Hakuna means ‘there is not here’ and matata means ‘problem’, so together they give us the meaning that makes the song so memorable. According to the BBC, Swahili has official language status in Kenya and Tanzania and is also spoken in the Comoros Islands, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Believe it or not, there's no word for either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the Irish language! Instead it relies on verbs to convey a positive or negative response. For example, a response to the question “Did they sell the house?” would be: “They sold” or “They didn’t sell”, rather than using a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.

Sanskrit is a language with an enormous number of words, and although there are many ways to say something, Sanskrit speakers believe that it makes communication incredibly precise. Despite being very old, there are villages in India where Sanskrit is still spoken today. In Mysore, there is still a Sanskrit newspaper in print!

The Icelandic that is spoken today is really not all that different to the Icelandic that was spoken during the Middle Ages, partly because it’s such a small island with a relatively tiny population. So, if you can read Icelandic in today’s modern age, you’d still be able to understand texts written in the 12th century! Compare that to English, which has changed drastically over the years, and you start to realise how impressive this is!

The first two letters in the Greek alphabet are alpha (α) and beta (β). These characters combined form the word we all use in English to describe our sequence of letters!

Arabic is very different to the English language, and one of the most noticeable differences is that it’s written from right to left. Arabic also contains unique sounds, such as such as 'ح', which is an ‘h’ sound as in ‘hubb’ (love). The British Council has a handy tip to help you practise making this sound: ‘To get an idea of how this is pronounced, imagine breathing on a window pane to create a mist.’

Unlike English (which has five), and French (which has six), Welsh has an impressive seven vowel sounds! They have the standard A (like the ‘a’ in ‘and’), E (‘eh’), I (like the ‘ee’ in ‘see’), O (‘oh’), and U (a very frontal ‘oo’ sound). In addition to these, they also have the W (like the ‘oo’ in ‘moon’) and Y (like ‘uh’ or ‘ee’ in ‘see’) sounds.

Only 75 out of around 300 Aboriginal languages are still in use. Dyribal, amongst others, is close to extinction. Happily, however, there are some languages which are very popular and taught in schools.  Walpiri is one of these, and it’s spoken in and around the Alice Springs area right in the middle of Australia.

German words can sometimes be amazingly long! Nouns, especially, often combine the object with the activity, so you get words like Handschuhschneeballwerfer (‘a person who wears gloves to throw snowballs') and Frühjahrsmüdigkeit (‘a feeling of restlessness, excitement, or laziness, brought on by the coming of spring’).