APHuG Language

The current distribution of languages around the world is largely a result of

• social media

• the Internet

• Rosetta Stone sales

• migration

• high school requirements to learn a second language

Which of the following is closest to the current estimate of the number of languages spoken globally?

• 100

• 1,250

• 4,500

• 5,200

• 7,100

Which of the following is the BEST example of a literary tradition?

• the diffusion of television and radio broadcasts

• the religious rituals and traditions of ancient European civilizations

• the classification system used by Ethnologue

• the historical documents and religious texts of the ancient Maya that were partly destroyed by Spanish conquest

• the variety of dialects in a language used in obscure examples of spoken poetry.

A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a

• dialect

• language branch

• language family

• language group

• language root

What are the two largest language families in the world?

• Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic

• Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

• Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan

• Altaic and Nilo-Saharan

• Austronesian and Indo-European

Which of the following is NOT one of the four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European?

• Balto-Slavic

• Celtic

• Indo-Iranian

• Romance

• Germanic

The most widely spoken language in the world is

• French

• English

• Spanish

• Mandarin

• Japanese

Which language is NOT a romance language?

• Romanian

• Italian

• Greek

• French

• Spanish

Russian is part of what language branch?

• Balto-Slavic

• Germanic

• Indo-Iranian

• Romance

• Altaic

Which of the following groups did NOT influence the development of modern English?

• Normans

• Vikings

• Germanic tribes

• Celts

• Spaniards