the world's most difficult language to learn by the The Economist?