Linguistics Review

Language is a __________ means of communicating ideas or feelings .....

• random

• systematic

• tangible
• temporary

Which is has more linguistic commonalities? A language family or a language group?

• Language Family

• Language Group

What is the name of the recorded or assumed common language of a Language Family?

• Esperanto

• Mother Tounge

• Protolanguage

The largest language family in terms of number of languages is

• Indo-European

• Japonic

• Niger-Congo

• Sino-Tinetan

The largest language family in terms of number of speakers is

• Niger-Congo

• Indo-European

• Sino-Tibetan

Russian is a ________ language.

• Romance

• Slavic

• Germanic

English is written in the ________ alphabet.

• Roman

• Slavic

• English

Sound Shift is the gradual ___________ in the pronunciation of a sound

• disappearance

• alteration

• increase

An Isogloss designates

• a geographic boundary

• a type of triangle

• a dead language

The study of the origin and development of words is called

• Linguistics

• Lexicon

• Etymology