World Languages Trivia

How many living languages are spoken in the world today?

• 70

• 700

• 7,000

• 70,000

What continent holds the largest number of languages?

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

Which of these 4 Languages has the most speakers throughout the world?

• French

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• Italian

Khmer has the longest alphabet in the world. How many letters does it have?

• 68

• 74

• 53

• 89

Rotokas has the shortest alphabet in the world. How many letters does it have?

• 12

• 14

• 17

• 20

True or False: Klingon is the most widely spoken fictional language.

• True

• False

True or False: Most people in the world are monolingual (they only know how to speak one language.

• True

• False

Which list includes the three countries with the most languages?

• China, Brazil and Nigeria

• Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Nigeria

• China, Indonesia and the United States

Which list includes the three languages with the most speakers?

• English, French and Russian

• Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic

• Hindi, English and Mandarin

Who is the world's most translated author?

• J K Rowling

• Agatha Christie

• Charles Dickens

• William Shakespeare