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Christmas Fun
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This language family encompasses languages spoken in the People's Republic of China and in several smaller countries in Southeast Asia
What is the Sino-Tibetan Family?
100
In this theory developed by Colin Renfrew, the Indo-European language diffused with agricultural practices rather than military conquest
What is the Sedentary Farmer Theory?
100
U.S. English differs from the English of England in these three significant ways
What is vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation?
100
No attempt to link this language to the common origin of other European languages has been successful
What is Basque?
100
NAME THE MOVIE "you'll shoot your eye out kid"
What is A Christmas Story?
200
this is the language group that English belongs to
What is the West Germanic Group?
200
The four most widely used contemporary Romance languages are Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. This is the fifth
What is Romanian?
200
A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.
What is Isogloss?
200
this is a language that is unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family
What is an isolated language?
200
What was Rudolph's father's name?
What is Donner?
300
A language that is written as well as spoken
What is Literary Tradition?
300
The most widely used Slavic languages are the eastern ones, spoken primarily in this country
What is Russia?
300
Switzerland has four official languages. This language is spoken by the largest percentage.
What is German?
300
Most of the Jewish Bible and Christian Old Testament were written in this language
What is Hebrew?
300
On the eleventh day of Christmas, what did my true love send to me?
What is eleven pipers piping?
400
this is the most commonly used Chinese language, with approximately 3/4 of the people speaking it. It is also the most used language in the world
What is Mandarin?
400
This branch of the Indo-European language family has the most speakers. It includes Hindi the official language of India
What is the Indo-Iranian Branch?
400
Southern Belgians (known as Walloons) speak french, whereas northern Belgians (known as Flemings) speak this dialect of the Germanic language
What is Dutch?
400
Other than Basque, give another example from the book of an isolated language
What is Icelandic?
400
The Grinch is as cuddly as __________?
What is cactus?
500
A language used in education, work, mass media, and government
What is Institutional Language?
500
is a mix of German and English
What is Denglish?
500
***********Daily Double************ In the Pacific Northwest soft drinks are most commonly referred to as
What is Pop?
500
Besides North America, name another with the largest numbers of dying languages
What is the South Pacific and Latin America?
500
***********DAILY DOUBLE************ How many gifts would you receive if you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
What is 364 gifts?
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