True or False
Word Origins & Greetings
Official Languages & Geography
Language Families
Alphabets & Fun Facts
100

All Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. 

False (some use the Latin alphabet, like Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian...)

100

From which language does the word 'ciao' come from?

Italian  

100

What is the official language of Austria?  

German

100

To which language family does Romanian belong?

Romance  

100

Which term describes a person who speaks many languages?

Polyglot  

200

Spanish is the official language in more than 15 countries around the world.

True (it is the official language in 20 states)

200

From which language does the word 'kindergarten' come from?  

German  

200

Which of these countries has 4 official languages: The United Kingdom, Italy, or Switzerland?

Switzerland

200

Which languages are closest to one another: Hungarian and Catalan, Czech and Slovak, or Albanian and Dutch?

Czech and Slovak

200

How many official languages does the European Union currently have? 32, 18, 24 or 46?

24

300

Italian derives from Latin.  

True (like other Romance languages)  

300

How do you say 'hello' in Spanish?

Hola

300

Besides Sweden, in which other country is Swedish an official language?

Finland

300

What is the main language family in Europe?  

Indo-European  

300

How do you call the writing system that helps blind and visually impaired people to read?  

Braille  

400

There is only one sign language in the world.  

False (there are estimated to be over 300 sign languages worldwide)

400

From which language does the expression 'déjà vu' come from?  

French

400

Besides English, what is the other official language in Ireland?

Irish

400

Which of these is a Celtic language: Dutch, Welsh, or Macedonian?

Welsh

400

Which stone helped in the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by European researchers?  

Rosetta stone

500

Icelandic has no letter 'C' in its alphabet.  

True (it features several distinctive letters instead)

500

Which language uses the word 'kiitos' for 'thank you'?  

Finnish

500

Which languages are spoken in Greenland?  

Greenlandic and Danish

500

Which of the following European languages belongs to the same family as Arabic? Romanian, Serbian or Maltese?

Maltese

500

How many living languages are estimated in the world? Around 6000, 2000 or 10000?

Around 6000

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