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WorksheetsTrivium 2 - Historical Linguistics
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many languages are there in the world?
a)
7000
b)
8000
c)
9000
d)
10000
2.
Why is there confusion about the exact amount? Two answers!
a)
There is no confusion!
b)
Some languages are hard to tell apart
c)
No one knows all the languages in the world
d)
No one keeps a record of all the languages
3.
How many language families account for more than 50% of world population?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
4.
Which is the most widespread family group of languages?
a)
Indo-European
b)
Sino-Tibetan
c)
Niger-Congo
d)
Afro-Asiatic
5.
Which is the most spoken language in the world?
a)
Mandarin
b)
English
c)
Spanish
d)
Arabic
6.
Which of these is in the top ten of the world's most spoken languages?
a)
French
b)
German
c)
Italian
d)
Dutch
7.
Which of these isn't in the top ten of the world's most spoken languages?
a)
Portuguese
b)
Spanish
c)
English
d)
Greek
8.
Which of these is an Indo-European Language?
a)
Hungarian
b)
Arabic
c)
Turkish
d)
Hindi
9.
Which of these is an Indo-European Language?
a)
Mandarin
b)
Swahili
c)
French
d)
Arabic
10.
On which continent is Indo-European NOT the most widespread language family?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
South America
11.
On which continent can you find the Sino-Tibetan language family?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
South America
12.
Which of these is not an Indo-European Language?
a)
French
b)
Spanish
c)
German
d)
Hungarian
13.
Which of these is not an Indo-European Language?
a)
Norwegian
b)
Swedish
c)
Finnish
d)
Danish
14.
What kind of language is English?
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Slavic
d)
Celtic
15.
What kind of language is Welsh?
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Slavic
d)
Celtic
16.
Which of these is NOT an Indo-European language?
a)
Basque
b)
Spanish
c)
German
d)
Russian
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