(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right
side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
Questions
Choices
1. Da
German
2. Ja
Japanese
3. Igen
Polish
4. Hai
Russian
5. Shi
Mandarin
6. Si
Persian (Farsi)
7. Jes
Hungarian
8. Baleh
Arabic
9. Na'am
Esperanto
10. Tak
Italian
Select each answer
Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Da
Answer: Russian
Also Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, and Romanian speakers say "da".
There are about 154 million native (level one) Russian speakers worldwide.
2. Ja
Answer: German
It is pronounced "ya".
About 76m people are native German speakers. A further 56m have it as a second language.
Swedish speakers also days Ja, as do those who speak Slovene. In Icelandic it is "Já", and pronounced 'Yow". The Danes and Faroese also say "Ja", to sound like like "yeah".
The Dutch, Afrikaans, and Norwegian are also people who like to say "Ja".
3. Igen
Answer: Hungarian
At the 2011 Hungarian census. 9,896,333 people (99.6% of the population) were recorded as speaking Hungarian as a first or second language
4. Hai
Answer: Japanese
It is pronounced "hi".
About 128 million people speak Japanese as their first language.
5. Shi
Answer: Mandarin
It is pronounced "shr".
Mandarin has the most number of first language speakers in the world, about 980m. With second language speakers added, the total is about 1.10
English is the third most common first language in the world, but with second language speaker added in, at 1.12 billion it is the most spoken language in the world.
6. Si
Answer: Italian
It is pronounced "see".
About 65 million people speak Italian as a first language.
7. Jes
Answer: Esperanto
Esperanto is noted as a "made up" language. A study in 2017 estimated about 2m people worldwide speak Esperanto.
Apropos absolutely nothing at all, about 2,000 people are estimated to speak Klingon. HIja, that is so.
8. Baleh
Answer: Persian (Farsi)
You can also use "areh".
Persian is spoken mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, amounting to about 45 million people.
9. Na'am
Answer: Arabic
Arabic is the fifth most commonly spoke language in the world. There are 290m native speakers, with about 132m having it as a second language.
It is commonly spoken in northern African countries.
10. Tak
Answer: Polish
It is pronounced "tack".
Polish is spoken by about 40m people. As well as being the official language of Poland, the 2011 Census in the Republic of Ireland rated it the second most commonly spoken language there.
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