European Languages Lesson

​European day of languages 2022

​Find out interesting facts about languages with this quiz and compete with peers all around Slovenia.​

​

Let's start with some easy ones...

Just to make sure

Multiple Choice

When do we celebrate the European Day of Languages?

• September 25

• September 26

• October 25

• October 26

Multiple Choice

How many langauges are spoken in the world?

• 6000-7000

• 5000-6000

• 7000-8000

• 4000-5000

Reorder

Reorder the following

• English

• lessons

• are

• the

• best

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following

peak

award

square

rink

currency

• peak

• award

• square

• rink

• currency

​Too easy? OK!

Multiple Choice

How many different alphabets are there in the world?

• 4

• 16

• 46

• 56

Multiple Select

Choose all palindromes.

• Madam

• Racecar

• Cannot

• Hannah

Multiple Choice

How many new words are added to the English Dictionary every year?

• 1

• 1000

• 2000

• 4000

Multiple Choice

What is the official language of all pilots?

• English

• French

• German

• Spanish

Multiple Choice

How many people in the world can speak 2 or more languages?

• less than 10% of the population

• about 15% of the population

• about 30% of the population

• more than 50% of the population

Multiple Choice

There is only one version of sign language in the world. - true or false?

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

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

• Russia
• China
• USA

• India

Multiple Choice

Romany, the language of the Rom people or Gypsies, is most closely related to which of these modern languages?

• Punjabi

• Romanian

• Yiddish

• Russian

Multiple Choice

Finnish is not an Indo-European language.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Hungarian is related most closely to which of the following languages?

• Romanian

• Ukrainian

• Russion

• Estonian

Multiple Choice

In which country is the language Cymraeg spoken? 

• In the Faroe Islands

• In Wales

• In Ireland

• In Scotland

​Still too easy?

Multiple Choice

Cambodian is the language with the most letters. How many letters does it have?

• 56

• 74

• 62

• 91

Multiple Choice

Which language is the oldest written language?

• Sumerian

• Old Greek

• Old Egyptian

• Latin

Multiple Choice

Which languages are read from right to left?

• Chinese and Japanese

• Arabic and Hebru

• Russian and Macedonian

• Thai and Hindu

Multiple Choice

Which language doesn’t have the verb TO BE?

• Spanish

• Dutch

• Russian

• French

Multiple Choice

The Papuan language of Rotokas only has ___ letters in its alphabet.

• 5

• 15

• 2

• 11

​And now let's see how well you can understand foreign languages....

Multiple Choice

How do you say hello in Polish?

• Privet

• Sveiki

• Witam

• Tere

​Sveiki = Latvian

Privet = Russian​

Tere = Estonian

​

Multiple Choice

In Italian the word fifone describes a person who is

• a coward

• a huge FIFA fan

• not a football player

• obsessed with number five

Multiple Choice

In Spanish the phrase “Tu eres mi media naranja” talks about

• favourite colour

• fruit

• relationship status

• weird nicknames

Draw

Draw what the Croatian word "stol" means:

​Did you draw a table? Perfect!

​Chair is wrong!

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