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Question 1

How many languages are spoken in the world today?

Accepted Answer

Over 7000

Question 2

About ___ of all languages are from Africa and Asia combined.

Accepted Answer

2/3

Question 3

___ are the most translated books in the world.

Accepted Answer

The Bible, Pinocchio

Question 4

Which countries have the most languages?

Accepted Answer

Papua New Guinea

Question 5

Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo, is the world's second largest ___ speaking city.

Accepted Answer

French

Question 6

There are ___ alphabet groups in use today.

Accepted Answer

8

Question 7

The culinary and ballet worlds use many ___ terms.

Accepted Answer

French

Question 8

What is the most spoken language in the world?

Accepted Answer

English

Question 9

The language phenomenon that only twins can understand is called ___.

Accepted Answer

Cryptophasia

Question 10

The first language spoken in outer space was ___

Accepted Answer

Russian

Question 11

Which country has the highest number of Spanish speakers, after Mexico?

Accepted Answer

the USA

Question 12

How many artificial languages created for books, movies and TV shows are there?

Accepted Answer

Over 200

Question 13

Which European language doesn't belong to any language family?

Accepted Answer

Basque

Question 14

How many Americans are native French speakers?

Accepted Answer

More than 1.5 millions

Question 15

From a BIOLOGICAL point of view, languages are VERY DIFFERENT!

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

The Papuan language of Rotokas only has ___ characters in its alphabet.

Accepted Answer

11

Question 17

When did Human Language originate?

Accepted Answer

100,000 BC

Question 18

Learning a second language can improve the memory and slow the process of aging.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

How many official languages are spoken throughout the European Union?

Accepted Answer

About 24

Question 20

Which is NOT a writing system of Japanese?

Accepted Answer

Manga

Question 21

What are the first 2 letters of the Greek alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Beta, Alpha

Question 22

Can languages be endangered?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which of these is NOT a language family?

Accepted Answer

Canadian French

Question 24

Hawaiians have over 200 different words for "rain"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Cambodian has the longest alphabet with ___ characters!

Accepted Answer

74

Question 26

___ of English words come from French.

Accepted Answer

About 30%

Question 27

The language of "La Gomera" spoken off the coast of Spain consists entirely of ___

Accepted Answer

Whistles

Question 28

The scientific study of languages is called ___.

Accepted Answer

Linguistics

Question 29

The USA has no official language.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

A group of related languages is called a family.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Very few people in the world speak more than 1 language.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Botswana has a language that is made up of ___.

Accepted Answer

5 primary "click" sounds

Question 33

Do ALL languages have an ALPHABET?

Accepted Answer

NO

Question 34

The first printed book was written in ___.

Accepted Answer

German

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