Languages of the World

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. To which Indo-European language group does Portuguese belong? Germanic Romance Slavic Baltic

2. Afrikaans is spoken by six million South Africans. To which other language is it closely related? Zulu English Dutch Xhosa

3. How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet? 28 24 22 26

4. In which country is English not an official language? Trinidad and Tobago Senegal Nigeria Kenya

5. Which one is a Slavic language? Rumanian Hungarian Bulgarian Estonian

6. Which of these languages isn't Indo-European? Albanian Armenian Basque Punjabi

7. To which language family do Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam belong? Austronesian Indo-European Dravidian Austro-Asiatic

8. In what country can you find native speakers of Kikuyu (or Gikuyu) and Maasai? South Africa Papua New Guinea Nigeria Kenya

9. Which one of these languages has the largest number of native speakers? Korean Turkish Italian Bengali

10. Which language has no native speakers in Africa? Amharic Yoruba Warlpiri Akan

11. Hanyu Pinyin is the most common system to transcribe Chinese in the Latin alphabet. What does the letter q approximately sound like in this romanization system? Like "g" in "girl" Like "c" in "cat" Like "ch" in "chain" Like "sh" in "short"

12. Which language is related to Hawaiian? Japanese Maori Navajo Quechua

13. What was the language of the Aztecs? Quechua Nahuatl Yukatek Inuktitut

14. What is the official language of Mongolia? Chinese Evenki Khalkha Tatar

15. In what country can you find most native speakers of Khmer? Vietnam Laos Thailand Cambodia