Language Quiz

What can cause a single language to evolve into two or more languages?

• A) Translation and Interpretation

• B) Migration and Isolation

• C) Education and Literacy

• D) Technology and Innovation

In addition to language being a method of communication, what else does it provide?

• A) material culture

• B) a method of thought

• C) a means of oppression

• D) resource management

Why is Africa considered the origin of all languages?

• Due to its significance in early human history

• Because it is the largest continent

• Because it was discovered first

• Due to its limited linguistic heritage

What is an Institutional/Standard Language?

• Language only utilized by older generations

• Language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language

• Written and spoken language, utilized in education, work, business, and mass media

• Language with limited users/speakers, primarily only in-person communication

What characterizes a Vigorous language?

• It is a language once used in daily life but is no longer used

• It is a language that is spoken and written daily by people of all ages with new words added often

• It is a language only utilized by older generations while not being taught to the young

• It is orally spoken by people of all ages and has no written element

What is a Dying Language?

• Language that is spoken and written daily by people of all ages

• Language only utilized by older generations while not being taught to the young

• Language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language

• Language with limited users/speakers, primarily only in-person communication

What defines a Creole Language?

• Language once used in daily life but is no longer used

• Language that is spoken and written daily by people of all ages

• Language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language

• Language with limited users/speakers, primarily only in-person communication

What is a Language Family?

• Languages grouped together due to the presence of a shared ancestor that is traceable via archeology

• Languages grouped with a shared pre-historic ancestral language of origin due to historic migration between different regions

• Languages grouped together that share a recent past and similar language rules like grammar and vocabulary

• A collection of languages that are used in the same geographic region

What defines a Language Branch?

• A collection of languages that are used in the same geographic region

• Languages grouped together due to the presence of a shared ancestor that is traceable via archeology

• Languages grouped with a shared pre-historic ancestral language of origin due to historic migration between different regions

• Languages grouped together that share a recent past and similar language rules like grammar and vocabulary

What characterizes a Language Group?

• Languages grouped with a shared pre-historic ancestral language of origin due to historic migration between different regions

• A collection of languages that are used in the same geographic region

• Languages grouped together due to the presence of a shared ancestor that is traceable via archeology

• Languages grouped together that share a recent past and similar language rules like grammar and vocabulary