Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

• Chinese

• English

• Spanish

• Hindi

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

• approx. one third of all languages

• approx. half of all languages

• approx. one fifth of all languahes

• approx. ten percent of all languages

How many living languages are there estimated in the world?

• around 500

• around 2000

• around 4000

• around 6000

Which of the following languages is considered to be the oldest language still used in Europe?

• Galician

• Basque

• Icelandic

• Greek

In which country is the language Cymraeg spoken?

• in the Faroe Islands

• in Scotland

• in Wales

• in Ireland

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

• Russia

• China

• Germany

• Norway

Sign language is universal.

• True.

• False.

Which affirmation is true?

• English and Swedish are Germanic languages.

• Icelandic and Croatian are Slavic languages.

• Portuguese and Macedonian are Romance languages.

• Danish and Swedish are Romance languages.

How many official languages are there in the European Union?

• 24

• 25

• 26

• 27

In which European country are both Flemish and French spoken?

• Switzerland

• Belgium

• The Netherlands

• Luxemburg