Language and Society Quiz

Which language family does English belong to?

• Austronesian

• Afro-Asiatic

• Sino-Tibetan

• Indo-European

What is the most widely learned second language in the world?

• Spanish

• Mandarin Chinese

• French

• English

Which language influenced Old English by borrowing grammar and core vocabulary?

• German

• Old Norse

• Latin

• French

What is the closest living relative of English?

• Dutch

• German

• Swedish

• Frisian

Which language is not mutually intelligible with English?

• German

• Frisian

• Spanish

• Dutch

What is the classification of English based on its shared innovations with other languages?

• Romance language

• Slavic language

• Creole language

• Germanic language

Which language is considered to have influenced the vocabulary and grammar of Modern English?

• Greek

• Russian

• Italian

• French

Which language is not part of the Anglo-Frisian languages?

• English

• Frisian

• Dutch

• German

What is the development of English in the British Isles isolated from?

• Continental Germanic languages and influences

• Romance languages and influences

• Slavic languages and influences

• Nordic languages and influences

Which language is spoken by the most number of people in the world?

• Mandarin Chinese

• English

• Spanish

• Hindi