Language families and classification MCQs

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1. Which term refers to a group of languages that share a common ancestral language?





2. The Indo-European language family includes:





3. Which of the following is a language isolate?





4. The branch of linguistics that studies language classification is called:





5. The term “proto-language” refers to:





6. The Afro-Asiatic language family includes:





7. Which language family is primarily spoken in East Asia?





8. Which is the largest language family in terms of number of speakers?





9. The Niger-Congo family includes most languages of:





10. Which family does the Japanese language belong to?





11. The Uralic language family includes:





12. Which language family includes Malay, Tagalog, and Hawaiian?





13. The Dravidian language family is primarily found in:





14. A creole language develops from:





15. The language family that includes Quechua and Aymara is native to:





16. The Altaic language hypothesis proposes links between:





17. Which term refers to languages that do not belong to any known family?





18. The concept of “genetic classification” of languages is based on:





19. Which of these is an Indo-Iranian language?





20. The term “language branch” refers to:





21. The Romance languages include:





22. Which language is NOT part of the Germanic branch?





23. The Celtic languages include:





24. Which language family includes Vietnamese and Khmer?





25. The Semitic branch is part of which family?





26. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is:





27. Language shift within a family refers to:





28. Turkic languages include:





29. Which is the primary method for reconstructing proto-languages?





30. A “macro-family” in linguistics refers to:





31. The term “dialect continuum” describes:





32. Which language family does Korean belong to?





33. Which of the following is NOT a criterion for classifying languages?





34. The term “false cognates” refers to:





35. Glottochronology is used to:





36. Which language family does Swahili belong to?





37. Borrowed words between unrelated languages are called:





38. The Finno-Ugric group is part of which family?





39. The Bantu languages are a subgroup of:





40. Which of these is an extinct language family?





41. The Austro-Tai hypothesis proposes a link between:





42. Which of the following is a pidgin-turned-creole language?





43. The term “substratum language” refers to:





44. Language isolates challenge:





45. Which is a Semitic language?





46. The term “lingua franca” differs from a language family because:





47. Which of these is part of the Celtic branch?





48. The classification of languages into families helps linguists:





49. An extinct language is:





50. Why is language classification important in linguistic anthropology?





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