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Extinct Languages of Europe Trivia Quiz

How many languages died since the dawn of humanity? Nobody knows. This quiz is to learn something more about a bunch of European languages now disappeared. (Most of the information is from the excellent site Ethnologue.com)

A multiple-choice quiz by zordy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zordy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,207

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
866

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is an extinct language of Scotland? Hint

Norn

Cornish

Gaelic

Scots

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these is another dead language in the UK, a form of Gaelic?
Hint

Polari

Scottish

Manx

Lallans

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these was an old language spoken in Germany?
Hint

Limburgisch

Frankish

Frisian

Swabian

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these was a language that was spoken in the Canary Islands?
Hint

Guanche

Galician

Fala de Xalima

Euskara

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Question 5 of 10

5. Its name recalls an empire, but this Baltic language has been extinct since the beginning of the 18th century.

Answer: (One or Two Words: Think Bismarck)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these is a recently extinct language that was spoken on the Adriatic coast in Croatia? (Hint: it needs at least 101 speakers.)
Hint

Cimbrian

Istriot

Dalmatian

Karelian

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Question 7 of 10

7. This was a language that was spoken in Crimea, in present-day Ukraine. Hint

Gothic

Vandalic

Gallick

Unnian

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Question 8 of 10

8. This is an extinct language of Greece that died in the 1960s.
Hint

Pontic

Saami

Liv

Cappadocian

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Question 9 of 10

9. This was a Judeo-Slavic language that became extinct in late Middle Ages. Hint

Knaanic

Circassian

Syriac

Tosk

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Question 10 of 10

10. It is the Dead Language par excellence, but it is still the official language of the smallest State in the world.

Answer: (Alive and kicking in school)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is an extinct language of Scotland?

Answer: Norn

Spoken in Shetland and Orkney became extinct after the islands were ceded to Scotland in the 15th century.

2. Which of these is another dead language in the UK, a form of Gaelic?

Answer: Manx

Lallans is a dialect of the Scots language.
According to Ethnologue.com, Polari, also called Parlare, Parlyaree etc is an in-group language whose speakers are all gays.

3. Which of these was an old language spoken in Germany?

Answer: Frankish

It was spoken in Nothern Gaul and Low Countries. All the others are alive and well.

4. Which of these was a language that was spoken in the Canary Islands?

Answer: Guanche

Fala is a very lively language of Extremadura, Galician is spoken is Northern Spain. Euskara is Basque, a language with no relation to others, spoken in the Basque Country.

5. Its name recalls an empire, but this Baltic language has been extinct since the beginning of the 18th century.

Answer: Prussian

Other Baltic languages that are unfortunately dead: Selonian, Yotvingian, Semigallian, Curonian.

6. Which of these is a recently extinct language that was spoken on the Adriatic coast in Croatia? (Hint: it needs at least 101 speakers.)

Answer: Dalmatian

Also called Ragusan or Vegliote is from the island of Veglia or Krk.
Karelian is a language of Finland.
Cimbrian is a German language spoken in Italy.

7. This was a language that was spoken in Crimea, in present-day Ukraine.

Answer: Gothic

It had speakers until the 18th century. I made up the other ones.

8. This is an extinct language of Greece that died in the 1960s.

Answer: Cappadocian

It died only in the 1960s. It is different from the ancient Anatolian language spoken in Cappadocia.
Liv is almost extinct language of Latvia, Saami is a group of languages of Lappland.

9. This was a Judeo-Slavic language that became extinct in late Middle Ages.

Answer: Knaanic

Syriac is a dead language of Turkey. Circassian is a group of languages of the West Caucasian family and Tosk is the main language of Albania also called Shqip.

10. It is the Dead Language par excellence, but it is still the official language of the smallest State in the world.

Answer: Latin

The other official language of the Vatican State is Italian.
Vale! or ciao.

Source: Author zordy

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