l ut in ative ▁languages ▁allow ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁long ▁words ▁via ▁comp ounding . ▁▁ ▁W ords ▁consisting ▁of ▁hundreds , ▁or ▁even ▁thousands ▁of ▁characters ▁have ▁been ▁co ined . ▁ ▁Even ▁non - ag gl ut in ative ▁languages ▁may ▁allow ▁word ▁formation ▁of ▁theoret ically ▁limit less ▁length ▁in ▁certain ▁context s . ▁An ▁example ▁common ▁to ▁many ▁languages ▁is ▁the ▁term ▁for ▁a ▁very ▁remote ▁ancest or , ▁" gre at - gre at - ..... - grand father ", ▁where ▁the ▁prefix ▁" gre at - " ▁may ▁be ▁repeated ▁any ▁number ▁of ▁times . ▁The ▁examples ▁of ▁" long est ▁words " ▁within ▁the ▁" A gg l ut in ative ▁L anguages " ▁section ▁may ▁be ▁now here ▁near ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁longest ▁possible ▁word ▁in ▁said ▁language , ▁but ▁is ▁instead ▁a ▁popular ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁text - he avy ▁word . ▁ ▁System atic ▁names ▁of ▁chemical ▁comp ounds ▁can ▁run ▁to ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁characters ▁in ▁length . ▁The ▁rules ▁of ▁creation ▁of ▁such ▁names ▁are ▁commonly ▁defined ▁by ▁international ▁bodies , ▁therefore ▁they ▁formally ▁belong ▁to ▁many ▁languages . ▁ ▁The ▁longest ▁recognized ▁system atic ▁ ▁name ▁is ▁for ▁the ▁protein ▁tit in , ▁at ▁ 1 8 9 , 8 1 9 ▁letters . ▁▁ ▁While ▁lex ic ograph ers ▁regard ▁generic ▁names ▁of ▁chemical ▁comp ounds ▁as ▁ver bal ▁formula e ▁rather ▁than ▁words , ▁for ▁its ▁she er ▁length ▁the ▁system atic ▁name ▁for ▁tit in