Multilingual Facts

Facts with Numbers

100

True or false: Spanish is spoken on all 7 continents.

False

200

One country has the world's largest number of Spanish-speakers with 140 million.  What is it?

Mexico

300

Over how many languages are there in the world?

6,500

400

Over how many words in Spanish have all 5 vowels?

40,000

500

What year did the Royal Academy of Spanish change the spelling of many words with "x" to "j"?

1815

Places

100

In what country did the Spanish language originate?

Spain

200

Name three continents on which Spanish is spoken.

_{North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa}

300

In which two areas of Spain is Castillian Spanish spoken?

Northern and central

400

Spanish is the most popular non-native language to learn in Europe.  Name three countries in Europe (NOT SPAIN) where it might be learned.

France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, etc.

500

Name the two countries in which the "ll" and "y" are pronounced as "sh".

Uruguay and Argentina

Language facts

100

Name one of the two languages that has most influenced Spanish.

Latin, Arabic

200

Name two words from Spanish commonly used in the English language.

cafeteria, platinum, siesta

300

What is the most-used letter in the Spanish language and what is the least-used letter in the Spanish language?

e, w

400

How many letters are in the longest word in the Spanish dictionary and what does the word refer to?

25, it means a brain scan

500

The top three most-spoken languages in the world are Chinese (885,000,000), Spanish (332,000,000), and English (322,000,000). What are at least 5 other languages spoken in the world?

Japanese, German, Russian, Ukranian, Polish, French, Korean, Afrikaans, etc.

Miscellaneous 1

100

Name one country in North America in which Spanish is the most popular non-native language to learn.

U.S., Canada

200

In Castillian Spanish, how is the letter "c" pronounced in certain words?

"th"

300

About what percentage of all languages worldwide does Spanish represent?

7.5 percent

400

Pronounce three words with "ll" or "y" the way that they would be said in Argentina or Uruguay.

Answers vary

500

"April is National Multlilingual Month, which celebrates people who speak two or more languages."  What are FIVE benefits of being bilingual?

All reasonable answers are correct :)

Things we didn't learn in class that still have to do with Spanish

100

Who are two adults in the building who are native Spanish-speakers?

Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Paredes, Ms. Lopez, Mr. G.

200

ACE Amandla has students from six Spanish-speaking nationalities.  Name at least three of them.  

Honduran, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan, Mexican.

300

What is the capital of Spain?

Madrid

400

Name a famous Latino from each of the following categories: Music, sports, art, movies/t.v..

Answers will vary

500

List 7 words that are cognates (the same or very similar in the way they look/sound and the same in what they mean) between Spanish and English.

Answers will vary