Emp. UI Unit 6B About Languages

How many independent countries are there in the world?

• 120

• nearly 200

• nearly 500

How many spoken languages are there in the world?

• around 500

• around 3000

• around 7000

Which one of these languages has over 400 million native speakers?

• Portuguese

• French

• Spanish

What percentage of of the world's population speaks Mandarine Chinese?

• 4%

• 14%

• 24%

On average, how many languages die out every year?

• 5

• 25

• 120