This sign language is used by an entire community (deaf and hearing) in Southern Israel
What is Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language?
100
The United States has this many official languages.
What is none/zero?
100
This is what we call a word/sign that is the same (or very similar) in two languages.
What is a "cognate"?
100
American Sign Language is a creole which evolved from Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (and possibly other sign languages in use in the U.S. at that time), children's homesigns, and this European sign language
What is LSF (French Sign Language)?
200
In the 1980s, a new sign language emerged among deaf children in this Central American country
What is Nicaragua?
200
These two languages are both official languages in Canada at the federal level.
What are English and French?
200
This is what we call two mutually intelligible language varieties.
What is "dialect"?
200
This clause in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution has been used to defend minority language rights
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
300
This is what we call a pidgin language that is later acquired as a first language by children in the community.
What is a creole?
300
This is the official language of Quebec.
What is French?
300
This is the English translation of "VGT", a sign language used in Belgium.
What is Flemish Sign Language?
300
B.F. Skinner believed that children learned language by this method.
What is imitation?
400
He is the famous linguist who hypothesized that language is innate.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
400
This movement developed to counter the English Only movement and promotes the use of other languages as well as English in the U.S.
What is "English Plus"?
400
This is the name of the language family to which Indian Sign Language belongs.
What is Indo-Pakistani SL?
400
Which is more common in the world today? Monolingualism or multilingualism?
What is multilingualism?
500
The fact that ABSL has only two color terms (for light vs. dark) shows that it is this kind of language.
What is a relatively young/new language?
500
In 1982, Senator Hayakawa of California proposed legislation in support of what?
What is an "English Only" law?
500
English is a member of this language family.
What is Germanic?
500
In this country, deaf women do not have the right to vote.