Austroasiatic Language Change

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Which of the following is not an Austroasiatic language?

  1. Khmer

  2. Vietnamese

  3. Thai

  4. Mon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thai is a Tai-Kadai language, not an Austroasiatic language.

What is the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language?

  1. Khmer

  2. Vietnamese

  3. Mon

  4. Santali


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vietnamese is spoken by over 85 million people, making it the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Austroasiatic languages are typically head-marking languages, meaning that grammatical relations are marked on the head of the phrase, rather than on the dependent.

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

  1. *ʔaːm

  2. *ʔaːw

  3. *ʔiːm

  4. *ʔiːw


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Proto-Austroasiatic word for 'water' is reconstructed as *ʔaːm.

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


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Palatalization of velars is not a sound change that has occurred in the history of Austroasiatic languages.

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

  1. Nicobarese

  2. Shompen

  3. Car Nicobarese

  4. Great Nicobarese


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nicobarese is the Austroasiatic language spoken in the Nicobar Islands.

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

  1. Santali

  2. Munda

  3. Ho

  4. Kharia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kharia is a Munda language, not an Austroasiatic language.

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

  1. Khmer

  2. Mon

  3. Vietnamese

  4. Cham


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Khmer is the Austroasiatic language spoken in Cambodia.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mon-Khmer languages are typically not polysynthetic languages.

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

  1. Khmer

  2. Mon

  3. Vietnamese

  4. Cham


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vietnamese is the Austroasiatic language spoken in Vietnam.

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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Munda languages are typically not tonal languages.

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

  1. Khmer

  2. Mon

  3. Vietnamese

  4. Khmu


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Khmu is the Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nicobarese is not a polysynthetic language.

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

  1. Khmer

  2. Mon

  3. Vietnamese

  4. Palaung


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Palaung is the Austroasiatic language spoken in Thailand.

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


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vietnamese is not a polysynthetic language.

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