Languages

A linguist is a scientist who studies ____________.

• sounds

• languages

• whistles

• people

A language family is a group of different languages that are ...

• 1 person speaks.

• taught in school.

• related to each other.

• spoken, but not written.

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

• family
• branch
• dialect
• group

What's a lingua franca?

• a religious language

• a language only spoken by a small number of people

• a language commonly used in cross-cultural interactions like trade

• a language that every single person in the world understands

Which of these is an example of a lingua franca?

• Latin

• Italian

• Hebrew

• English

A _______ is a form of a language specific to a region or social group.

• dialect

• accent

• writing form

• cadence

An _________ is a way of pronouncing words that shows where someone is from or their social class.

• language

• accent

• dialect

• cadence

Which of the following is NOT a religious language, meaning not used as a liturgical language in scripture or services?

• German

• Hebrew

• Arabic

• Latin

What is the religious language of Hinduism?

• English

• Sanskrit

• Hebrew

• Latin

Both Hebrew and Arabic are liturgical languages and are both part of the __________ language family.

• Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-European

• Romance

• Afro-Semitic