APHG Language

A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago.

• family
• branch
• dialect
• group

What is NOT a reason for the origin and diffusion of Romance languages

• The spread of the Roman Empire and its lingua franca Latin
• The collapse of the Roman Empire and its lingua franca Latin
• The isolation of many forms of Latin and their evolution into dinstinct languages
• The mountainless uniform topography which kept cultures similar and united

What was the Latin spoken by people in the provinces, referring to "the masses" introduced by  soldiers stationed throughout the Roman empire?

• Slang Latin
• Soldier Latin
• Vulgar Latin
• Pop Latin

What is the largest language branch in terms of spoken by most people?

• Afro-Asiatic
• Indo-European
• Sino-Tibetan
• Austronesian

Which is NOT one of the 4 main branches of the Indo-European language family?

• Germanic
• Romance
• Balto-Slavic
• Sino-Tibetan

A language _________ is a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past.  

• family
• branch
• group
• dialect

Of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European family, what GROUP does  India, Pakistan and Bangladesh belong to respectively?

• Indic (Eastern) group
• Iranian (Western) group

Which is NOT a language in the Balto-Slavic branch?

• Polish
• German
• Russian
• Ukrainian

Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho, and French huit. This is an example of a

• deterioration
• cognate
• dialect
• isogloss

The theory that languages spread by means of westward expansion on horseback by the Kurgan people is:

• Convergence Theory
• Nomadic Warrior Theory
• Agricultural Theory
• Nostratic Theory