I don’t think that I would be going out on a limb to speculate that almost every one reading this post has at one time read the iconic Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novel The Little Prince. In my case, I read it as a young child and I also had the book read to me in French by my Mother who was an absolute Francophile.

So, I was not surprised to learn that it has been translated into 500+ different languages and dialects, including many nearly extinct languages. Swiss engineering entrepreneur Jean-Marc Probst has, over the last 40 years, collected most of them, along with a huge hoard of ancillary material, into a searchable website. The fascinating short video below provides a helpful overview from linguist imshawn getoffmylawn.

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