台中英文补习班│语言知识大考验! Facts About Languages

全世界有多少语言呢？

全世界最多人说的语言是哪个？

哪一个语言最难学？

哪一些语言已经濒临消失？

语言和我们的生活、文化息息相关，一起来解密语言，看粉丝们可以答对几题！

How many languages are there in the world? 世界上共有几种语言？

It’s estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages and 46 languages have just a single speaker! 2,200 of the world’s languages can be found in Asia, while Europe has a mere 260.

世界上大约有7,000种还在被使用的语言，有90%的语言剩下不到100,000人在使用，超过一百万人使用大约150种到200种的的语言谈话，有46种语言只有一个使用者！而世界上有2,200种语言可以在亚洲找到，但是在欧洲只有260种。

What are the world’s most spoken language? 世界上最常使用的语言是？

The world's most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers and as a second language, according to figures from UNESCO (The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French.

根据UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)的数字，以母语人士及当作第二语言的这两种使用者而言，世界上最常使用的几种语言是中文、英文、西班牙文、印度文、阿拉伯文、孟加拉语、俄文、葡萄牙语、日语、德语、法文。

Which are the hardest languages to learn? 哪些是最难学的语言？

The ease or difficulty of learning another language can depend on your mother tongue. In general, the closer the second language is to the learner's native tongue and culture in terms of vocabulary, sounds or sentence structure, the easier acquisition will be.

那不一定哦！学语言的难易度是要根据你的母语而定的哦！一般来说，你的母语和你在学的语言文化越相近（就单字、发音、句型而言），正在学习的语言对你来说越简单。

A Polish speaker will find it easier to learn another Slavic language like Czech than an Asian language such as Japanese, while linguistic similarities mean that a Japanese speaker would find it easier to learn Mandarin Chinese than Polish.

一个母语为波兰文的人学斯拉夫语系的语言会比较简单，像是捷克语，而学习亚洲的语言像是日文就会比较吃力，相反的，一位母语为日文的人，她学中文会比学波兰文来的简单。

Endangered Language? 濒临绝种的语言？

Globalization and cultural homogenisation mean that many of the world’s languages are in danger of vanishing. UNESCO has identified 2,500 languages which it claims are at risk of extinction. One quarter of the world’s languages are spoken by fewer than 1,000 people and if these are not passed down to the next generation, they will be gone forever.

全球化和文化的同化表示：很多世界上的语言面临消失的危机，联合国教科文组织列出25,000种快要消失的语言，世界上有四分之一的语言的使用者只有不到1,000人，如果这些语言没有被传下去，他们将会永远消失。