Countries and languages

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*Answer the questions.

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*A) English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese,
Arabic
*B) English, Russian, French, German, Spanish
*C) English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

5.

*1 A)
*English, French, Spanish, Russian,
Chinese and Arabic are the official
languages of the United Nations.

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*A) Greek
*B) Egyptian
*C) German

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*2 b) The oldest language
is Egyptian’ which is 5 000
years old.

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*A) English
*B) French
*C) German

9.

*3 a)
*English has the largest
vocabulary with
approximately 500 000
words

10.

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*A ) English
*B) Russian
*C) Mandarin Chinese

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*4 c)
*Mandarine Chinese is spoken
by 700 million people ( 70 %
of the population of China)

12.

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*A) Russian
*B) Cambodian
*C) Hindian

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*b )Cambodian has 72
letters

14.

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*A) India
*B) South America
*C) North America

15.

* 6 a)
* 845 languages are spoken on the Indian subcontinent

16.

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*A) Denmark
*B) the Netherlands
*C) Jamaica

17.

*7 b)
*They speak Dutch in
Holland (the Netherland)

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*A) Russian
*B) Greek
*C) Latin

19.

*8 a)
*The word ”sputnik’’
came into English as well
as into many other
languages from Russian

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