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The Languages of the Khasi Family

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge about the languages of the Khasi family, which is a group of languages spoken in Meghalaya, India, and parts of Bangladesh.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the most widely spoken language of the Khasi family?

  1. Khasi
  2. Pnar
  3. Lyngngam
  4. War
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of the Khasi language?

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

Which state in India is home to the majority of Khasi speakers?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Assam
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Nagaland
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the official language of Meghalaya?

  1. Khasi
  2. English
  3. Hindi
  4. Bengali
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the Khasi language?

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

What is the name of the script used to write the Khasi language?

  1. Khasi script
  2. Roman script
  3. Bengali script
  4. Devanagari script
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major dialect of the Khasi language?

  1. Pnar
  2. Lyngngam
  3. War
  4. Bhoi
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of the Pnar dialect?

  1. 200,000
  2. 300,000
  3. 400,000
  4. 500,000
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the Pnar dialect?

  1. Distinct tonal system
  2. Unique vocabulary
  3. Simplified grammar
  4. All of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the script used to write the Pnar dialect?

  1. Pnar script
  2. Roman script
  3. Bengali script
  4. Devanagari script
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major dialect of the Khasi language spoken in Bangladesh?

  1. Lyngngam
  2. War
  3. Bhoi
  4. Maram
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the approximate number of speakers of the Lyngngam dialect?

  1. 100,000
  2. 150,000
  3. 200,000
  4. 250,000
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the Lyngngam dialect?

  1. Distinct vowel system
  2. Unique consonant clusters
  3. Simplified morphology
  4. All of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the script used to write the Lyngngam dialect?

  1. Lyngngam script
  2. Roman script
  3. Bengali script
  4. Devanagari script
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a major dialect of the Khasi language spoken in the Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya?

  1. War
  2. Bhoi
  3. Maram
  4. Khynriam
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