Amazing Quiz On Language Origins
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The word "tree" is a meronym of which of the following words?
- A.
Forest
- B.
Branch
- C.
Desert
- D.
Ent
- 2.What linguistic term is defined as "a word or phrase with different, but related senses"?
- A.
Polyneme
- B.
Polyseme
- C.
Hetereoseme
- D.
Heteroneme
- 3.The word "hand" is a holonym of which of the following words?
- A.
Sword
- B.
Finger
- C.
Arm
- D.
Body
- 4.What term is used for the creation of a new word through the adding of an affix?
- A.
Inflection
- B.
Derivation
- C.
Compounding
- D.
Circumfixion
- 5.The word "ketchup" originates from a word in which language?
- A.
Japanese
- B.
Vietnamese
- C.
Chinese
- D.
Korean
- 6.Which of the major language groups consists of over 1500 different languages?
- A.
Trans-New Guinea
- B.
Indo-European
- C.
Austronesian
- D.
Niger-Congo
- 7.Tamil is a member of which language group?
- A.
Sino-Tibetan
- B.
Tai-Kadai
- C.
Dravidian
- D.
Altaic
- 8.The Turkic and Mongolic languages are often combined in what controversial language family?
- A.
Afroasiatic
- B.
Oto-Manguean
- C.
Altaic
- D.
Tupian
- 9.The extinct Etruscan language of Italy is sometimes put into what proposed language family?
- A.
Uralic
- B.
Barbacoan
- C.
Alsean
- D.
Tyrsenian
- 10.What is the second-most-spoken variety of the Chinese language as of 2012?
- A.
Gan
- B.
Xiang
- C.
Wu
- D.
Pinghua
- 11.Which dialect of the Scots language lost its last known speaker in 2012?
- A.
Cromarty
- B.
Southwart
- C.
Doric
- D.
Edic
- 12.What is a geographic area with several languages that feature common linguistic structures?
- A.
Gleichschaltung
- B.
Sprachbund
- C.
Gegenschein
- D.
Dreikanter
- 13.As of 2012, English is the most widely-spoken language in how many countries?
- A.
39
- B.
59
- C.
79
- D.
19
- 14.As of 2012, Russian is the most widely-spoken language in how many countries?
- A.
9
- B.
12
- C.
6
- D.
1
- 15.American Sign Language is closely related to which of the following?
- A.
Spanish Sign Language
- B.
French Sign Language
- C.
French Sign Language
- D.
British Sign Language
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