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