Exercise 5. Complete the text with the correct quantifiers. Use the table in 4 to help you. India – the plurilingual country: After you spend (a) ___ time in India, you quickly discover that people there speak (b) ___ different languages. In total, India has 23 official languages – that’s (c) ___ languages! Many speak English as their second or third language, but only (d) ___ people have it as their first one. For about half the population, Hindi is the first language. (e) ___ other important languages are Bengali, Marathi and Telugu. There aren’t (f) ___ 100% accurate statistics for the total number of languages in the country. However, it’s probably over one thousand!

Перевод задания: Дополните текст подходящими словами, обозначающими количество. Используйте таблицу в упражнении 4.

India – the plurilingual country
After you spend a little time in India, you quickly discover that people there speak many different languages. In total, India has 23 official languages – that’s a lot of languages! Many speak English as their second or third language, but only a few people have it as their first one. For about half the population, Hindi is the first language. Some other important languages are Bengali, Marathi and Telugu. There aren’t any 100% accurate statistics for the total number of languages in the country. However, it’s probably over one thousand!

Перевод: Индия — многоязычная страна.
Проведя немного времени в Индии, вы быстро обнаружите, что там говорят на многих разных языках. Всего в Индии 23 официальных языка — это очень много языков! Многие говорят по-английски как на втором или третьем языке, но лишь немногие говорят на нём как на родном. Примерно для половины населения родной язык — хинди. Среди других важных языков — бенгальский, маратхи и телугу. Нет абсолютно точной статистики об общем количестве языков в стране. Однако их, вероятно, больше тысячи.