African Languages
Middle Eastern Languages
Western European Languages
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Asian Languages
Language Trivia
100
This language is known for the phrase 'Hakuna Matata' from the Lion King movie.
(this language starts with an Sw)
What is Swahili?
Swahili, known as Kiswahili in the native tongue, is a Bantu language spoken by some 150 million Africans in the African Great Lakes region in Central and Southern Africa. It is the official language in Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
100
This is an official language of Pakistan
(Sounds similar to 'perdu' )
What is Urdu?
100
In ________, you say hello or hi when greeting someone
(this language is used in lots of countries)
What is English?
100
Привет (Privet) is how you say hello in ________
(this language is spoken in one of the biggest countries in the world)
What is Russian?
100
_________ is the most commonly spoken language in Latin America/Central & South America
What is Spanish?
100
In _______ you might say こんにちは！(Kon'nichiwa!) or もしもし！ (Moshimoshi!) to say hello
What is Japanese?
100
Which language contains the most words?
English
150
Guess the digit: There are 5_5 native languages spoken in Nigeria.
2
150
Which Middle Eastern language did English borrow its numerals from?
What is Arabic?
150
In _______ you say hola when greeting someone
(this language is used in lots of countries, but especially one in Europe that starts with S)
What is Spanish?
150
In _______ you can use Helló or Szia to say hello
(The name of this language sounds like what you might call someone who is hungry)
What is Hungarian?
150
What language do they speak in Brasil?
What is Portuguese?
150
你好！(Nǐ hǎo!) or 喂! (Wèi!) are two ways you might say hello in _________
What is Chinese?
150
What are the 3 most spoken languages in the world?
1. English
2. Mandarin Chinese
3. Spanish
200
This is the second most common language in Africa (found primarily in Northern and Western Africa)
What is French?
200
Merhaba or Selam is how you say hello in ________
(country name is the same of an animal)
What is Turkish?
200
Bonjour is how you say hello in _______
(The country that uses this language the most starts with an F)
What is French?
200
Ahoj is how you say hello in ________
(this country name starts with Cz)
What is Czech?
200
In the United States, they (predominantly) speak English. Why?
Because they were a British colony!
200
In ________ you might say 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) or 안녕 (anneyeong) to say hello
What is Korean?
200
What US state's name is only one syllable?
Maine!
250
እው ሰላም ነው! (iwi selami newi!) is how you might say hello in _________
What is Amharic?
The fifth most widely spoken language in Africa (25 million native and 3 million emigrants), Amharic is the second-largest Semitic dialect on the continent after Arabic and mainly spoken in Ethiopia. Being a native language, Amharic is one of the very few languages having its own alphabet, while most others use Arabic or Latin letters.
250
True or False: Arabic is a language spoken in the African country of Somalia.
True! Arabic is also spoken in Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tanzania and Tunisia.
250
Ciao is how you greet someone in _______
(this language is used in a country shaped like a boot)
What is Italian?
250
You say hello in _________ by saying Cześć or Dzień dobry
(This country's name starts with Po)
What is Polish?
250
What is the official term for 'a language that comes from a simplified version of another language, or the mix of two or more languages'.
(Spoken widely across the Caribbean, Americas, and Africa)
What is a creole?
250
You can say hello by saying สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) in ____
What is Thai?
250
How many languages are spoken in the entire world?
6,500
300
The West African language of Twi is associated with this group of West Africans
What is the Ashanti people of Ghana?
300
In _________ you say Բարեւ! (Barev!) to say hello.
(This country's name starts with an Ar)
What is Armenian?
300
You can say Hallo or Guten Tag to say hello in _______
(this language is used in a country starting with G and a country starting with S)
What is German?
300
You can use Buna ziua or Alo to say hello in _________
(even though this country's name sounds like it, it doesn't have anything to do with Rome)
What is Romanian?
300
Which US state has a French creole as its second language?
What is Louisiana?
300
In ________ you say xin chào or chào bạn to say Hello
What is Vietnamese?
300
Does the United States have an official language?
No!
350
In ____ you might say Sawubona! to say hello (rhymes with Hulu)
What is IsiZulu or Zulu?
IsiZulu, also known as Zulu, is one of South Africa’s official languages. Branching out from the Bantu/Nguni family of languages, Zulu has more than 10 million speakers and is the second most widely spoken Bantu language (after Shona). Zulu is written using the Latin alphabet and is influenced by the Khoisan language which accounts for the unique “clicking” sounds within the dialect.
350
What alphabet is used most in the Middle East?
What is the Arabic Alphabet?
350
In ________ you might say Dia dhuit or Haigh to greet someone
(someone in the UK might speak this language or someone from Nothern I______)
What is Irish?
350
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) and Здрасти (Zdrasti) are ways to say hello in ________
(This country's name starts with Bu)
What is Bulgarian?
350
Languages such as Cree, Pawnee, Tlingit and Choctaw are associated with which ethnic group of North America?
Native Americans
350
In _____ you say नमस्ते (namaste) to say hello
What is Hindi?
350
What language is made up of only whistles?
Silbo Gomero, a language found on the island of La Gomera in the Spanish Canary Islands