R5-1 Languages and Language Diversity

All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words into sentences.

• using
• borrowing
• creating
• writing

Experts estimate that the world loses a language every two weeks.

• guess wildly
• hope
• know exactly
• calculate roughly

In one study, researchers looked at bilingual adults. Some of the adults learned a second language when they were children, and some learned a second language as adults.

• people who speak one language only
• people who speak two languages well
• people who speak three languages
• people who know a little of a second language

We do not know the exact number of languages used today.

• True
• FALSE
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There is more than one kind of sign language.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Word order is the same in all languages.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Most hearing-impaired people use sign language.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

A language family can be small or large.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

When words are borrowed from other languages, the pronunciation stays the same.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

More people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION