European Day of Languages 2021

Number of original languages in Europe!

• 225

• 255

• 250

• 150

Most languages have around________________ words.

• 5 000

• 6 000

• 50 000

• 15 000

Most European languages belong to three language groups:

• Germanic

• Baltic

• Slavic

• Romance

Which languages is the official (službeni) on planes (flights):

• French

• German

• English

• Croatian

Which language is the hardest to learn?

• Chinese (Mandarin)

• English

• German

• Dutch

What is typical for Italian?

• it has only 21 letter of the alphabet

• only language that you learn in every country

• It is the official language of classical music

• it is spoken in all the continents

Papua New Guinea has _________ languages.

• 850

• 841

• 820

• 390

The book that is the most translated is ...................

• the Bible

• Pinocchio

• Little Prince

• Harry Potter

What is typical for Spanish?

• it was the language of diplomacy

• 11 Nobel prizes for literature

• it has 17 verb tenses

• it is the offical language on planes

The first printed language was.............

• English

• French

• Spanish

• German