What Language is That? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Japanese

Usually you would greet someone this way, in Japan, in the evening. You use this greeting as a "hello" and not a "goodbye" as when you leave someone's company.

Answer: Chinese

I chose Mandarin Chinese for this question, although I realize there are other dialects of Chinese, for example, Cantonese.

Answer: Polish

There is a large number of Polish speakers in France, but the largest Polish community outside of Poland is in Chicago, America.

Answer: Filipino

This is the Tagalog dialect in the Philippines. To say "thank you" more formally, you would say "Salamat po" or "Maraming salamat po" for "thank you very much" in the polite form.

Answer: Greek

Greek is spoken by approximately 12-15 million people in the world today. The largest Greek communities outside of Greece are in Victoria and Melbourne, Australia.

Answer: Spain

There are a couple of ways to ask this question in Spanish. You can also say "Como puedo ayudarle?". But it is pretty much the same in whichever Spanish speaking country you're in.

Answer: German

German is spoken by approximately 95-120 million native speakers with approximately 20 million more, non-native speakers. According to Wikipedia, "German accounts for the most written translations into and from a language". WOW!

Answer: Portuguese

You can also say: Foi um prazer conhece-lo, which means: It was nice meeting you.

Portuguese is one of the world's major languages, at number 7 with regard to the number of native speakers, worldwide.

Answer: Persian

The Persian language has many dialects, Farsi, being the most widely known. It is the language of Iran and is widely spoken in Afghanistan. There are approximately 50 million speakers of this language, in its many dialects. There is an ongoing debate as to whether it should be called Persian or Farsi.

Answer: Arabic

Arabic is spoken in part or as an official language in approximately 23 countries.