5 Written Questions

1. The ability of two people to understand each other when speaking
2. collapsing of two language into one
3. A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
4. new languages are formed when a language breaks into dialects
5. The diversification of languages over time

5 Matching Questions

1. toponym
2. pidgin language
3. proto-indo-european
4. conquest theory
5. language

1. a When parts of two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary
2. b a set of sounds, combination of sounds, and symbols that are used for communication
3. c place name
4. d Linguistic hypothesis proposing the existence of an ancestral Indo-European language that is the hearth of the ancient Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit languages which hearth would link modern languages from Scandinavia to North Africa and from North America through parts of Asia to Australia
5. e the theory that early Proto-Indo-European speakers spread westward on horseback, overpowering earlier inhabitants and beginning the diffusion and differentiation of Indo-European tounges

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. technique using the vocabulary of an extinct language to re-create the language that preceded it
   1. deep reconstruction
   2. creole language
   3. backward reconstruction
   4. dialect
2. countries in which only one language is spoken
   1. multilingual states
   2. language
   3. monolingual states
   4. lingua franca
3. a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
   1. dialect
   2. isogloss
   3. language
   4. toponym
4. The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications
   1. pidgin language
   2. extinct language
   3. standard language
   4. creole language
5. countries in which more than one language is spoken
   1. language
   2. lingua franca
   3. monolingual states
   4. multilingual states

5 True/False Questions

1. language family → A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history

   True        False

2. backward reconstruction → the tracking of sound shifts and hardening of consonants backward toward the original language

   True        False

3. official language → When parts of two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary

   True        False

4. isogloss → A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

   True        False

5. lingua franca → a language common to speakers of diverse languages that can be used for communication and commerce

   True        False