Phrases
How do you say, "May/Can I go to the bathroom / restroom?" In Spanish
What is "¿puedo ir al baño?"
In the Spanish language, these are words that sound/written similar to words in english
Ex: Telephone; Telefono
What are Cognates?
Name 5 Languages that originate from Indo-European roots?
Possible Answers:
English, Italian, Russian, German, Slovak, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Etc.
More than 95% of people in sub-Saharan Africa speak languages of what family?
What is the Niger-Congo family?
This language is the first language for 328 million people and is spoken fluently up to nearly 1 billion people.
What is English?
How do you say, "Goodbye" In French?
What is "Au revoir"
This is the 3rd most commonly spoke language in North America.
What is French
2/3 of the worlds population speak languages that belong to what?
What is Indo-European AND Sino-Tibetan language families
(Answer must include BOTH, no half credit)
Similar to Western languages, this is the system in which letters represents different sounds.
What is Hankul?
This is the amount of countries (Estimated), that don English as their official language.
what is 86 countries?
How do you say, "Thank you" in Arabic?
What is, "Shrukan"
Logograms are...
What is symbols that represent words.
This Romance Language, is one of the most widespread spoken languages in the world.
What is Spanish?
Around how many languages are spoken on Earth?
About how long was French the official language or England?
What is ≈ 300 years?
What does "Me despierto a las cinco y media los martes" Mean in English?
What is "I wake up at 5:30 on Tuesdays"
Spanish is mainly spoken in what 3 countries?
(Double Jeopardy)
What is Mexico, Columbia, & Argentina?
Tai originates from this language branch.
What is Tai-Kadai?
These languages are the result of mixing between colonizers and indigenous languages.
What are Creole Languages?
How many people speak Swahili?
what is 16 Million people?
How do you say "A que horas termina a aula?" In English?
(Double Jeopardy)
(Hint: the text is Portuguese)
What is "What time does class end?"
The official language of Eswatini
What is Swati?
This possible pre-historic superfamily is the reason for languages such as Sunda, Malay, Khmer, and Bikol.
What is Austric?
Languages that are unrelated / unattached to a language family.
What are Isolated Languages?
Occitan is spoken by about... in France.
(Double Jeapordy)
what is 2 million people?