Are You a True Polyglot? Test Your Linguistic Skills!
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Think you have what it takes to be a true polyglot? Take this quiz and put your linguistic skills to the test! Answer 15 questions and find out how many you can get right.
1. Which of the following languages is not considered a Romance language?
French
Spanish
German
Italian
2. Which alphabet is primarily used in the Russian language?
Latin
Cyrillic
Greek
Arabic
3. In which country is Swahili an official language?
Thailand
Brazil
Kenya
Italy
4. Which of the following languages uses tones to differentiate meaning?
Japanese
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
Russian
5. What is the term for a word that is the same in multiple languages due to shared origins?
Homophone
Cognate
Synonym
Antonym
6. Which language is considered the official language of Brazil?
Spanish
Portuguese
English
Italian
7. Which language family does Arabic belong to?
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Afro-Asiatic
Uralic
8. Which of these languages is written from right to left?
Hebrew
Russian
Korean
French
9. What is the term for the study of word origins and history?
Phonetics
Morphology
Etymology
Syntax
10. Which language is known for having a classification system called 'noun classes'?
English
Swahili
German
Hindi
11. Which Asian language is known for its use of a syllabary called 'Hiragana'?
Korean
Chinese
Japanese
Thai
12. Which linguist proposed the theory of Universal Grammar?
Saussure
Chomsky
Bloomfield
Whorf
13. Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?
English
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
Hindi
14. Which constructed language was created to foster international communication?
Klingon
Esperanto
Loglan
Interlingua
15. Which language uses characters called 'Devanagari' for its script?
