Austroasiatic Languages

This quiz covers Austroasiatic languages including their distribution, classification, member languages, and linguistic characteristics.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which language family is Austroasiatic a part of?

  1. Indo-European
  2. Sino-Tibetan
  3. Austroasiatic
  4. Dravidian
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where are Austroasiatic languages primarily spoken?

  1. Southeast Asia
  2. South Asia
  3. East Asia
  4. Central Asia
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an Austroasiatic language?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Thai
  4. Burmese
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the genetic classification of Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Isolates
  2. Macro-family
  3. Phylum
  4. Family
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Subject-verb-object word order
  3. Agglutinative morphology
  4. All of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Mon
  4. Santali
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Austroasiatic language has the largest number of speakers in India?

  1. Santali
  2. Munda
  3. Ho
  4. Kharia
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of Austroasiatic languages spoken worldwide?

  1. 100
  2. 200
  3. 300
  4. 400
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Austroasiatic language is spoken in Thailand?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Mon
  4. Nyah Kur
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Austroasiatic language spoken in Cambodia?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Mon
  4. Santali
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a branch of the Austroasiatic language family?

  1. Munda
  2. Mon-Khmer
  3. Vietic
  4. Japonic
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process of adding affixes to a word to change its meaning or grammatical function in Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Agglutination
  2. Inflection
  3. Derivation
  4. Compounding
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Austroasiatic language is spoken in Vietnam?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Mon
  4. Santali
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos?

  1. Khmer
  2. Vietnamese
  3. Mon
  4. Khmu
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Subject-verb-object word order
  3. Agglutinative morphology
  4. Use of articles