Free LOTE Knowledge Questions and Answers

Question 1

How many languages are there in the world?

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Over 7,000

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Between 5,000 and 7,000

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Over 10,000

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Under 5,000

Question 2

Which country is home to the largest number of languages?

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Papua New Guinea

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China

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South Africa

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India

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Mexico

Question 3

Which of the following countries is home to the most languages?

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Indonesia

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Maldives

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Belarus

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India

Question 4

Most humans on earth today are multilingual.

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True

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False

Question 5

How many different sign languages are there?

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More than 300

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Less than 300

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350

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400

Question 6

When languages are shown to have diverged from a common ancestor, they are called:

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Genetically related

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Proto-languages

Question 7

Monolinguals are?

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Who speak only one language

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Who speak more than one language

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Can't speak any language

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Who speak more than two language

Question 8

Hebrew and Arabic are in the same language family.

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True

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False

Question 9

Which of the following are examples of absolute universals in languages?

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Have consonants and vowels

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Subject comes before object

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Has voiceless stops

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If a language has circumfixes, then it also has prefixes and/or suffixes

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If a language has only prefixes and no suffixes, then it also has prepositions.

Question 10

Which of the following are examples of relative/statistical universals in languages?

Accepted Answer

Subject comes before object

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Have consonants and vowels

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Most have nouns and verbs

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If a language has circumfixes, then it also has prefixes and/or suffixes

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If a language has only prefixes and no suffixes, then it also has prepositions.