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Test yourself! Take this Languages of the World Quiz | World

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

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

Author
queenofsheba

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,598

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 15

1. To which Indo-European language group does Portuguese belong? Hint

Romance

Slavic

Germanic

Baltic

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Question 2 of 15

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

English

Dutch

Xhosa

Zulu

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Question 3 of 15

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

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Question 4 of 15

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

Trinidad and Tobago

Senegal

Nigeria

Kenya

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which one is a Slavic language? Hint

Hungarian

Bulgarian

Estonian

Rumanian

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Question 6 of 15

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

Basque

Punjabi

Armenian

Albanian

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Question 7 of 15

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

Dravidian

Austro-Asiatic

Indo-European

Austronesian

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Question 8 of 15

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

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa

Papua New Guinea

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Question 9 of 15

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

Korean

Turkish

Italian

Bengali

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Question 10 of 15

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

Amharic

Yoruba

Warlpiri

Akan

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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

Like "g" in "girl"

Like "c" in "cat"

Like "ch" in "chain"

Like "sh" in "short"

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which language is related to Hawaiian? Hint

Japanese

Maori

Navajo

Quechua

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was the language of the Aztecs? Hint

Quechua

Nahuatl

Yukatek

Inuktitut

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the official language of Mongolia? Hint

Chinese

Evenki

Khalkha

Tatar

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Question 15 of 15

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

Cambodia

Thailand

Vietnam

Laos

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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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