Language : various European languages
Topic : European Day of Languages
Skills : accessing your memory / information from Internet
Type of Exercise : quiz (Part Two)
Aimed at : language-learners of all ages and abilities
For use : in class / for homework / for cover

European Day of Languages (Part Two)
Saturday 26th September 2026

A fun quiz to raise your learners’ awareness of languages around the world.

Designed to generate discussion and encourage your budding linguists to find out more about languages for themselves afterwards.

Answers are provided.

Sample questions :

Which language is widely considered to have the most words (750,000) ?

a) German
b) French
c) English
d) Greek

Some studies show that bilingual employees earn more on average than those who speak only one language. How much more ?

a) 1 %
b) 2-5%
c) 10-15%
d) 50%

What do French, Italian, Spanish and Romanian have in common ?

They are all Romance languages
They are all Germanic languages
They all have more than 250 adjectives to describe chocolate
Its speakers find it impossible not to move their hands when talking

Arabic is written and read …

a) upside down
b) from bottom to top
c) from right to left
d) from left to right

One of the few languages to have vanished and been revived is …

a) Hebrew
b) Norwegian
c) Irish
d) Icelandic