Diffusion of Language

 Which of the following is considered the world’s primary lingua franca?

• Mandarin
• Russian
• Hindi
• English

Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?

• English
• Arabic
• French
• Spanish

Mix of a colonizer's language with a native language

• Creole Language
• Standard Language
• Official Language
• Modern Language

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

System of communication through the use of speech

• Denglish
• Dialect
• Literary Tradition
• Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In which Canadian province is French the major official language

• Ontario
• Quebec
• New Brunswick
• Manitoba

A state that speaks many different languages is considered a monolingual state?

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

English language is part of which language group?

• Romance
• Celtic
• Greek
• Germanic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

English, Spanish, Greek, and Iranian are all part of what language family?

• Indo-European
• Afro-Asiatic
• Niger-Congo
• They are all isolated languages

Which of the following is not a Romance language? 

• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

 The second-largest language family is

• Indo-European
• Austronesian
• Sino-Tibetan
• Dravidian

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A