Exam 6: Language

In Illinois,people who want a soft drink with their hamburger are likely to order a

Which of the following pairs of languages are not mutually intelligible?

Bulgarians speak a Slavic language.

Japan is an example of a monolingual state.

Analyze the map of European languages and explain the existence and distribution of Celtic and Uralic (Hungarian,Finnish)languages.

After the breakup of the Soviet Union,Leningrad was renamed

In technically advanced societies there is likely to be

Clusters of French toponyms in Louisiana,Dutch toponyms in Michigan and Welsh toponyms in Pennsylvania reflect

The most widely distributed language family is ______________.

While speakers of the English language form the largest share of Internet users,both the Chinese language and the _______ language have more speakers globally.

The predominantly French-speaking capital city of Belgium (Brussels)is located in the Flemish-speaking northern area of the country.

The language tree diagram of language divergence has some branches with dead ends.These represent

Brittany in western France shows the persistence of Breton in the _____ subfamily.

When African colonies became independent countries,one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to

The 1997 revolution in Zaire resulted in the change of the name of the country to Democratic Republic of Congo.This is an example of a post-colonial toponym.

The Indo-European language family prevails on the map of Europe.Which country listed below has a language which is not in the Indo-European family?

Persian,Pashto and Baluchi are all part of the __________ branch of the language tree.

Dialects are distinguished by differences in

English is to lingua franca as _____________ is to pidgin language.

A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called