Language Trivia

Which country the largest number of languages in the world?

• China

• India

• Mexico

• Papua New Guinea

There are approximately ..........languages in the world

• 5 000

• 20 000

• 7 000

• 12 000

Which country in Europe beginning with the letter G has the most native speakers?

___________ is the oldest written language still in use today

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In 1985 a Canadian, Powell Janulus, entered the Guiness Book of Records for breaking the record for fluency in the most languages. How many did he speak?

• 22

• 42

• 62

• 12

By the age of 4 the average child knows...........words

• 1000

• 10 000

• 500

• 1500

The most common word in English has 3 letters. What is it?

What is the term for the study of meaning in language?

• syntactics

• semantics

• phonology

• graphology

This man is a leading authority on languages. Who is he?

• Richard Dawkins

• Stephen Hawking

• Jordan Peterson

• Noam Chomsky

Which language is usually considered to be the hardest to learn to write?

• Arabic

• English

• Swahili

• Chinese