Language Diffusion Total Review Quiz

What is the primary reason language families are considered related?

• They are spoken on the same continent.

• They come from a common older language.

• They have the same number of speakers.

• They are used in the same fields.

Which language family does the Romance languages belong to?

• Afro-Asiatic

• Indo-European

• Dravidian

• Sino-Tibetan

What event led to the diversification of Latin into different Romance languages?

• The spread of the Roman Empire

• The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE

• The invention of the printing press

• The beginning of the Renaissance

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

• Portuguese

• French

• German

• Italian

What do you notice about the distribution of language families?

• They are evenly distributed across all continents.

• They are only found in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Indo-European languages are found all over the world and are the only language family found on all continents.

• Language families are mostly concentrated in urban areas.

Which language family is most widely diffused?

• Indo-European languages

• Afro-Asiatic languages

• Sino-Tibetan languages

• Uralic languages

Which language family dominates North & South America?

• Indo-European languages

• Afro-Asiatic languages

• Sino-Tibetan languages

• Uralic languages

Which language family seemed to be contained in certain areas and have not been widely diffused?

• Indo-European languages

• Afro-Asiatic languages

• Sino-Tibetan languages

• Afro-Asiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Uralic, Nilo-Saharan, Malayo-Polynesian, Niger-Kordofanian, Khoisan, Japanese and Korean, and Dravidian

Can you think of any physical/geographic barriers that would've presented challenges to diffusion?

• Urban areas and industrial regions

• Mountains, deserts, and oceans

• Political borders and conflicts

• Economic disparities between regions

What does language diffusion mean?

• The process by which a language remains unchanged in its original location.

• The process by which a language is forgotten or becomes extinct.

• The process by which a language spreads from where it started to other places.

• The process by which a language is officially adopted by a government.