Language & Linguistics Quiz

Question 1 / 10

Which language family includes English and German?

Romance

Germanic

Slavic

Semitic

Question 2 / 10

What is the study of word origins called?

Syntax

Etymology

Phonetics

Semantics

Question 3 / 10

Mandarin Chinese is primarily tonal, meaning what?

Pitch changes word meaning

Only past tense uses tones

Writing has no tones

Tones are optional always

Question 4 / 10

Which alphabet did the Latin script descend from?

Cyrillic

Greek

Phoenician via Greek and Etruscan

Devanagari

Question 5 / 10

A creole language typically forms when what happens?

Groups with no shared language stabilize a new one

Governments ban dialects

Computers translate speech

Alphabets merge randomly

Question 6 / 10

Which organization documents world languages and endangerment?

UNESCO

FIFA

ISO music board

W3C only

Question 7 / 10

The word "algebra" comes from Arabic — meaning what root concept?

Reunion of broken parts

Sacred numbers

Desert trade

Star mapping

Question 8 / 10

How many official languages does the United Nations have (as of classic count)?

Four

Six

Ten

Two

Question 9 / 10

Braille is a writing system for whom?

Deaf communities primarily

Blind and visually impaired readers

Mariners only

Computer coders

Question 10 / 10

Which field studies sentence structure rules?

Syntax

Cartography

Meteorology

Paleontology

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Language & Linguistics Quiz

Which language family includes English and German?

What is the study of word origins called?

Mandarin Chinese is primarily tonal, meaning what?

Which alphabet did the Latin script descend from?

A creole language typically forms when what happens?

Which organization documents world languages and endangerment?

The word "algebra" comes from Arabic — meaning what root concept?

How many official languages does the United Nations have (as of classic count)?

Braille is a writing system for whom?

Which field studies sentence structure rules?

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Language & Linguistics Quiz

Which language family includes English and German?

What is the study of word origins called?

Mandarin Chinese is primarily tonal, meaning what?

Which alphabet did the Latin script descend from?

A creole language typically forms when what happens?

Which organization documents world languages and endangerment?

The word "algebra" comes from Arabic — meaning what root concept?

How many official languages does the United Nations have (as of classic count)?

Braille is a writing system for whom?

Which field studies sentence structure rules?

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