Languages of the World quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which language do most Iranians speak?

   Answer: Persian

   Why: Persian is an Indo-European language, unrelated to Arabic, though it is written in an Arabic-based script.

2. 2 Medium

   Which EU language is most closely related to Finnish?

   Answer: Estonian

   Why: Finnish and Estonian share the Finnic branch of the Uralic family, while Hungarian sits on its distant Ugric branch.

3. 3 Hard

   On which Canary Island is a whistled language a compulsory subject?

   Answer: La Gomera

   Why: Silbo Gomero turns Spanish into whistles that could carry messages up to five kilometres across the island's ravines.

4. 4 Easy

   What is the most widely spoken Slavic language?

   Answer: Russian

   Why: Counting native speakers, Russian is the most spoken language in all of Europe.

5. 5 Medium

   Which country with French as an official language has the most people?

   Answer: DR Congo

   Why: French in DR Congo is a legacy of Belgian colonial rule, and it sits beside four national languages such as Lingala.

6. 6 Hard

   Where are the closest relatives of the Malagasy language spoken?

   Answer: Borneo

   Why: Malagasy's nearest relative is Ma'anyan, a language of Central Kalimantan on the Indonesian part of Borneo.