Patchwork - Languages Trivia Quiz

Answer: FRENCH

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French is the official language in 33 countries. This is second to English which is the official language of 57 countries.

Accents that are used in the French language was introduced during the reign of Louis XIII (1601-1643).

Answer: THAI

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Thai is the official language of Thailand. Malay and English are also widely spoken in this country.

Answer: TAMIL

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Tamil is spoken in southern India and northern Sri Lanka, usually by the Dravidian people. It is an ancient language that has been used for approximately 3,000 years dating from the age of Tolkappiyam.

Answer: SPANISH

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Spanish is the third most widely spoken language in the world. The country that has the most Spanish-speaking people (first language or mother tongue) is Mexico. This is followed by Columbia in South America. Spain is ranked fourth in the world.

Answer: NORWEGIAN

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Norwegian is the official language of Norway but it has two variants (Bokmal and Nynorsk). Bookmal is the book language/national language and was derived from the era when Norway was under Danish rule during the years 1397 - 1814. Nynorsk is the new Norwegian/country language and originated from Old Norse - which had no Danish input. Nynorsk is based upon the rural dialects and is what is mostly used in those regions. There have been efforts to meld these two into a common language called Samnorsk so as to make one common national language.

Answer: FARSI

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Farsi is a Persian language, which is the official language of Iran. It is also widely spoken in Afghanistan, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Tajikistan (which uses the archaic form).

Answer: URDU

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Urdu and Hindi (Hindustani)are very similar. It is the official language of Pakistan and is written in a modified Arabic script. In India, Urdu is the predominant language of Moslems.

Answer: SWAHILI

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Swahili is the Bantu language of the Swahili. It is the official language of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya (all east Africa). Swahili is also an unofficial language in Burundi (central Africa), The Democratic Republic of the Congo (central Africa) and Mozambique (south east Africa).

Answer: SWEDISH

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Swedish is the official language (in conjunction with Finnish) of Finland and Sweden. 'God morgon' is Swedish for 'good morning'.

Answer: ARABIC

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The Arabic language usually includes 16 variants and it is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world. The written form of Arabic has had virtually no changes made to it since the seventh century - unlike the spoken form, which varies from country to country. Egypt has the most speakers of this language worldwide.