European Day of Languages 2025

How many languages are spoken in Europe?

• Approximately 230 languages are spoken in Europe.

• More than 500 languages are spoken in Europe.
• Around 50 languages are spoken in Europe.
• Only 100 languages are spoken in Europe.

Which is the only European language in which all nouns begin with a capital letter?

• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• German

How many ‘ogen’ does a person usually have?

• 4
• 3
• 1
• 2

Answer explanation

Ogen is Dutch for ‘eyes’

The word ‘pyjamas’ comes from which language?

• Italian
• Spanish
• Persian
• French

What percentage of all world languages, approximately, is African?

• 50%
• 20%
• 30%
• 10%

Which of the following is a Celtic language?

• Italian
• Cornish

• German
• Spanish

The word ‘bicycle’ comes from which language?

• Spanish
• Italian
• German
• Greek

How many ‘ujjs’ does a person normally have?

• 3
• 1
• 10

• 4

Answer explanation

‘Ujj’ is Hungarian for ‘finger’

Which language is spoken by around 120 million people?

• Spanish
• Japanese
• Hindi
• Chinese

‘Cookie’ comes from which European language?

• French
• German
• Dutch
• Italian