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World Languages 0002
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1.
What name is given to the group of British Celtic languages?
Domestic Celtic
Insular Celtic
Parochial Celtic
Western Celtic
The other division is Continental Celtic
2.
What is the translation of the Italian "una bussola"?
Compass
Crow's Nest
Porthole
Sextant
3.
Apart from Sweden, which country lists Swedish as a national language?
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Russia
4.
How does the Swahili "Jamhuri ya Kenya" translate into English?
Bank of Kenya
Government of Kenya
Kenya Airways
Republic of Kenya
5.
What is the German for "asphyxiation"?
Erstickung
Stranglung
Erstoppung
Smotherung
6.
What percentage of the Chinese population speaks Mandarin?
Approximately 40%
Approximately 50%
Approximately 70%
Approximately 90%
Over 70% are native speakers & it is the second language of many others
7.
Into which category of languages does Urdu fall?
Dravidian
Indo-Aryan
Iranian
Uralic
8.
Approximately how many Basque speakers are there in Spain?
350000
450000
550000
650000
The estimated 2003 figure was 641,000
9.
How many official languages does the Republic of South Africa have?
2
5
8
11
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu
10.
Which 3 official languages of EU states are classed as Uralic languages?
Bulgarian, Lithuanian & Swedish
Czech, Romanian & Slovak
Estonian, Finnish & Hungarian
Latvian, Polish & Slovene
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