Handwriting Learn about Languages

Copy the sentences onto the lines below. Concentrate on keeping your writing clear and legible.

1. More than half of the Earth’s population is bilingual.



2. Nearly half of English words come from French.



3. There are more than 800 different languages spoken in Papua New Guinea.


4. The Papuan language Rotokas has an alphabet of just eleven letters.



5. Klingon is one of more than 200 languages invented for works of fiction.


6. Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most widely-spoken language.



7. Sign language users also have accents that can depend on age and ethnicity.


8. In Spain there’s a language made up entirely of whistling called Silbo Gomero.



9. Welsh is spoken in the Patagonia region of Argentina.



10. Vatican City cash machines have Latin among the usual language options.