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8. The Classification of Languages (Chapter 9 [8])

1.	Patterns that simply occur in most languages of the world are called
	marked universals.
	universal tendencies.
	relative tendencies.
2.	Which vowel is most commonly found in languages of the world?
	[o]
	[a]
	[I]
3.	Which statement is NOT assumed universal for consonants?
	All languages have stops.
	The most commonly occurring fricative is /s/.
	Some languages have no nasals.
4.	The isolating-type language is a language which
	is spoken by people living in isolated islands.
	has no affixes.
	has no related languages.
5.	The Romance family (of languages) includes
	French, Dutch, and Finnish.
	Roman, Celtic, and Italic.
	Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
6.	What do we mean by 'typologically similar languages'?
	Such languages share the same ancestor.
	Such languages share the similar patterns (e.g. sounds, word order).
	Such languages share the geological area in distribution of their speakers.
7.	Yiddish and Modern Hebrew
	belong to the same language family because both are spoken by Jewish people.
	belonged to the same family before foundation of Israel.
	have no relation in terms of language family.
8.	All Native American languages belong to the same language family.
	Yes, the American Indian family.
	No, but a few families.
	No, a number of different families.

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