AP HuGe 5.2 Quiz

The two largest language families in the world are

• Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

• Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic

• Altaic and Nilo-Saharan

Both the Angles and Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they

• invaded England

• spoke ancient English languages

• diffused English around the world

• spoke languages derived from Latin

The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day

• Italy

• Denmark

• France

• Switzerland

Which of the following is not a Romance language

• Italian

• French

• Romanian

• Portuguese

• Bulgarian

The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as

• Romance language

• Vulgar Latin

• Official Latin

• Catalan Latin

The most widely spoken language in Brazil is

• Spanish

• Creole

• French

• Portuguese

• Catalan

The most widely spoken language in Argentina is

• Catalan

• French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Creole

The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but

• Germanic

• Indo-Iranian

• Romance

• Celtic

• Balto-Slavic

The two most important languages in South America are

• Portuguese and Spanish

• English and Spanish

• Creole and Portuguese

• French and Spanish

Russian is part of what language branch?

• Indo-Iranian

• Altaic

• Germanic

• Balto-Slavic

• Romance