ENGLISH
From which language/s does English get most of its words?
Latin and French
What is the most widely spoken type of Chinese?
Mandarin
Which art is Italian the language of?
Music
From which non-romance language does Spanish have the most loan-words?
Arabic
Which art is French the language of?
Dance / Ballet
How was the first and official bible printed in English called?
The King James Bible
Chinese is the language of the East Asian group of people (main Chinese population) of .... (what) Chinese? (name)
Han
What does Renaissance (Rinascimento) mean?
Rebirth
What is the main (standard) Spanish language also called?
Castilian
Where does the name "French" come from?
German tribe, the Franks
What or who is English named after?
The Angles, a Germanic tribe that migrated to England
The Chinese language is written not with letters, but with what?
Logograms
What kind of Latin did Italian evolve from?
Vulgar Latin
The north-west of Spain speaks the Galician language. Who is this language named after?
The Gauls / Celts
What language did French evolve from?
Its a kind of Latin
Gallo-Roman /Gallic-Latin
How do we call the English version that Beowulf, the first book in English, was written in?
Old English
In China, the country is called Zhōngguó. What does this term translate to?
Middle country/ kingdom
Which Italian dialect is the standard Italian language based on?
Florentine, Tuscan
The first grammar book for a modern European language was written in Spanish. In which century was this book written?
15th
Which century was the "Grande Siecle" , the great century of France, when the language was the most useful in Europe?
17th century
What century is the first English dictionary from?
18th
The western name for the country is "China". What is it based on?
The Qin (Chin) dynasty
How are the Language-dialects of Northern Italy called: ....(what) -Italian?
Gallo/Gallic
Andalusia gets its name from the Arabic Al-Andalus. After which tribe that lived in Spain did the Arabs name this region?
Vandals
In the Caribbean they speak a specific type of language based on French. The French .... languages?
Creole