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Languages - Trivia quiz

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    There are approximately 7000 languages on earth. There are approximately 200 constructed languages or “conlangs”. Animals also have their own body languages.
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  • According to the Ethnologue, how many living languages are there estimated in the world today (2022)? 8,000 or 7,000 or 5,000
    approximately 7,000
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  • Rotokas is an indigenous language spoken on an island in Papua New Guinea. Rotokas has the smallest known alphabet. How many characters does it have?
    12
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  • Hawaiians have over 200 different words for what type of weather event? rain or sunshine
    rain
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  • There are approximately 200 artificial languages, made for film, tv or literature. Artificial languages are sometimes called ?????
    constructed languages or "conlangs"
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  • Who speaks "Ewokese"? They are the locals of Endor.
    Ewoks
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  • Cryptophasia is a language phenomenon that only can be understood by whom.
    Twins
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  • This term is for a word that creates another when spelled backward. E.g stop > pots. smart > trams. The term is taken from a backwards word.
    semordnilap
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  • J.R.R Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of The Rings" constructed which language? Parseltongue, Valarin or Klingon
    Valarin
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  • This language spoken in Cambodia has the alphabet with the most characters
    Khmer
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  • What was the first language spoken in Outer Space?
    Russian
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  • Where is Cymraeg spoken? The country is a member of the United Kingdom
    Wales
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  • Often, a playful dog will have their front legs stretched forward, head straight ahead, and rear end up in the air and possibly wiggling. Is this the "play bow", "zoomies" or "popcorn"
    The play bow
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  • "Expecto Patronum". This powerful defensive incantation is from which series?
    Harry Potter
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  • What is the native language from from Avatar? It was developed for the film by linguist Paul Frommer.
    The Na'vi language
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  • "Australian Sign Language" is known as "Auslan". "Auslan" is example of a a "toponym", "portmanteau", "onomastics" or
    a portmanteau
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  • What is the semordnilap of stop?
    pots
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