Ch.5 Quizizz

English is part of which language family?

• Romance

• North Germanic

• Indo-European

• Germanic

Québec has acted to protect the French language by

• outlawing other languages in public.

• electing English-speaking leaders.

• requiring its use on signs.

• having one of the strongest economies in Canada.

Multiple dialects of American English formed because of

• differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers.

• different cultural influences on each group.

• isolation from one another after independence.

• invasions, including by the Angles, Normans, and Saxons.

The second-largest language family is

• Dravidian

• Afro-Asiatic

• Austronesian

• Sino-Tibetan

An isogloss is

• a form of a language spoken in a local area.

• a collection of unique words.

• a boundary between language regions.

• a blending of two language families.

A lingua franca is

• an extinct language that has been revived.

• an English word that has entered the French language.

• a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages.

• a language used by French colonial administrations.

Spanish is increasingly important in the United States because

• 27 states have made it an official language.

• of large-scale immigration from Latin America.

• schools are increasingly requiring it for high school graduation.

• of increasing exports to Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries.

A language used by the government for business and official documents is a(n) what?

• Vernacular language

• Regional language

• Official language

• Dialect

A literary tradition is

• the spoken form of a language.

• the written form of a language.

• a dialect of a language.

• a language family.

The second-largest language family is

• Indo-European.

• Afro-Asiatic.

• Sino-Tibetan.

• Austronesian.