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- 2. 1. How many living languages are there estimated in the world today? Around 500 Around 2000
- 3. There are between 6000 and 7000 languages in the world - spoken by six billion people
- 4. 2. What is generally considered to be the first form of written language? Cuneiform script Egyptian
- 5. Cuneiform was used for over 3000 years throughout the Near East by such cultures as the
- 6. 3. The official language of Azerbaijan is called? a. Azerbaijanian b. Azerbaijanic c. Azeri d. Azerban
- 7. The official language of Azerbaijan is called Azeri.
- 8. 4. Where do sign languages come from? a. They have been copied from the great apes
- 9. The Abbé de l'Epée is the first person who recognized the importance of using a sign
- 10. 5. In which country is the language Cymraeg spoken? a. In the Faroe Islands b. In
- 11. Cymraeg (Welsh) is the name of the Celtic language spoken in Wales. Wales has two official
- 12. 6. Sign language is universal. - true or false? a. true b. false
- 13. False. There are many varieties and there can actually be more than one signed language in
- 14. 7. Which is the country with the highest number of languages spoken on its territory? a.
- 15. Russia (148 million inhabitants) has by far the highest number of languages spoken on its territory:
- 16. 8. How many words does the active vocabulary of a person contain? a. 30.000 words b.
- 17. The words educated people use – their active vocabulary – can reach some 50,000 words; the
- 18. 9. Which affirmation is true? a. Romanian and Bulgarian are Romance languages. b. Danish and Faroese
- 19. The families in Europe with the most member-languages and the most speakers are the Germanic, Romance,
- 20. 10. The tongue twister Fisker Frits fisker friske fisk is in: a. Norwegian b. Danish c.
- 21. It‘s a tongue twister from Denmark! Compare Danish to German: Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische Fisker
- 22. 11. Which of the following languages are written from right to left? a. Maltese b. Hebrew
- 23. Hebrew and Arabic are written from right to left. Japanese traditionally, is written from top to
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