African Languages
Middle Eastern Languages
Western European Languages
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Pacific Island Languages
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Language Trivia
100
In _____, you greet someone with Halo!
(this language starts with an Sw)
What is Swahili?
Swahili, known as Kiswahili in the native tongue, is a Bantu language spoken by some 150 million Africans in the African Great Lakes region in Central and Southern Africa. It is the official language in Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
100
مرحبا! and السلام عليكم
(alsalam ealaykum) and (marhba)
are how you say hello in __________
(this language is used in lots of countries)
What is Arabic?
100
In ________, you say hello or hi when greeting someone
(this language is used in lots of countries)
What is English?
100
Привет (Privet) is how you say hello in ________
(this language is spoken in one of the biggest countries in the world)
What is Russian?
100
_________ is the most commonly spoken language in Latin America/Central & South America?
What is Spanish?
100
In this native language, you say Aloha! to say hello
What is Hawaiian?
100
In _______ you might say こんにちは！(Kon'nichiwa!) or もしもし！ (Moshimoshi!) to say hello
What is Japanese?
100
How many languages are spoken in the world?
6,500
150
In _____ you say Barka dai! to say hello
(the name of this language might make you think of a house)
What is Hausa?
Hausa, one of Nigeria’s official languages, and a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages is spoken by more than 50 million Africans as their first language. Other than Nigeria, Hausa is spoken in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, and Chad.
150
שָׁלוֹם
Shalom) is how you say hello in)
(country name starts with an I)
What is Hebrew?
150
In _______ you say hola when greeting someone
(this language is used in lots of countries, but especially one in Europe that starts with S)
What is Spanish?
150
In _______ you can use Helló or Szia to say hello
(The name of this language sounds like what you might call someone who is hungry)
What is Hungarian?
150
What language do they speak in Brasil?
What is Portuguese?
150
You might find someone greeting you with Kia ora! in a place that speaks _______
What is Maori?
150
你好！(Nǐ hǎo!) or 喂! (Wèi!) are two ways you might say hello in _________
What is Chinese?
150
What are the 3 most spoken languages in the world?
1. English
2. Mandarin Chinese
3. Spanish
200
In _____ you might say Pẹlẹ o! to say hello.
(This language starts with a Y)
What is Yoruba?
Yoruba is one of the cardinal languages of Nigeria, accounting for over 30 million speakers in Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. Other populations speaking Yoruba as an everyday language are found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
200
Merhaba or Selam is how you say hello in ________
(country name starts with a T)
What is Turkish?
200
Bonjour is how you say hello in _______
(The country that uses this language the most starts with an F)
What is French?
200
Ahoj is how you say hello in ________
(this country name starts with Cz)
What is Czech?
200
How many First Nations or Native American languages are spoken today?
How many languages were once spoken?
175 First Nation languages are spoken today, but there were once over 300 in America
Do you know what happened to them?
200
In ________ or ________ you say Kamusta! to say hello.
What is Tagalog or Filipino?
200
In ________ you might say 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) or 안녕 (anneyeong) to say hello
What is Korean?
200
What US state's name is only one syllable?
Maine!
250
እው ሰላም ነው! (iwi selami newi!) is how you might say hello in _________
What is Amharic?
The fifth most widely spoken language in Africa (25 million native and 3 million emigrants), Amharic is the second-largest Semitic dialect on the continent after Arabic and mainly spoken in Ethiopia. Being a native language, Amharic is one of the very few languages having its own alphabet, while most others use Arabic or Latin letters.
250
You say Salom! to greet someone in __________
(This country's name starts with a U)
What is Uzbek?
250
Ciao is how you greet someone in _______
(this language is used in a country shaped like a boot)
What is Italian?
250
You say hello in _________ by saying Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Алло (Allo)
(This country's name starts with U)
What is Ukranian?
250
This language is spoken in a lot of Jewish communities because it is a mix of German and Hebrew. If you speak this language you might say things like Oi Vey!, smaltz, or schmuck.
What is Yiddish?
250
In this large island nation, they speak _________. They would likely say Halo! to greet you.
(The name of this country starts with an I)
What is Indonesian?
250
You can say hello by saying สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) in ____
What is Thai?
250
What language is made up of only whistles?
La Gomera
300
In ____ you would say Nnọọ! to say hello
What is Igbo?
A native language of the Igbo people and one of Nigeria’s official languages, Igbo is spoken by over 24 million people, with the greater portion of speakers residing in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Igbo has more than 20 dialects and descends from the Volta-Niger branch of the Niger-Congo family of language, with the Igbo people being the largest ethnic group in Africa.
300
In _________ you say Բարեւ! (Barev!) to say hello.
(This country's name starts with an Ar)
What is Armenian?
300
You can say Hallo or Guten Tag to say hello in _______
(this language is used in a country starting with G and a country starting with S)
What is German?
300
You can use Buna ziua or Alo to say hello in _________
(even though this country's name sounds like it, it doesn't have anything to do with Rome)
What is Romanian?
300
In ________ ________ you might greet someone with Bonjou or Éy laba.
What is Louisiana Creole?
300
In ______ you might say talofa to say hello
(There is a girl scout cookie type named after the place this language is from. It starts with an S)
What is Samoan?
300
In ________ you say xin chào or
- chào bạn – “hello (person same age as me)”
- chào anh – “hello (young man, boy slightly older than me)”
- chào chị – “hello (young woman, girl older than me)”
What is Vietnamese?
300
Does the United States have an official language?
No!
350
In ____ you might say Sawubona! to say hello
What is IsiZulu or Zulu?
IsiZulu, also known as Zulu, is one of South Africa’s official languages. Branching out from the Bantu/Nguni family of languages, Zulu has more than 10 million speakers and is the second most widely spoken Bantu language (after Shona). Zulu is written using the Latin alphabet and is influenced by the Khoisan language which accounts for the unique “clicking” sounds within the dialect.
350
Bonus: What alphabet is used most in the Middle East?
What is the Arabic Alphabet?
350
In ________ you might say Dia dhuit or Haigh to greet someone
(someone in the UK might speak this language or someone from Nothern I______)
What is Irish?
350
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) and Здрасти (Zdrasti) are ways to say hello in ________
(This country's name starts with Bu)
What is Bulgarian?
350
In the United States, we speak English. Do you know why?
Because we were an English colony until the American Revolution
350
In _____ you might say Hello or Hai to say hello
(This language sounds like if might be from Malaysia, but it's not!)
What is Malay?
350
In _____ you say नमस्ते (namaste) to say hello
What is Hindi?
350
What language contains the most words?
English!
400
How many different languages are spoken in Nigeria?
What is 525?
400
Bonus: Name this Middle Eastern alphabet
What is the Hebrew Alphabet?
400
Bonus:Name the alphabet used most in Western Europe
What is the Latin Alphabet?
400
Bonus: Name the type of alphabet used in Eastern Europe
What is the Cyrillic Aphabet?
400
Bonus: Can you fingerspell your name in American Sign Language?
400
Bula is the word you'll hear most commonly to say hello in ______
(This island might make you think of a brand of water)
What is Fijian?
400
ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (Sata srī akāla) is one way of saying hello in _______
What is Punjabi?
400
What language was the first spoken in space?
Russian