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Where is the Kannada language spoken?
in Canada (Native American language)
in India
in Senegal
nowhere, it doesn't exist
How many languages are spoken in Africa?
about 200 languages
about 700 languages
more than 2000 languages
In which language is the text below written?
Hebrew
Khmer
Greek
Bulgarian
Finnish and Swedish belong to the same language family.
true
false
Which language is the national language of this "Something-stan" country coloured in red on the map below?
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Tajik
Turkmen
How do you say "Thank you" in Japanese?
konnichiwa
arigatô
kiitos
kop khun krap
Which language is spoken in Austria?
Austrian
German
Tyrolian
Akkadian is a language derived from French and spoken mainly in the Canadian Maritime provinces.
true
false
In how many countries is English an official (or co-official) language?
53
29
12
Which of these languages really exists:
volleyo
cricketto
basketto
tenniso
After Spanish and Portuguese, which language is the most spoken in South America?
Quechua
Guarani
Aymara
Nahuatl
A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups who do not share a common language, in situations such as trade, is called:
a Pidgin language
a Creole language
Georgian language is written using:
the Roman (Latin) alphabet
the Cyrillic alphabet
the Georgian alphabet
How many people in the world speak Spanish as their first language?
200 million
400 million
600 million
Whats does "Prosit!" mean in German?
Hi!
OK!
Thanks!
Cheers!
Cheyenne, Apache and Sioux are languages that are still spoken today in North America.
true
false
How many tones are there in Cantonese?
2 tones
4 tones
6 tones
"A country without a language is a country without a soul" (Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam) is a saying from:
Ireland
Czech Republic
China
Which of these authors, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, was fluent in many languages and published novels and plays in both French and English:
William Faulkner
Samuel Beckett
Rudyard Kipling
"Albus" in Latin, "bel" in Slovene, "bán" in Irish, "djermak" in Armenian and "fehér" in Hungarian... What is this colour?
red
blue
white
grey
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