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