Language and Translation Trivia

What percentage of all the languages in the world are spoken in Africa?
1/3
1/4
1/5
1/6
What is the 4th most widely used languages in the world (native speakers)?
Spanish
French
Hindi
Arabic
How many recognized distinct dialects of English are there?
100
130
160
200
How many languages are spoken currently in the world today?
1,400
2,700
3,200
4,300
What country has the largest number of languages that are commonly used?
Nigeria
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
India
What is the most common sentence structure of all languages?
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Subject-Verb
What country has 16 official langauges?
Zimbabwe
India
Bolivia
South Africa
Which Asian language does not use the Latin alphabet?
Vietnamese
Thai
Javanese
What language is the only language isolate in Europe?
 
Name 3 language isolates:
 
Name 2 of the 6 largest language families:
 
What percentage of the world's languages are tonal languages?
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
What is the most translated document in the world?
 
What is the second most translated document in the world?
 
Which language has the longest alphabet?
 
How many different words are there for 'rain' in Hawaiian?
 
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