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The Languages of the Nicobarese Family

Test your knowledge about the Nicobarese language family spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a language belonging to the Nicobarese family?

  1. Hindi
  2. Bengali
  3. Tamil
  4. Nicobarese
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the geographical distribution of the Nicobarese languages?

  1. Nicobar Islands, India
  2. Andaman Islands, India
  3. Maldives
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many languages are there in the Nicobarese family?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Tonal language
  2. Subject-verb-object word order
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. All of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of the Nicobarese languages?

  1. 10,000
  2. 20,000
  3. 30,000
  4. 40,000
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an endangered Nicobarese language?

  1. Car Nicobarese
  2. Chowra
  3. Both Car Nicobarese and Chowra
  4. None of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the primary script used for writing the Nicobarese languages?

  1. Latin script
  2. Devanagari script
  3. Tamil script
  4. None of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a unique feature of the Nicobarese language family?

  1. Extensive use of classifiers
  2. Infixation
  3. Reduplication
  4. All of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the relationship between the Nicobarese languages and other Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Closely related
  2. Distantly related
  3. Unrelated
  4. Cannot be determined
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major threat to the survival of the Nicobarese languages?

  1. Language shift
  2. Lack of documentation
  3. Natural disasters
  4. All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are some efforts being made to preserve and revitalize the Nicobarese languages?

  1. Language documentation projects
  2. Educational initiatives
  3. Community-based language revitalization programs
  4. All of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a notable characteristic of the Nicobarese languages in terms of their grammatical structure?

  1. Complex verb morphology
  2. Extensive use of particles
  3. Tonal system
  4. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of Car Nicobarese?

  1. 10,000
  2. 15,000
  3. 20,000
  4. 25,000
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a notable feature of the Nicobarese languages in terms of their phonology?

  1. Lack of voiced consonants
  2. Presence of glottal stops
  3. Extensive use of nasalization
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of Chowra?

  1. 5,000
  2. 7,000
  3. 10,000
  4. 12,000
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