World Languages trivia quiz
A focused timed quiz from the World Languages question deck.
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About this quiz
Travel across language families, scripts, sound systems, and the ways people communicate worldwide.
Sample questions from this quiz
Here are 12 sample questions from the World Languages deck. Expand any of them to check the answer.
Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese has the largest native-speaker population.
Which script is used for modern Russian?
Answer: Cyrillic
Modern Russian is written in Cyrillic.
Spanish, French, and Italian belong to which language branch?
Answer: Romance
They developed from varieties of Latin and are Romance languages.
Which language is primarily spoken in Brazil?
Answer: Portuguese
Portuguese is Brazil's official and dominant language.
Which language is Japan's dominant national language in practice?
Answer: Japanese
Japanese is Japan's national language in practice.
Which language uses the Hangul writing system?
Answer: Korean
Hangul was created for writing Korean.
Which language is mainly spoken in Austria?
Answer: German
German is Austria's official language.
Which ancient language is the ancestor of French and Spanish?
Answer: Latin
French and Spanish developed from spoken Latin.
Which language is written from right to left?
Answer: Arabic
Arabic script is written from right to left.
What do English speakers call a word borrowed from another language?
Answer: Loanword
A loanword is adopted from another language.
Which language is most widely spoken in Mexico?
Answer: Spanish
Spanish is spoken by most people in Mexico.
Which alphabet begins alpha, beta, gamma?
Answer: Greek
Alpha, beta, and gamma are the first Greek letters.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the World Languages quiz?
Each round selects up to ten timed questions from the playable topic deck.
Can I replay the World Languages trivia quiz?
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