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World Languages Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many living languages are spoken in the world today?

a)

70

b)

700

c)

7,000

d)

70,000

2.

What continent holds the largest number of languages?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

South America

3.

Which of these 4 Languages has the most speakers throughout the world?

a)

French

b)

Portuguese

c)

Spanish

d)

Italian

4.

Khmer has the longest alphabet in the world. How many letters does it have?

a)

68

b)

74

c)

53

d)

89

5.

Rotokas has the shortest alphabet in the world. How many letters does it have?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

17

d)

20

6.

True or False: Klingon is the most widely spoken fictional language.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: Most people in the world are monolingual (they only know how to speak one language.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which list includes the three countries with the most languages?

a)

China, Brazil and Nigeria

b)

Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Nigeria

c)

China, Indonesia and the United States

9.

Which list includes the three languages with the most speakers?

a)

English, French and Russian

b)

Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic

c)

Hindi, English and Mandarin

10.

Who is the world's most translated author?

a)

J K Rowling

b)

Agatha Christie

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

William Shakespeare

11.

Which of these International Organisation operates with the largest number of official languages (24)?

a)

World Trade Organization

b)

United Nations

c)

International Olympic Committee

d)

European Union

12.

Which language has more Native Speakers: English or Mandarin?

a)

English

b)

Mandarin

13.

Which language is this?

मकान

a)

Arabic

b)

Hindi

c)

Chinese

d)

Korean

14.

Which language is this?

дом

a)

Russian

b)

Greek

c)

Lithuanian

d)

Turkish

15.

Which language is this?

nhà ở

a)

Malaysian

b)

Javanese

c)

Vietnamese

d)

Japanese

16.

Which language is this?

shtëpi

a)

Albanian

b)

Icelandic

c)

Moldovan

d)

Polish

17.

True or False: 23 languages account for more than half the world's population?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or false: The culinary and ballet worlds use mostly French words and terms.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The first printed book was written in:

a)

Latin

b)

German

c)

English

d)

Russian

20.

True or false: In Indonesian, air means water.

a)

True

b)

False