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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
More than half of the world's languages have no written form.
True
False
Most people in the world are monolingual; that is, they only know how to speak one language.
True
False
There is a dictionary of every language in the world.
True
False
You can translate information from any language to any other language and have the translation mean exactly the same thing as the original.
True
False
If everyone in the world spoke the same language, we would all benefit in increased understanding and efficiency, and lose nothing.
True
False
All speakers of endangered languages want linguists to record their languages.
True
False
Most people who speak more than one language learn their second and third languages in school.
True
False
If you trace them back far enough, all languages are related to each other.
True
False
Around how many languages are spoken in the world today?
70
700
7,000
70,000
What percent of the world's languages are expected to disappear during this century?
1%
5%
25%
50%
What is one reason why languages disappear?
Some languages are inherently better than others, so people shift to speaking superior languages.
Some languages have higher prestige, so people shift to speaking languages that will allow them to get better jobs.
Some languages are harder to learn than others, so people learn easier languages if they have the opportunity.
What continent holds the largest number of languages?
Asia
Africa
South America
Which list includes the three countries with the most languages?
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Nigeria
China, Brazil, and Nigeria
The United States, Indonesia, and China
Which list includes the three languages with the most speakers?
English, French, and Russian
Hindi, English and Mandarin
Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic
Around how many people worldwide speak English as a first language?
100 million
350 million
500 million
750 million
Around how many languages are spoken in the U.S.A. today?
50
300
700
1,000
Around how many languages are spoken in Brazil today?
100
160
180
220
