The English word for tea (pronounced Tey- 茶-) originated from this Asian language, now spoken by almost one billion people.
What is Chinese?
100
Português
What is Portuguese?
100
Now considered a dead language, this language is still widely used in biology, philisophy, and even on your money.
Vivat Linguae Romanicae!
What is Latin?
100
The official language of the Dominican Republic
What is Spanish?
100
"Cicks," such as the one made by popping your tounge against the roof of your mouth, are most common in languages spoken on this continent.
What is Africa?
200
Once spoken by the czars, loan words from this language include 'mammoth' and words with the suffix -nik
What is Russian?
200
Română
What is Romanian?
200
This language, spoken in many African countries as well as several Eurpoean countries, is considered the "language of diplomacy."
What is French?
200
The official language of Mongolia
What is Mongolian?
200
Lingua comes from this language (the root language for everything from Romanian to Spanish)!
What is Latin?
300
Many English words have been taken from this Eurpoean language including "streusel" and everone's favorite dog, the "schnauzer."
Übercool!
What is German?
300
Polski
What is Polish?
300
Listen closely! This Germanic language is the third most spoken language in the world. Spread by Anglo-Saxon settlers, the name of the language comes from the group of people called the"Angles."
What is English?
300
The official languge of Thailand
What is Thai?
300
The language spoken in this country had alot of people scratching their heads after a major volcano, the name of which was impossible to pronounce, erupted.
Eyjafjallajokull, anybody?
What is Iceland?
400
Clique, grotesque, and champagne
What is French?
400
Türkçe
What is Turkish?
400
The third most spoken language in the Western Hemisphere, spoken in Brazil among other places.
What is Portuguese?
400
The official language of Denmark
What is Danish?
400
The language Sanskrit has had an impact on modern day languages in this country.
What is India?
500
The English word "vigilante" has its roots in this Latin-sed language, and means a watchman or a guard.
What is Spanish?
500
العربية
What is Arabic?
500
This language, spoken off the East coast of Africa, has many words of Arabic origin and over 100 million speakers.
"Mbweha mmoja alishikwa na njaa, alikwenda huku na huko akitafuta chakula."
What is Swahili?
500
One of the two official languages of Israel.
What is Hebrew/Arabic?
500
Switzerland has four national languages. Two examples are?