Test Quiz On Language Origins
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- 1.In early 2009, a study determined that there were about how many living human languages?
- A.
69000
- B.
69
- C.
6900
- D.
690
- 2.Which of the following is an example of a language isolate?
- A.
Korean
- B.
Basque
- C.
Arabic
- D.
Afrikaans
- 3.Speakers of which of the major language families represent 46% of the world's population?
- A.
Sino-Tibetan
- B.
Niger-Congo
- C.
Afro-Asiatic
- D.
Indo-European
- 4.Which variety of the Chinese language is spoken by over a billion people as of 2012?
- A.
Hakka
- B.
Yue
- C.
Min
- D.
Mandarin
- 5.Which of the following Chinese cities historically had a concentration of Wu Chinese speakers?
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Hong Kong
- C.
Changsha
- D.
Beijing
- 6.Swahili belongs to which language family?
- A.
Niger-Congo
- B.
Ibero-Caucasian
- C.
Afro-Asiatic
- D.
Na-Dene
- 7.The so-called Romance languages are all derived from which mother language?
- A.
Greek
- B.
Latin
- C.
Hebrew
- D.
French
- 8.Which of the Indo-European languages has the most speakers as of 2012?
- A.
French
- B.
Spanish
- C.
Portuguese
- D.
English
- 9.Which of the following languages had over 70 million speakers in 2009?
- A.
Urdu
- B.
Thai
- C.
Javanese
- D.
Italian
- 10.As of 2012, which of the following is not an official language of the United Nations?
- A.
French
- B.
Chinese
- C.
Russian
- D.
Japanese
- 11.As of 2012, which of the following is an official language of the World Trade Organization?
- A.
Chinese
- B.
French
- C.
German
- D.
Arabic
- 12.What is the term for a stable language arising from the mixing of two other languages?
- A.
Creole
- B.
Derivative
- C.
Beta Language
- D.
Phocom
- 13.What is sometimes defined as the smallest unit of grammar which can stand alone?
- A.
Sentence
- B.
Phoneme
- C.
Clause
- D.
Word
- 14.What form of a verb describes a noun, and thus also functions as an adjective?
- A.
Gerund
- B.
Transitive
- C.
Interjective
- D.
Participle
- 15.The English word "alarm" comes from an Italian term meaning what?
- A.
Fire!
- B.
Danger!
- C.
To Arms!
- D.
Run Away!
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