I think your questions are both OK. Your only mistake is that you mention the Present Perfect Progressive (also called the Present Perfect Continuous) but you don't use it.
When inquiring about periods of time regarding activities that still occur/are still true (and are not completed), the right approach in English is always a Present Perfect tense. Whether that be Continuous (+ing) or Simple (+ past participle) (and if the action is completed, but we don't know when), depends on the verb. State verbs (like "be" in your first example) can only be employed using Present Perfect Simple, whilst action verbs (like "study" in your second example) can be employed in PPS/PPC. Using PPC gives your sentence/question that emphasis of "repeated/continuous" activity, but is not mandatory.
So:
How long/How many years have you studied English?
Is just as worthy as:
How long/How many years have you been studying English?
(The same applies to your first example too)
Which brings us to your question of how to phrase your query if you wish to receive an answer using a specific "time reference" (ie "years" in your example). Generally speaking, the native English speaker will likely not worry about the "time" part of the question too much, leaving the listener to respond in the most logical way. In your example, this would likely be in years, or possibly:
Since I was 5.
Of course, sometimes specificity is needed or desired as in your question. If you don't want "since I was 5" type answers, then you need to "lead" the listener, by encouraging them to respond according to the "time" part of the question you use.
How many years? = For x years
How many days? = For x days
Etc.
Consider this last example of a situation where a specific (maybe overly?) response is needed.
A manager has to enter a candidate's information into the following box on their computer during a job interview: Years of higher education studies completed: [ ]
The manager will obviously require a response in years, and so will need to ask his question accordingly:
How many years of higher education studies have you completed?
Note the use of PPS for the "finished action".
Or, if the candidate is still studying:
How many years have you been studying in higher education?
Naturally, my examples work just as well with a more general "time query" (ie "How long?") if the answer doesn't need to be specific.
I hope that answers your question fairly well. Maybe I went into too much detail on PPS/PPC and confused you (I hope not!). As a final observation, I think your first question reads more naturally without "for".
Is the question of "what age are you" idiomatic,common or does it
sound naturally in the meaning of " how old are you "
Can we say this structure could be used for materials as " how age is
it "
"What age are you?" is definitely not idiomatic. Using it would mark you instantly as a non-native speaker. However, it makes logical sense and it would be understood.
"How age is it?" would be even worse. While most native speakers could likely figure out what this meant, it sounds simply wrong.
If you were asking a person about his or her age, you'd almost always say "How old are you?" or "What year were you born?" or "When were you born?" -- with the first one being by far the most common.
If you were asking about an object, you would usually say "How old is it?" But you might also say "When was it built?" (in reference to a building or structure) or "How long has it been here?" or "How many years has it been here?" or "How long has it been around?" -- again, the simple "How old is it?" would be most common.
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