Test yourself! Take this Greetings Around the World Quiz | Languages

Answer: Spanish

That should have been easy. If you wanted to say bye in Spanish, you would say "adiós". Spanish is a language that it is derived from Latin and it is called a Romance language because Latin came from Rome. Spanish is spoken by around 332 million people including people from Spain, Mexico, South America, and Central America. It is the second most widely spoken language in the world.

Answer: "Bonjour"

French is also a Romance language. If you wanted to say bye, you would say "Au revoir". French is mainly spoken in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of Canada. 72 million people speak French around the world. It is the 11th biggest language in primary speakers but 1st in secondary speakers.

Answer: India

This is a traditional greeting for Hindus in India and other places. "Alvida" is the word for saying bye in Hindi. The language of India is Hindi which is very similar to Urdu and Bengali.

Answer: Islam

That greeting is used by Muslims around the world. It is in Arabic which is the language of the Muslim holy book, the Quran. In Arabic, the way to say bye is also "asalamualaikum". It can sometimes be shortened to salaam. Arabic is mainly spoken in the Middle East and North Africa by about 180 million people also.

Answer: "Ni hao"

With 1.1 billion speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the most commonly spoken language. It is mostly spoken in China and some of Eastern Asia. If you wanted to say bye, you would say "zai-jian". China is also the largest country in population which is why it has so many speakers.

Answer: Japanese

Japanese is mostly spoken in Japan. If you wanted to say hello, you would say "konichiwa". It is spoken by around 130 million people around the world. Japanese is related to Chinese. Japanese writing is vertical instead of horizontal.

Answer: "Do svidaniya"

Russian is mostly spoken in Russia by 145 million people around the world. Hello in Russian is "Zdravstvuite". Russia is the country with the largest area in the world. It is related to many other languages like Bulgarian and Polish.

Answer: 'Totsiens"

Afrikaans is a language spoken in Southern Africa. Around 6 million people speak it. If you wanted to say hello you would just say "hallo". Afrikaans is closely related to Dutch and German. Afrikaans is a Germanic language because of the Dutch and German rule in that area.

Answer: false

That was false. The actual word for good bye is "hej då". Hej is the word for hello in Swedish. Around 10 million people speak Swedish in Sweden and parts of Finland. It is a Germanic language and is related to Norwegian and Danish.

Answer: Latin

Latin is a language that very few people speak now but it was the language of the Roman Empire. Hello would be "salve" in Latin. Although Latin isn't spoken any more, the languages the come from it, flourish. These are the Romance languages which are Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian.