WONDER #1351: Why Are There So Many Languages?

Question 1 of 3

One theory of early language development holds that the earliest humans may have imitated what?

1. sounds in nature
2. monkeys
3. old legends
4. animal mating calls

Question 2 of 3

Linguists believe there could be as many as how many different languages spoken around the world?

1. 100
2. 1,000
3. 2,500
4. 7,000

Question 3 of 3

A person who studies to learn a large number of languages is known as a what?

1. brain
2. linguist
3. hyperpolyglot
4. lexpert

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