European Day of Languages

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Estimate the number of living languages in the world.

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Around 7000

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Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

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English

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What proportion of all languages in the world are African languages?

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Approximately 30%

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Which of the following languages are written from right to left? Catalan, Japanese, Arabic, Maltese

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Arabic

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Which language spoken in Europe today is considered to be the oldest? Options: Galician, Icelandic, Basque, Greek

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Greek

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How many languages are spoken in London?

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Around 300

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The European Day of Languages started in...

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2001

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Is sign language universal?

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No

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Which is the country with the highest number of languages spoken in its territory?

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Russia

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What does the word "alphabet" come from?

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From the two first letters of the Greek Alphabet