This document discusses long words in different languages. It notes that English has the longest non-technical word at 28 letters, antidisestablishmentarianism. Technical words in languages can be very long in order to describe scientific concepts or compounds. German commonly combines short words into very long compounds. Some Native American languages can express whole phrases or sentences within single words. The document concludes by providing an example of an extremely long Native American chief's name from Wisconsin that was 179 letters long.