Austroasiatic Language Change

Austroasiatic Language Change Quiz

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an Austroasiatic language?

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

What is the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language?

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

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

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Polysynthetic languages
  3. Head-marking languages
  4. Subject-verb-object word order
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the Proto-Austroasiatic word for 'water'?

  1. *ʔaːm
  2. *ʔaːw
  3. *ʔiːm
  4. *ʔiːw
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a sound change that has occurred in the history of Austroasiatic languages?

  1. Loss of final consonants
  2. Nasalization of vowels
  3. Tonalization
  4. Palatalization of velars
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Austroasiatic language spoken in the Nicobar Islands?

  1. Nicobarese
  2. Shompen
  3. Car Nicobarese
  4. Great Nicobarese
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an Austroasiatic language spoken in India?

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

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

  1. Khmer
  2. Mon
  3. Vietnamese
  4. Cham
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Mon-Khmer languages?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Polysynthetic languages
  3. Head-marking languages
  4. Subject-verb-object word order
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Munda languages?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Polysynthetic languages
  3. Head-marking languages
  4. Subject-verb-object word order
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Khmer
  2. Mon
  3. Vietnamese
  4. Khmu
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Nicobarese?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Polysynthetic languages
  3. Head-marking languages
  4. Subject-verb-object word order
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Vietnamese?

  1. Tonal languages
  2. Polysynthetic languages
  3. Head-marking languages
  4. Subject-verb-object word order