Which of the following is a language written as well as spoken, or a system of written communication?
A: language
B: dialect
C: literary language
D: official language
E: romance language
What is C: literary language
100
Which of the following is language developed in Southern Africa; a mix of Dutch, Khoisan, Bantu and Malay
A: Creole
B: Ebonics
C: Afrikaans
D: Anatolian
E: Kurgan
What is C: Afrikaans
100
Why has the Icelandic language changed less than the other Germanic languages?
What is isolation
100
English is the world's primary _______ _________.
What is lingua franca
100
Define ideogram and isogloss
What is Ideogram:a system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries, in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a sound. Isogloss: a word-usage boundary that separates regions in which different languages dominant, and speakers can understand each other well.
200
Which of the following is the selected language in multi-lingual countries by the educated and elite, that is usually understood by the majority of the citizens.
A: language
B: dialect
C: literary language
D: official language
E: romance language
What is D: official language
200
Which of the following represents people focused on spreading their language through trade
A: Creole
B: Ebonics
C: Afrikaans
D: Anatolian
E: Kurgan
What is D: Anatolian (diffused through agriculture)
200
How has a standard Arabic language developed so widespread?
What is Koran, newspapers and radio
200
T/F : English is the fifth most spoken language in the World
What is False
200
Which language is spoken by the greatest amount of speakers in the World?
A: English
B: Chinese
C: Spanish
D: Mandarin
What is D: Mandarin
300
Which of the following is mainly is southwestern Europe and Latin American countries i.e France, Spain and Italy
A: language
B: dialect
C: literary language
D: official language
E: romance language
What is E: romance language
300
Which of the following is a language that represents a war-like people who imposed their language on those they conquered
A: Creole
B: Ebonics
C: Afrikaans
D: Anatolian
E: Kurgan
What is : Kurgan (the first speakers of Indo-Europe)
300
What are the two most important languages in South America?
What is Portuguese and Spanish
300
English has many words that are integrated from other ________.
What is languages
300
T/F : Hebrew is an example of an extinct language that has been revived.
What is True
400
Which of the following is a system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds, understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
A: language
B: dialect
C: literary language
D: official language
E: romance language
What is A: language
400
Which of the following is a mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language i.e. New Orleans and Haiti
A: Creole
B: Ebonics
C: Afrikaans
D: Anatolian
E: Kurgan
What is A: Creole (Pidgan)
400
T/F: The Quebecois want the immigrants to assimilate to their language and culture.
What is TRUE
400
50% of the people on Earth speak this language.
What is Indo-European
400
Put the following in order from general to specific :
language, language family, dialect, language group, language branch
What is language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect
500
Which of the following is a regional (local) variation of a language which reflects environmental features and is distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and punctuation
A: language
B: dialect
C: literary language
D: official language
E: romance language
What is B: dialect
500
Which of the following is a dialect of English that has it's roots in West African, Caribbean and slave languages
A: Creole
B: Ebonics
C: Afrikaans
D: Anatolian
E: Kurgan
What is B: Ebonics
500
Is Romanian a Romance Language?
What is No
500
Which group will see the largest internet rise in the next twenty years?
a. Indo-European
b. Sino-Tibetan
c. Aramaic
d. Quebecois
What is b. Sino-Tibetan
500
T/F : The Bible points to God's desire for there to be one world-wide language.