Languages

Unit 9

Pages 196-197

Time: 20:00

Student Information

📖 Instructions

Read the passage from the textbook (pages referenced above) and answer all questions below. Your progress is automatically saved every 2 seconds.

Questions

Refer to the textbook passage on pages 196-197

1. What is the largest language family in the world today?

2. Approximately how many languages belong to the Indo-European family?

3. Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?

4. About how many people speak languages from the Afro-Asiatic family?

5. By what year do linguists fear that over half of todays languages may disappear?

1. Indo-European

2. over 400

3. Mandarin Chinese

4. 350 million

5. 2100