{"id":858,"date":"2024-03-13T09:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2024-03-13T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:22:57","slug":"a-short-post-on-the-longest-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"A short post on the longest words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been working on some lengthier articles, but meanwhile, here\u2019s an entertaining read (particularly for word nerds): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mosalingua.com\/en\/longest-word-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Longest Word in the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In it, you\u2019ll find the longest words in multiple languages (Dutch, German, English, Icelandic, Tagalog, and more), replete with audio pronunciations of many of them. This piece explains the rules of how a word can qualify as \u201cthe longest word\u201d (it\u2019s not just about length!). It also touches on the subject of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agglutinative_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agglutinative languages<\/a><\/strong> that naturally have longer words due to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compound_(linguistics)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compounding<\/a> <\/strong>(see also #6 <a href=\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few samples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENGLISH: <em>Electroencephalographically<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>27 letters!<\/li>\n<li>Meaning: Describes a method for measuring and recording the electrical activity of someone\u2019s brain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>GERMAN: <em>Rindfleischetikettierungs\u00fcberwachungsaufgaben\u00fcbertragungsgesetz<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>63 letters!<\/li>\n<li>Meaning: \u201claw for regulating the labeling of beef\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>TAGALOG: <em>pinakanakakapagngitngitngitngitangpagsisinungasinungalingan<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>59 letters!<\/li>\n<li>Meaning: \u201clying that causes the most extreme anger\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a gander at the full piece for more tongue-bending terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been working on some lengthier articles, but meanwhile, here\u2019s an entertaining read (particularly for word nerds): The Longest Word in the World. In it, you\u2019ll find the longest words in multiple languages (Dutch, German, English, Icelandic, Tagalog, and more), replete with audio pronunciations of many of them. This piece explains the rules of how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[33],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words","tag-mosalingua"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Linguamonium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longestword1-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1352\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hannah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@linguamonium\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@linguamonium\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hannah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hannah\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238\"},\"headline\":\"A short post on the longest words\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238\"},\"keywords\":[\"MOSAlingua\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Words\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\",\"name\":\"A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A short post on the longest words\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/\",\"name\":\"Linguamonium\",\"description\":\"A tumult of linguistic musings\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238\"},\"alternateName\":\"Linguamo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238\",\"name\":\"hannah\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dummeh-babboh-2-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dummeh-babboh-2-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"hannah\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\",\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/hannah-vanbrunt\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/linguamonium\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium","description":"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium","og_description":"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).","og_url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858","og_site_name":"Linguamonium","article_published_time":"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1352,"url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longestword1-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"hannah","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@linguamonium","twitter_site":"@linguamonium","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hannah","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858"},"author":{"name":"hannah","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238"},"headline":"A short post on the longest words","datePublished":"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238"},"keywords":["MOSAlingua"],"articleSection":["Words"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858","url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858","name":"A short post on the longest words - Linguamonium","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-13T16:22:57+00:00","description":"Check out this fun piece on the longest words in many languages (with audio pronunciations and explanations).","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=858#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A short post on the longest words"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/","name":"Linguamonium","description":"A tumult of linguistic musings","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238"},"alternateName":"Linguamo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f6a9c49248cb623f9a6061aaacff0238","name":"hannah","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dummeh-babboh-2-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dummeh-babboh-2-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"hannah"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/linguamonium.com","www.linkedin.com\/in\/hannah-vanbrunt","https:\/\/twitter.com\/linguamonium"],"url":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/linguamonium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longestword1-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1352&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}