Language Families Quiz

To which language family does English belong?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Afro-Asiatic

• Indo-European

• Uralic

Where did the original Indo-European speakers probably live?

• Central Russia

• Southern Africa

• Western Australia

• Eastern China

What caused the original Indo-European speakers to migrate?

• Economic prosperity

• Famine, natural disasters, or wars

• Technological advancements

• Cultural exchanges

What is the significance of language families?

• They help in classifying languages based on resemblance

• They determine the economic status of a region

• They are used to create new languages

• They are only relevant to historians

What happened to the Indo-European language over the centuries?

• It became extinct

• It evolved into many new and different languages

• It remained the same

• It was replaced by a single language

What is the purpose of studying language families?

• To solve the mystery of the origin of language

• To analyze and classify languages

• To create new languages

• To eliminate language barriers

What is the relationship between language families and resemblance?

• Languages in the same family have no resemblance

• Languages are assigned to families based on resemblance

• Resemblance is irrelevant to language families

• Only written languages are considered

What is a result of the Indo-European migration?

• The creation of a single language

• The development of diverse languages

• The extinction of the Indo-European language

• The unification of all languages

Which modern language is believed to be the closest to the original Indo-European language?

• German

• Lithuanian

• Russian

• Sanskrit

In which country is Lithuanian spoken?

• Latvia

• Estonia

• Lithuania

• Poland