18. APHG Reading Quiz #18

How many distinct languages are spoken in the world today?

• More than 5,000

• More than 6,000

• More than 7,000

• More than 8,000

What is the primary vehicle through which culture is transmitted and preserved?

• Technology

• Language

• Migration

• Trade

What do the Kuuk Thaayorre people use to describe the location of people and objects?

• Colors

• Numbers

• Cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)

• Animal names

What is a language family?

• A group of languages that share a common origin

• A group of languages spoken in the same country

• A group of languages with the same number of speakers

• A group of languages that use the same alphabet

How many major language families have been identified by Ethnologue?

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 142

What percentage of the world's population speaks a language included in the six major language families?

• 50%

• 63%

• 75%

• 85%

What is an isolated language?

• A language with no known historical or linguistic relationship with any other known language

• A language that is spoken by a large population

• A language that has many dialects

• A language that is part of a major language family

Which branch of the Indo-European family includes French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese?

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Romance

• Celtic

What is a dialect?

• A completely different language

• A variation of a standard language distinguished by differences in pronunciation, degree of rapidity in speech, word choice, and spelling

• A language spoken only in rural areas

• A language that has no written form

Which of the following is an example of how dialects can vary within the same language?

• Different alphabets

• Different grammatical structures

• Different pronunciations for the same words

• Different writing systems