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Languages of the World

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main language spoken in Tonga?

a)

English

b)

Polynesian

c)

French

d)

Tongan

2.

What is the main language spoken in Bolivia?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

3.

Choose 2 languages from the list below which are taught in every country in the World.

a)

Spanish

b)

Mandarin

c)

English

d)

French

4.

Which other 2 languages can Danish speakers understand?

a)

Swedish

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Norwegian

5.

Which other 2 languages can Danish speakers understand?

a)

Swedish

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Norwegian

6.

Which language boasts the longest word in the world?

a)

Hungarian

b)

Welsh

c)

Danish

d)

German

7.

Which language must you learn if you wish to be an astronaut?

a)

Russian

b)

Polish

c)

German

d)

French

8.

What is the official language of Austria?

a)

German

b)

Austrian

c)

Austrian German

d)

Bavarian

9.

The word "khmer" is used to refer to the official language of which country?

a)

Denmark

b)

Hungary

c)

Vietnam

d)

Cambodia

10.

Which language has a written history of about 5000 years?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Russian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Greek

11.

Which language has 44 letters, 14 vowels and is officially known as "Magyar"?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Hungarian

c)

Polish

d)

Chinese

12.

Which country has 11 official languages?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Egypt

c)

Cambodia

d)

Niger

13.

Which one of the languages listed below is NOT an official language spoken in Niger?

a)

Arabic

b)

Buduma

c)

Hausa

d)

French

e)

German

14.

In which language would you find the following letters grouped together? ch, cz, rz, sz, szcz.

a)

German

b)

Slovakian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Polish

15.

Which is the most widely spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Hindi

d)

Chinese

16.

What is the most widely translated book?

a)

Pinnochio

b)

The Harry Potter Series

c)

The Holy Bible

d)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

17.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Hebrew

18.

What writing system does Chinese use?

a)

The Roman Alphabet

b)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

c)

Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

d)

The Greek Alphabet

19.

The word alphabet comes from...?

a)

The Greek Alphabet

b)

The Roman Alphabet

c)

The Hebrew Alphabet

d)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

20.

What percentage of the world does not speak English?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

10%

21.

What percentage of the world does not speak English?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

10%

22.

What is the most spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Arabic

d)

Chinese

23.

What was the language of the Ancient Romans?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

Persian

24.

What alphabet does Russian use?

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Arabic

25.

What is the international language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

English

26.

Arabic and Hebrew are written from....

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

up and down

d)

in capital letters

27.

Latin is an important language and is still used in medicine,....

a)

Science

b)

Religion

c)

Law

d)

Science, Religion, and Law

28.

A symbol that represents a specific object is ....

a)

an ideograph

b)

a phonetic alphabet

c)

intonation

d)

a pictograph

29.

The first people to invent the alphabet were....

a)

The Egyptians

b)

The Hebrews and the Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks and the Persians

d)

The Assyrians

30.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

31.

Almost ______ of the world speak a language that comes from the Indo-European family

a)

1/3

b)

3/4

c)

1/2

d)

1/5

32.

Who were the first documented people to live in England?

a)

The Celts

b)

The French

c)

The Anglo-Saxons

d)

The Romans

33.
How would you say "Hello" in French?
a)
¡Hola!
b)
Bonjour!
c)
Ni hao!
d)
Guten tag
34.
Which language is NOT in the top 5 spoken in the world?
a)
Arabic
b)
Hindi
c)
Polish
d)
Spanish
35.
How many languages are there in the world?
a)
about 7,000
b)
about 1,000
c)
about 3,000
d)
about 5,000
36.
What alphabet is used for Russian?
a)
Arabic
b)
Greek
c)
Cyrillic
d)
Hebrew
37.
Which language is spoken in Brazil?
a)
Spanish
b)
Portuguese
c)
French
d)
German
38.
Which of these African countries does not speak French?
a)
Algeria
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Morocco
d)
Chad
39.

How many languages are spoken in India?

a)

22 languages

b)

456 languages

c)

76 languages

d)

1456 languages

40.
Languages that are similar to each other are called as_____
a)
kingdom
b)
class
c)
families
41.
Which continent has the most language?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
America
42.
Which country has the largest number of languages?
a)
China
b)
England
c)
Papua New Guinea
d)
Brazil
43.
What is the first largest language in the world?
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
Chinese
d)
Hindi
44.
What is the second largest language in the world?
a)
Spanish
b)
Chinese
c)
English
d)
Arabic
45.

How many languages are spoken in USA?

a)

54 languages

b)

350 languages

c)

1 language

d)

675 languages

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