True or False
All Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet.
False (some use the Latin alphabet, like Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian...)
From which language does the word 'ciao' come from?
Italian
What is the official language of Austria?
German
To which language family does Romanian belong?
Romance
Which term describes a person who speaks many languages?
Polyglot
Spanish is the official language in more than 15 countries around the world.
True (it is the official language in 20 states)
From which language does the word 'kindergarten' come from?
German
Which of these countries has 4 official languages: The United Kingdom, Italy, or Switzerland?
Switzerland
Which languages are closest to one another: Hungarian and Catalan, Czech and Slovak, or Albanian and Dutch?
Czech and Slovak
How many official languages does the European Union currently have? 32, 18, 24 or 46?
24
Italian derives from Latin.
True (like other Romance languages)
How do you say 'hello' in Spanish?
Hola
Besides Sweden, in which other country is Swedish an official language?
Finland
What is the main language family in Europe?
Indo-European
How do you call the writing system that helps blind and visually impaired people to read?
Braille
There is only one sign language in the world.
False (there are estimated to be over 300 sign languages worldwide)
From which language does the expression 'déjà vu' come from?
French
Besides English, what is the other official language in Ireland?
Irish
Which of these is a Celtic language: Dutch, Welsh, or Macedonian?
Welsh
Which stone helped in the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by European researchers?
Rosetta stone
Icelandic has no letter 'C' in its alphabet.
True (it features several distinctive letters instead)
Which language uses the word 'kiitos' for 'thank you'?
Finnish
Which languages are spoken in Greenland?
Greenlandic and Danish
Which of the following European languages belongs to the same family as Arabic? Romanian, Serbian or Maltese?
Maltese
How many living languages are estimated in the world? Around 6000, 2000 or 10000?
Around 6000