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Most powerful lingua franca on planet today
French
Mandarin
Chinglish
English
2
This country argues about language to the point of wanted to separate over the issue
Sweden
US
France
Belgium
3
Most English words come from the _________ branch of Indo European family
Romantic
Basque
Greek
Gemanic
4
Give me a pop
Nebraska
California
SC
Texas
5
regional variation of language in vocab, spelling, and pronounciation
accent
pidgin
dialect
creole
6
Which language family is English in?
Romance
British
Germanic
Indo-European
7
Which language branch is English in?
Indo-European
Romance
Romance
Germanic
8
Globally, the number of languages is ...
staying about the same
decreasing
growing
9
The romance languages trace their roots back to ...
Cherokee
Latin
Greek
French
10
Most people in India speak a language related to English
False
True
11
Invaded England in 11th century... brought French
Vikings
Jutes
Normans
Saxons
12
Give me a soda
NC
Texas
SC
California
13
Virtually all languages have a literary tradition
True
False
14
Nation most unified by language
India
CHina
Switzerland
Nigeria
15
NOT a romance language
French
German
Italian
Spanish
16
North and South America... which family?
Romantic
Altaic
Germanic
Indo-European
17
Best reason for so many languages in Africa
isolation of tribes
climate
religion
the internet
18
go pok the cah you cold hotted &%$#%%$$
Fairforest
Chicago
New York
Boston
19
komāsharu messeji
common mistake
commissioner miss
commercial message
common message
20
This country has over 700 languages
Japan
Indonesia
South Africa
Australia
21
Language is LEAST argued about here
Canada
Nigeria
US
India
22
kībōdo
key body
keyboard
keep out
kimodo
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Which language group is English in?
Romance
Indo-European
West Germanic
Germanic
24
班卓琴 is banjo in...
Korean
Glenn Springs
Mandarin
Japanese
25
Clicking language
Swahili
hakuna matata
Khosian
Congo
26
Most spoken language in Indo-Iranian branch
English
Indian
Tamil
Hindi
27
NOT related to any other language
Basque
German
Cherokee
icelandic
28
Most spoken language each day on the planet
Mandarin
French
English
Spanish
29
ਬੰਜੋ is banjo in ....
Korean
Punjabi
Afrikaans
Thai
30
On the "language tree," leaves represent...
languages
language categories
language dialects
language groups
31
Indo-European Branch with most speakers
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Balto-Slavic
Germanic
32
Number of tones in Mandarin
3
1
6
4
33
bangio is banjo in....
Italian
French
Welsh
Hungarian
34
Most powerful force in the loss of languages around the world
religion
globalization
poverty
climate
35
Language of Israel
Greek
Hindi
Hebrew
Arabic
36
Number of major English dialects in Britain
1
4
3
2
37
Around 1/3 of world languages are endangered
False
True
38
Appoximate number of world languages
7,000
20,000
10,000
1000
39
aisu kurīmu is English entered into Japanese.. it means
i am suing you
eyes so blue
ice cream
I see you
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languages related by common ancestor from a few thousand years ago
Language Group
Language family
Language Clique
Language Branch
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flat
skinny
movie
apartment
booger
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mixing colonizer language with language of the conquered people
official
creole
pidgin
lingua franca
43
Give me a dope
Hawaii
SC
California
Appalachia
44
Example of extinct language revived back to life
Korean
Arabic
Hebrew
Icelandic
45
2 Continents with most languages
India, Africa
South America , Asia
Asia, Africa
Africa, Europe
46
Is a tonal language
Mandarin
Japanese
Italian
English
47
Shakespeare added around ________ words to English
100
12000
200
2000
48
a collection of languages related through a common ancestor before recorded history
Language Group
Language twig
Language Branch
Language Family
49
Historically, Language has diffused most thru _______ diffusion
Contagious
Stimulus
Hierarchical
Relocation
50
2nd largest language family
Germanic
Austronesian
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
51
Googlear
Denglish
Franglais
Spanglish
52
Before Rome invades, _______ languages were spoken in England.
Londonic
Germanic
Celtic
Roman
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necessary to the Brits has ___ syllables
2
5
3
4
54
Both Mandarin and Japanese use ideograms
False
True
55
Around ____ countries have English as their official language
24
94
54
12
56
Language that dominates internet
French
Mandarin
Spanish
English
57
Language that dominates Saharan Africa
Swahili
Greek
Arabic
Congolese
58
has over 500 languages!
China
Nigeria
Japan
Saudi Arabia
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Speak 4 primary languages but don't really argue much
US
Canada
Switzerland
Sweden
60
बैंजो is banjo in ....
Thai
Roebuck
Hindi
Korean
61
バンジョー.... is "banjo" in ________
Ebonics
Chinese
Korean
Japanese
62
Give me a coke
Massachusetts
California
SC
Montana
63
you... buy... cheap cheap... you like... very nice
Creole
Lingua Franca
Official English
Pidgin English
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I be der in a minute
Ebonics
pidgin language
English
Cubonics
65
NOT part of Germanic invasion of England in early Middle Ages
Jutes
Angles
Saxons
Spanish
66
The US essentially has no endangered languages
Ture
False
Flase
True
67
best example of creole language
Mandarin
Haitian
English
Japanese
68
Which language writes in characters?
Thailand
India
Murican!
Mandarin
69
Spoken language of the masses
slang
dialect
accent
vulgar
70
Two largest language families
Romance and Germanic
Sino Tibetan and Indo-European
Mandarin and Spanish
Mandarin and English
71
Which country, most logically, has a language related to no other language
China
Nigeria
Japan
Australia
72
The official language of the US
Spanish
We don't have one
Murican
English
73
Language of Brazil
English
Brazilian
Portuguese
Spanish
74
"Warsh the car... you betcha" which accent?
New England
Southern
Canada
Midwest
75
She be at home
spanglish
lingua franca
pidgin
ebonics
76
the trunk of a language tree is the ...
group
family
dialect
language
77
Languages change least when they are..
urbanized
isolated
have a literary tradition
on the internet
78
speaker of many languages
omnilinguist
multilexicographer
polylexographer
polyglot
79
Around 5000 languages are considered endangered
Ture
true
Flase
false
80
Language of international communication
Mandarin
Lingua Franca
British Received Pronounciation
Pidgin Language
81
garasu
glass
grapple
grass
garage
82
I think your picture is crooked (in Appalachia)
its crooked
that's caddycorner
its yonder
its sigogglin
83
chiarīdā
cheerios
cheerleader
cheeseburger
Chi Tea
84
Who has more languages?
Iceland
China
Indonesia
US
85
Part of the UK most likely to speak language other than English
London
Saxony
Wales
86
Language boundaries
Isoborder
isogloss
isoline
isolate
87
Irish, Welsh, Cornish are all descended from ________ languages
Celtic
Germanic
Viking
Saxon
88
This island's language in same family with Philippines and Indonesia
Madagascar
Japan
Australia
Gilligan's
89
Brought English to the Philippines
Murica
Australia
Brits
Japanese
90
All Muslims are supposed to learn to read in
Persian
Farsi
Arabic
English
91
Many French speakers here want their own country
Canada
US
France
Congo
92
Honor in British English
ahnur
honour
whoner
honer
93
Most unchanged language
Icelandic
Japanese
English
Mandarin
94
Lorry (in Britain)
truck
apartment
can
your momma