How Much Do You Know About Languages of the World? (50 Questions)

50 Languages of the World trivia questions. You get 9 seconds each — pause if you need to, and post your score in the comments. 0:00 Intro 0:12 Q1. Which language family do Finnish, Estonian and Hu... 0:24 Q2. Swahili, Zulu and Shona all belong to which subgr... 0:36 Q3. Telugu, Tamil and Kannada are the largest members... 0:48 Q4. Arabic, Hausa and ancient Egyptian all belong to... 1:00 Q5. Basque has no known relatives. What do linguists... 1:12 Q6. Which Bronze Age script did Michael Ventris famou... 1:24 Q7. Which older Cretan script, used by the Minoans, h... 1:36 Q8. Which alphabet was carved as notches along the ed... 1:48 Q9. Which Japanese syllabary is used mainly for writi... 2:00 Q10. Which script is used to write Dhivehi, the langua... 2:12 Q11. In which direction are the lines of traditional M... 2:24 Q12. Which alphabet did Saints Cyril and Methodius cre... 2:36 Q13. Who is credited with inventing the Armenian alpha... 2:48 Q14. Which Cherokee silversmith completed a syllabary... 3:00 Q15. Which Korean king is credited with the creation o... 3:12 Q16. How many letters does the modern Russian alphabet... 3:24 Q17. How many languages did South Africa's 1996 consti... 3:36 Q18. How many official languages does the European Uni... 3:48 Q19. How many languages are listed in the Eighth Sched... 4:00 Q20. The International Phonetic Alphabet's letter valu... 4:12 Q21. Who published the first textbook of Esperanto, ba... 4:24 Q22. Which constructed language, created in 1879 by Jo... 4:36 Q23. Who created the Klingon language for the Star Tre... 4:48 Q24. Which Elvish language did Tolkien base largely on... 5:00 Q25. The word 'robot' first appeared in which 1920 Cze... 5:12 Q26. Which language gave English the word 'tycoon' 5:24 Q27. 'Alcohol', 'algebra' and 'sofa' all entered Engli... 5:36 Q28. Which indigenous language is co-official with Spa... 5:48 Q29. Which language did the Inca Empire promote as its... 6:00 Q30. Which is the only country outside Europe with Dut... 6:12 Q31. Which language is co-official with Portuguese in... 6:24 Q32. Which Romance language is the sole official langu... 6:36 Q33. Which language became Switzerland's fourth nation... 6:48 Q34. Which language is the official working language o... 7:00 Q35. In which country are more spoken languages record... 7:12 Q36. Which variety of German do Old Order Amish commun... 7:24 Q37. Bokmal and Nynorsk are the two written standards... 7:36 Q38. Which Baltic language is often called the most co... 7:48 Q39. Which language group of the northern Netherlands... 8:00 Q40. Around 90% of the Afrikaans vocabulary originates... 8:12 Q41. Which is the only Semitic language officially wri... 8:24 Q42. Which country replaced the Arabic script with a L... 8:36 Q43. Who was the driving force behind the revival of H... 8:48 Q44. Which Celtic language lost its last native speake... 9:00 Q45. Which whistled language of La Gomera did UNESCO r... 9:12 Q46. What is the term for a word-for-word loan transla... 9:24 Q47. Which basic word order is used by the largest num... 9:36 Q48. What is the smallest meaningful unit of a linguis... 9:48 Q49. Whose posthumous Course in General Linguistics fo... 10:00 Q50. Who spent seven years writing A Dictionary of the... 10:12 Thanks for playing New trivia every day. Subscribe so you don't miss one. #trivia #quiz #triviaquestions