World Languages and Communication

8 questions · Staff Pick

How many languages are spoken in the world (approximately)?

Around 700

Around 2,000

✓Around 7,000

Around 70,000

What is the most widely spoken first language in the world?

English

Spanish

✓Mandarin Chinese

Hindi

What language family does English belong to?

Romance

Slavic

✓Germanic

Semitic

"Bonjour" means hello in which language?

Italian

Spanish

Portuguese

✓French

What is the writing system used in Japan called?

✓Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji (all three)

Hiragana only

Kanji only

Katakana only

Sign language is used by people who are deaf. Is it the same worldwide?

Yes, there is one global sign language

✓No, there are different sign languages in different countries

Only two sign languages exist

Sign language is only used in English-speaking countries

Which language is the basis for many scientific and medical terms?

✓Greek and Latin

French

Arabic

Sanskrit

What is it called when someone speaks two languages fluently?

Polyglot

✓Bilingual

Trilingual

Multilingual