Are You a Language Expert? Take This 20-Question Quiz and Find Out!

Are You a Language Expert? Take This 20-Question Quiz and Find Out!

Question 1: What is the most widely spoken language in the world?

A) English

B) Mandarin Chinese

C) Spanish

Correct Answer: B) Mandarin Chinese

Question 2: Which language is considered the language of love?

A) Italian

B) French

C) Spanish

Correct Answer: B) French

Question 3: What is the oldest written language still in use today?

A) Latin

B) Chinese

C) Greek

Correct Answer: B) Chinese

Question 4: Which language uses the Cyrillic script?

A) Russian

B) Greek

C) Vietnamese

Correct Answer: A) Russian

Question 5: What is a creole language?

A) A language that has developed from a mixture of different languages

B) An ancient language that is no longer spoken

C) A language spoken only by a small community

Correct Answer: A) A language that has developed from a mixture of different languages

Question 6: Which language family does English belong to?

A) Germanic

B) Romance

C) Slavic

Correct Answer: A) Germanic

Question 7: What is the study of meaning in language called?

A) Phonology

B) Syntax

C) Semantics

Correct Answer: C) Semantics

Question 8: Which language is NOT an official language of the United Nations?

A) Arabic

B) Portuguese

C) Russian

Correct Answer: B) Portuguese

Question 9: What is the term for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning?

A) Homophone

B) Homograph

C) Homonym

Correct Answer: A) Homophone

Question 10: Which language is the official language of Brazil?

A) Spanish

B) Portuguese

C) French

Correct Answer: B) Portuguese

Question 11: What is the term for a new word created by combining parts of existing words?

A) Portmanteau

B) Acronym

C) Compound

Correct Answer: A) Portmanteau

Question 12: Which language is traditionally written right to left?

A) Japanese

B) Hebrew

C) Hindi

Correct Answer: B) Hebrew

Question 13: What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?

A) E

B) A

C) S

Correct Answer: A) E

Question 14: Which of these languages is NOT a Romance language?

A) Romanian

B) Hungarian

C) Italian

Correct Answer: B) Hungarian

Question 15: What is the term for the base form of a verb, before any conjugation?

A) Infinitive

B) Gerund

C) Participle

Correct Answer: A) Infinitive

Question 16: Which language is spoken by the most people as a second language?

A) English

B) French

C) Mandarin Chinese

Correct Answer: A) English

Question 17: What is the term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?

A) Onomatopoeia

B) Palindrome

C) Anagram

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia

Question 18: Which language is an official language in India and Pakistan?

A) Urdu

B) Bengali

C) Tamil

Correct Answer: A) Urdu

Question 19: What is the term for a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet?

A) Pangram

B) Lipogram

C) Acrostic

Correct Answer: A) Pangram

Question 20: Which language is known for having a complex system of honorifics?

A) Korean

B) Japanese

C) Thai

Correct Answer: B) Japanese

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