Official languages
What is the official language(s) of Cambodia?
Khmer
What other languages do they speak in Brunei? (Mentioned in the slides)
English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi and Tamil.
What is the 2nd most linguistically diverse country in the world?
Indonesia
Which nation was never formally colonized?
Thailand
What does ASEAN stand for?
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
What is the official language(s) of Singapore?
English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil
How did the Khmer language come to Cambodia?
Through the migration of the Khmer people from Thailand.
What languages are tonal language with six tones?
Lao and Thai
How long was Timor-Leste occupied by Portugal?
For almost 400 years.
What SE nation is NOT included in ASEAN?
Timor-Leste
What is the official language(s) of Timor-Leste?
Tetum and Portuguese
What SE languages are mentioned as a part of the Tai-Kadai family?
Thai, Lao and Burmese
What makes Cambodia unique in the region of SE Asia?
It's the most ethnically homogeneous state with 92% of the population being ethnically Khmer.
What two Nations colonized the Philippines? (Hint: from the years 1565-1946)
Spain (for over 300 years) and America.
What 10 countries make up ASEAN?
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines
What is the official language(s) of Siam?
Thai!!
Due to historical trade and religious interactions, Vietnamese has borrowed vocabulary from which nations?
Chinese, Sanskrit and Pali
What can be most accurately understood through its syllabic organization?
The sound system of the Tai languages.
Who was colonized by France between 1893-1954?
Laos and Vietnam
What year was ASEAN established?
1967
What three countries share the same official language? What is that language?
Malay is spoken as an official language spoken in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore.
What are the two Indian languages that influenced the Khmer language?
Sanskrit and Pali
The Singaporean Government requires what?
Requires its citizens to be bilingual in their mother tongue and English.
Define Language Shift.
“a process by which one language displaces another in the linguistic repertoire of a community”
What was one of the main purposes for creating the ASEAN?
ASEAN aimed to prevent the spread of conflict during a time of political tension in the Cold War and improve relations among neighboring countries.