Language Quiz

Language Quiz: Test Your Knowledge!

Welcome to the Language Quiz! Challenge yourself and discover how much you know about languages, their history, and their unique features.

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10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CuriousLinguist42

2) At what rate are languages disappearing around the world?

One every two weeks

One every two years

One every two months

3) In Britain, which sounds do bees(1) and cats make(2)?

Sum(1) and miau(2)

Bun(1) and nyan(2)

Buzz(1) and miaow(2)

4) On which continent have languages developed clicking sounds as consonants?

Asia

South America

Africa

5) Where are you standing if you are using an ATM in Latin?

In Vatican City

In the University of Oxford

In Rome city centre

6) When did people first begin to read silently and not say the words out loud?

In 400 BC B

in the 1st century AD

In the 10 th century AD

7) English has taken words from different languages, including gendered nouns (masculine and feminine) Why didn’t English keep the gender?

Because English never had gendered nouns. .

Because the different languages had a different gender for the same nouns. e

Because gendered nouns were difficult to pronounc

8) What was Thomas Edison doing when he recited the nursery rhyme, ‘Mary had a little lamb’?

Making the first telephone call

Making the first sound recording

Making the first moving pictures

9) The Chicago Tribune newspaper has often tried to simplify English spelling. Which of these examples have become standard American English?

Burocrat and definitely

Iland and det

Catalog and program

10) How long have people been using the acronym OMG (OH My God!)?

Since 1917

Since 1985

Since text messaging began