World Languages

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Words, scripts and speakers around the globe.

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1. Which language has the most native speakers in the world?

   1. English
   2. Mandarin
   3. Spanish
   4. Hindi
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   B) Mandarin

2. Which language family does Spanish belong to?

   1. Romance
   2. Germanic
   3. Slavic
   4. Celtic
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   A) Romance

3. What is the official language of Brazil?

   1. Spanish
   2. Brazilian
   3. Portuguese
   4. Italian
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   C) Portuguese

4. Which writing system is used for Russian?

   1. Greek
   2. Latin
   3. Arabic
   4. Cyrillic
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   D) Cyrillic

5. How do you say 'thank you' in French?

   1. Gracias
   2. Danke
   3. Grazie
   4. Merci
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   D) Merci

6. Which language is written right to left?

   1. Greek
   2. Korean
   3. Arabic
   4. Thai
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   C) Arabic

7. Which country has the most languages spoken within its borders?

   1. Papua New Guinea
   2. Indonesia
   3. Nigeria
   4. Philippines
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   A) Papua New Guinea

8. Esperanto is best described as what?

   1. A dead ancient language
   2. A constructed international language
   3. A dialect of Italian
   4. A code used by sailors
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   B) A constructed international language

9. The numerals we call 'Arabic numerals' reached Europe through the Islamic world.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. Japanese uses only one writing system.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False