Language families
Name 1 Western Romance language.
Catalan, French, Galician, Portuguese, Romansh or Spanish.
What did humans develop 70,000 years ago?
Complex language and thoughts.
More than 1/2 of European citizens are bilingual. True or false?
True.
Read the following sentence correctly: "The huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
"The human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole."
What are the origins of Euskara?
We don't know.
Name 1 West Germanic language.
Dutch, English, Frisian, German or Luxembourgish.
According to UNESCO, what percentage of languages is endangered in the world?
43%.
What was the 1st language spoken in outer space?
Russian.
Give 2 Greek letters or symbols that you know.
Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Epsilon, Pi...
Is Klingon a real or a fake language?
Fake.
Name 1 Celtic language.
Irish or Welsh.
How many words has a language got typically?
Around 50,000.
What can help fight dementia?
Learning a 2nd language
What's the position of English in the list of most spoken mother tongues in Europe?
4th.
Where is the Silbo language spoken?
In La Gomera, in the Canary Islands.
Name 1 North Germanic language.
Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish.
How many words does a native speaker know from his or her mother tongue?
15,000 to 20,000.
What's the name of the 2nd largest French speaking city?
Kinshasa.
What's special about Serbian orthography?
They write the words the way they hear them.
What's the only European language in the Afro-Asian family?
Maltese.
Name 1 South Slavic language.
Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian or Slovene.
How many indigenous languages are there in Europe?
225.
What's the "European Charter For Regional And Minority Languages"?
It's the only treaty in the world which aims to protect and promote traditional regional and national minorities’ languages.
What is considered the most difficult letter to pronounce in the world?
ř.
What is the oldest Indo-European language?
Lithuanian.