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by number6 538 days ago
As a German I have access to words like "Moselschifffahrtspolizeimützenverordnung" and that's a mild one :)
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bluGill 538 days ago
Stupid German proving me wrong with something that most languages don't have access to.

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I'm sure German is not alone, but it is the only one I'm aware of - though with over 7000 known languages I doubt anyone knows enough to state anything with confidence.

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number6 537 days ago
I believe Sanskrit has some very long words like 600 Roman letters or something
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