Languages of the world

English belongs to the_______ language family

• Germanic

• Latin

• British

English includes many words that are "borrowed" from Latin.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which is the language with the most native speakers in the world today?

• English

• Chinese

• Indian

• Spanish

The speakers of two inter-intelligible languages are

• not able to understand each other

• able to understand each other

Examples of inter-intelligible languages:

• Portuguese and Spanish

• Greek and Italian

• Chinese and Japanese

How many languages are there in the world?

• 200 - 500

• 3000 - 8000

• 1000 - 2000

This language is spoken in a European country and in Brazil.

• Spanish

• English

• Portuguese

The language spoken in most Latin America countries, like Mexico:

• Portuguese

• Italian

• Spanish

Is Greek a linguistic descendant of the Latin language?

• YES

• NO

The Chinese language has many ______