Language Families

What are the three main language families in Europe today?

• Romance

• Germanic

• Indo-European

• Slavic

The countries highlighted in blue represent which language family?

• English

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Romance

Which language family does Russian belong to?

• Germanic

• Romance

• Slavic

• Nordic

Which language family does this country belong to?

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Romance

• Nordic

Which language family does this country belong to?

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Romance

• Nordic

In what way are the German and English languages alike?

• They are both part of the Slavic Language Family

• They are both part of the Romance Language Family

• They are both part of the Germanic Language Family

• They are not alike

Which language family comes from the Roman Empire?

• Slavic

• Romance

• English

• Germanic

Which language family is primarily spoken in China?

• A) Indo-European

• B) Sino-Tibetan

• C) Afro-Asiatic

• D) Dravidian

What is a characteristic feature of the Uralic language family?

• A) Use of tones

• B) Agglutinative structure

• C) Click consonants

• D) Subject-Verb-Object order

Which language family does the Swahili language belong to?

• A) Niger-Congo

• B) Indo-European

• C) Afro-Asiatic

• D) Austronesian