Say It Around the World: The Languages Quiz

Ten questions on the languages of the world: alphabets and scripts, words English borrowed, everyday greetings, who speaks what and how languages are related.

Questions

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1. What is the main language spoken in Brazil?
2. The greeting 'konnichiwa' comes from which language?
3. The English word 'kindergarten' was borrowed from German.
4. Which alphabet is used to write Russian?
5. Which of these are Romance languages, descended from Latin? Select THREE.
6. Which of these languages is written from right to left?
7. Put these alphabets in order of how many letters they have, fewest first.
8. The English word 'robot' comes from which language?
9. In what year did L. L. Zamenhof publish the first book on Esperanto?
10. Basque is spoken mainly in Spain and which other country?