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Quiz about Languages of the World
Quiz about Languages of the World

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There are thousands of languages, some spoken by millions, some almost extinct.

A multiple-choice quiz by queenofsheba. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
queenofsheba
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
243,598
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. To which Indo-European language group does Portuguese belong? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Afrikaans is spoken by six million South Africans. To which other language is it closely related? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In which country is English not an official language? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Which one is a Slavic language? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Which of these languages isn't Indo-European? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. To which language family do Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam belong? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In what country can you find native speakers of Kikuyu (or Gikuyu) and Maasai? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Which one of these languages has the largest number of native speakers? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Which language has no native speakers in Africa? Hint


Question 11 of 15
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? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Which language is related to Hawaiian? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What was the language of the Aztecs? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What is the official language of Mongolia? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In what country can you find most native speakers of Khmer? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. To which Indo-European language group does Portuguese belong?

Answer: Romance

All languages derived from Latin are Romance or Italic. Other Romance languages are Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French, Italian, Sardinian, Romansh and Romanian.
2. Afrikaans is spoken by six million South Africans. To which other language is it closely related?

Answer: Dutch

It's derived from Dutch, so it's a Germanic language. Xhosa and Zulu are Bantu languages.
3. How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet?

Answer: 22

Alef, bet, gimel, dalet, he, vav, zayin, khet, tet, yod, kaf, lamed, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, tsadi, kuf, resh, shin, tav.
4. In which country is English not an official language?

Answer: Senegal

Senegal used to be a French colony, so French is an official language there. Other languages in Senegal are Wolof and Fulani.
5. Which one is a Slavic language?

Answer: Bulgarian

Hungarian and Estonian are Uralic, Romanian is Romance. Other Slavic languages are Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish, Sorbian, Kashubian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian and Macedonian.
6. Which of these languages isn't Indo-European?

Answer: Basque

Basque or Euskara is a language isolate, although there are theories about relations with Georgian or other Caucasian languages.
7. To which language family do Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam belong?

Answer: Dravidian

There are 200 million native speakers of Dravidian languages, mostly in India and Sri Lanka. According to Wikipedia there were 74 million native speakers of Tamil in 1996.
8. In what country can you find native speakers of Kikuyu (or Gikuyu) and Maasai?

Answer: Kenya

Maasai is a Nilotic language with 900.000 native speakers. Kikuyu is a Bantu language with seven million native speakers.
9. Which one of these languages has the largest number of native speakers?

Answer: Bengali

According to Wikipedia there are 194 million native speakers of Bengali, opposed to 60 million Turkish, 61 million Italian and 71 million Korean. Bengali is the seventh language, behind Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese. It's spoken in India and Bangladesh.
10. Which language has no native speakers in Africa?

Answer: Warlpiri

Warlpiri is an Australian Aboriginal language. Yoruba is spoken in Nigeria, Akan in Ghana, Amharic in Ethiopia.
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?

Answer: Like "ch" in "chain"

Q sounds like "ch", or something between "ch" and "ts".
12. Which language is related to Hawaiian?

Answer: Maori

Hawaiian and Maori (New Zealand) are Eastern Polynesian languages, a subgroup of Austronesian.
13. What was the language of the Aztecs?

Answer: Nahuatl

Nahuatl is still spoken by 1.5 million people in Mexico. Quechua was the language of the Incas, Yukatek was a Maya language and Inuktitut is an Inuit language.
14. What is the official language of Mongolia?

Answer: Khalkha

Khalkha, Evenki and Tatar belong to the Altaic group. The latter two are spoken in Siberia.
15. In what country can you find most native speakers of Khmer?

Answer: Cambodia

Khmer is an Austro-Asiatic language. It has its own alphabet. Other Austro-Asiatic languages are the Munda languages, Mon and Vietnamese.
Source: Author queenofsheba

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