Foreign Language Club

Question: What is the official language of the Maldives?

Answer: The official language of the Maldives is Divehi, which is similar to an old language from the country of Sri Lanka.

Question: Which of these is not an official language of Singapore?

Answer: Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Tamil, and Mandarin Chinese.

Question: In Mandarin, what is China called?

Answer: In Mandarin, China is called Zhongguo, which means, "the middle kingdom" or "the middle country."

Question: What is the official language of Niger?

Answer: The official language of Niger is French, but most people speak an African language.

Question: What is the official language of China?

Answer: Han Chinese is the most widely spoken language in China, and one type of Han Chinese, Mandarin, is the official language.

Question: In what country is Nepali widely spoken?

Answer: Nepali is the chief language of Nepal, the nation that lies to the northeast of India. It is also spoken in Sikkim and Bhutan.

Question: What is the principal language of Bangladesh?

Answer: Bangladesh is inhabited almost entirely by people who speak Bengali, the state language. The country has a distinctive Bengali culture shared by adjacent West Bengal, a state of India.