Language Quiz

What is a language?

• A system of communication through speech

• A collection of written symbols

• A method of non-verbal communication

• A type of musical expression

What defines a threatened language?

• A language that is gaining new speakers

• A language used for face-to-face communication but losing users

• A language that is only written

• A language that is used in technology

What is a dying language?

• A language that is no longer spoken by anyone

• A language still used by older people but not transmitted to children

• A language that is only used in literature

• A language that is used in business

What is a language family?

• A group of languages with no common origin

• A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language

• A set of languages used in the same country

• A group of languages that share the same alphabet

What is a Language Branch?

• A collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language

• A collection of languages used in education and government

• A language spoken daily by people of all ages

• A language with no written tradition

What defines a Language Group?

• A language used in mass media and government

• A collection of languages with a common origin in the recent past

• A language spoken daily but lacks a literary tradition

• A language with a literary tradition

What is an Institutional Language?

• A language spoken daily by people of all ages

• A language with no written tradition

• A language used in education, work, and government with a literary tradition

• A collection of languages within a family

What characterizes a Developing Language?

• Spoken in daily use by people of all ages with a literary tradition

• Used in education and government

• A collection of languages with a common origin

• Lacks a literary tradition

What is a Vigorous Language?

• A language with a literary tradition

• Spoken in daily use but lacks a literary tradition

• Used in mass media and government

• A collection of languages within a branch

Which writing system is used by languages related to Russian?

• Latin

• Arabic

• Cyrillic

• Chinese