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http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/07/03/digging-into-words-with-wolframalpha/
Digging into Words with Wolfram|Alpha July 3, 2013
Even if you’re a pretty big word nut, you may not think of Wolfram|Alpha as your go-to source for learning more about the English lexicon. You might be surprised, then, by the discoveries and computations that you can make with Wolfram|Alpha’s word data. We just added over 50,000 new words to Wolfram|Alpha’s dictionary, including archaic words such as pythonist (a conjurer or diviner) and technical terms like cosmochronometer, which refers to processes that are used to determine the age of stars (like radioactive decay). Wolfram|Alpha provides word definitions and, when available, other features such as etymologies and anagrams

http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/01/29/exploring-linguistic-diversity/
Exploring Linguistic Diversity in the United States January 29, 2014
Whether you’re trying to find the perfect word in Scrabble or study the languages of the world, Wolfram|Alpha has always provided computational insights into how we communicate. Now we’re taking that a step further—with data from the American Community Survey, we can take a closer look at where different languages are spoken in the United States. From Arabic to Yiddish, Wolfram|Alpha can tell you where over 30 different languages are spoken at home. To get an overview of where a given language is spoken, try a query like “French speakers in the US”