Foreign Greeting And Parting Words 2 Quiz

Answer: Russia

PRIVET means 'hello' in Russian. Russian is an Indo-European language and belongs to the East Slavonic branch. Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations and as of 2007 it is spoken by over 147 million people worldwide (Wikipedia).

Answer: Danish

In Denmark FARVEL means 'goodbye'. The Danish language belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family and it is also referred to as Scandinavian. As of 2007, over 6 million people speak Danish in countries such as Denmark, Greenland, Iceland and Germany (Wikipedia).

Answer: China

The Chinese word NI HAO means 'hello'. As of 2007, there are more than 1.3 billion people worldwide (Wikipedia), who speak Chinese. It is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore. A phonetic system using the Roman alphabet was officially adopted by the Chinese government in 1966.

Answer: France

SALUT means 'hello' in France. The French language is an Indo-European one and is referred to as a Romance language (derived from Latin). As of 2007, it is spoken by more than 300 million people in 51 countries (Wikipedia).

Answer: Turkish

ALLAHAISMARLADIK is the Turkish word for 'goodbye'. As of 2007, there are 65 - 73 million people who speak Turkish worldwide (Wikipedia), most of them living in Turkey. The roots of the language has been traced to Central Asia; it belongs to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family (Asia and South-East Europe). Turkish immigrants have settled in Germany, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Romania and France.

Answer: Esperanto

The word SALUTON means 'hello' in the international language called Esperanto. It is an artificial language that was developed by Polish philologist Ludwik Zamenhof in 1887 and as of 2007, more than 2 million people speak it worldwide (Wikipedia).

Answer: Japanese

In Japan SAYONARA means 'goodbye'. As of 2007 this language is spoken by more than 130 million people (Wikipedia), who mainly live in Japan. Japanese vocabulary has been influenced by Chinese, Indo-European and English languages.

Answer: Italy

The word CIAO is used in Italy for the word 'hello'. Italian is a Romance language (derived from Latin) and as of 2007 it is spoken by more than 63 million people (Wikipedia).

Answer: Hebrew

The word LEHITRAOT means 'goodbye' in Hebrew. As of 2007, Hebrew is spoken by over 15 million people worldwide (Wikipedia). Hebrew belongs to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Answer: Germany

The word HALLO means 'hello' in Germany. German is one of the world's major languages and as of 2001 it is spoken by more than 123.5 million people (Wikipedia). It is an Indo-European language, belonging to the West Germanic branch and is closely related to such languages as English and Dutch.