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European Day ofLanguages

QUIZ

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1. How many living languages arethere estimated in the worldtoday?

a. Around 500

b. Around 2000

c. Around 6000

d. Around 3500

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 There are between !!!and "!!! languages inthe world - spoken by sixbillion people divided into1#$ independent states.

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%. &hat is generally 'onsidered to(e the )rst form of writtenlanguage?

a. unei!or" script

b. #gyptian hieroglyphs

c. yrillic alphabet

d. $hoenician script

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*uneiform was used !or over 3000years throughout the %ear #ast bysuch cultures as the &u"erians'(abylonians'Assyrians' and )ittites. 

+umerian'uneiform

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,. -he o'ial language of/0er(aian is 'alled?

a. A+erbai,anian

b. A+erbai,anicc. A+eri

d. A+erban

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 The ocial language o!A+erbai,an is called /0eri.

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. &here do sign languages 'omefrom?

a. They have been copied !ro" the great apesliving in A!rica.

(. They were invented by the /rench Abb del1#pe between 60 and 4.

'. They e"erged naturally where dea! peoplewere gathered together and are present also inso"e indigenous populations.

d. They have been created in the language

laboratory !ro" the allaudet 7niversity 87&A9.

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-he /((2 de l3Ep2e is the

:rst person who recogni+edthe i"portance o! using asign language !or theinstruction o! dea! childrenand is credited to havebrought together the dea!co""unity in an institution

that later beca"e ;nstitut&aint <ac=ues 8which stillexists in $aris9.

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4. In whi'h 'ountry is thelanguage *ymraeg spo5en?

a. ;n the /aroe ;slands

b. ;n >ales

c. ;n &cotland

d. ;n ;reland

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*ymraeg  is the na"e o! theaelic language spoken in >ales.

  Spreagtar 800 milliún Eorpach abhfuil ionadaíocht acu i 47

mballstát de chuid na ComhairleEorpaí le tuilleadh teangacha afhoghlaim, is cuma cén aois iadagus is cuma an ar scoil n

lasmuigh di!

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. +ign language is

universal. 6 true orfalse?

a. trueb. !alse

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7alse. There are "any varietiesand there can actually (e

more than one signedlanguage in a 'ountry' ,ustas !or oral languages.

/or exa"ple' there are two sign languages in8elgium 8/rench (elgian &ign ?anguage and/le"ish &ign ?anguage9 or in +pain  8&panish&ign ?anguage and atalan &ign ?anguage9.

Also' there are di@erent sign languages in countries

that have the sa"e spoken language' such as inthe 7 and ;reland. This is due to historicaldevelop"ents that are di@erent to the onesexperienced in spoken languages.

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". &hi'h is the 'ountrywith the highest num(erof languages spo5en onits territory?

a. Bussia

b. hina

c. er"any

d. %orway

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9ussia 84 "illion

inhabitants9 has by !ar thehighest nu"ber o! languagesspoken on its territoryC !ro"1,! to %!! depending onthe criteria.

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#. How many words does

the a'tive vo'a(ulary ofa person 'ontain?

a. 30.000 wordsb. 50.000 words

c. 50.000 words

d. .000 words

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 The words educated people use Dtheir active vocabulary D 'an

rea'h some 4!:!!! wordsEthe words they know but do notuse D their passive vocabulary Dis so"ewhat larger. ;n everyday

conversation' people o!ten"ake use o! a s"all nu"ber o!words' but with great !re=uency.

;t has been esti"ated that a 2-year-old has already utteredso"e 50 "illion words.

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$. &hi'h armation istrue?

a. Bo"anian and (ulgarian areBo"ance languages.

b. Fanish and /aroese are &laviclanguages.

c. )ungarian and #stonian belongto the 7ralic language !a"ily.

d. ?atvian and ?ithuanian belongto the (altic language !a"ily.

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 The !a"ilies in #urope with the"ost "e"ber-languages and

the "ost speakers are the;ermani': 9oman'e: and+lavi'.

er"anic languages are Fanish'%orwegian' ;celandic' &wedish. &laviclanguages are (ulgarian' Bussian'7krainian'

(elarusian' $olish' &orbian' +ech and

Bo"ance languages are Bo"anian'Gccitan' /rench and &ardinian.

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1!. -he tongue twister

7is5er 7rits )s5er fris5e)s5 

is in<

a. %orwegian

b. Fanish

c. ;celandic

d. /inish

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;tHs a tongue twister !ro"Fen"arkI

o"pare Fanish to er"anC/ischers /rit+ :scht !rische/ische/isker /rits :sker !riske :sk

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11. &hi'h of thefollowing languagesare written from rightto left?

a. Jaltese

b. )ebrew

c. Arabic

d. <apanese

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He(rew and /ra(i' arewritten !ro" right to

le!t.

 =apanese  traditionally' iswritten !ro" top to botto"

8and then right to le!t9.>altese  is written !ro" le!t to

right.

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