Free LOTE Basic Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which is NOT an official language of Switzerland?

Accepted Answer

Spanish

Answer

French

Answer

German

Answer

Italian

Question 2

Which is a language isolate or has no relation to any other languages?

Accepted Answer

Korean

Answer

Spanish

Answer

Chinese

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Danish

Question 3

Which languages are related?

Accepted Answer

Lao and Thai

Answer

German and French

Answer

Swahili and Afrikaans

Answer

Chinese and Korean

Question 4

Which Asian language is NOT tonal?

Accepted Answer

Khmer

Answer

Thai

Answer

Chinese

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Vietnamese

Question 5

What is an official language of Israel following its revival in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Hebrew

Answer

Russian

Answer

Farsi

Answer

English

Question 6

What is spoken in Brazil and by a small margin, the most spoken language in South America?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Answer

Spanish

Answer

French

Answer

Italian

Question 7

Which is a major language spoken in southern India?

Accepted Answer

Tamil

Answer

Hindi

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Bengali

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Malayalam

Question 8

At nearly 1 billion people, which language has the most native speakers in the world?

Accepted Answer

Mandarin

Answer

English

Answer

Spanish

Answer

Russian

Question 9

What language in Southeast Asia uses a modified Latin Alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Vietnamese

Answer

Khmer

Answer

Burmese

Answer

Thai

Question 10

If you were to take the Hajj to Mecca, what language would be most useful?

Accepted Answer

Arabic

Answer

French

Answer

Farsi

Answer

Greek