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Asia exhibits a profound linguistic diversity, encompassing a multitude of language families and numerous language isolates.
Answer: True
Dravidian languages are predominantly spoken in South India and parts of Sri Lanka, not North India or Central Asia.
Answer: True
Asia and Europe are distinguished as the only continents where native languages predominantly serve as official languages.
Answer: True
Assamese belongs to the Indo-European language family, not the Dravidian family.
Answer: True
Identify the language family that is NOT listed as a major representation in Asia.
Answer: Niger-Congo
Identify a major representative of the Dravidian language family spoken in South India.
Answer: Malayalam
According to the text, which language possesses approximately 230 million speakers and is official in Bangladesh and India?
Answer: Bengali
Tamil is an official language in India and Singapore; in which other country does it hold this status?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Identify the language that has approximately 615 million speakers and is official in India.
Answer: Hindi
Assamese, an official language in the Indian state of Assam, belongs to which language family?
Answer: Indo-European
Bhojpuri is official in Nepal; in which country are parts of its recognition noted?
Answer: India
Dogri is an official language in which specific Indian territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
Identify the language that is official in Pakistan and recognized in several Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Answer: Urdu
Identify the language family that includes languages such as Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
Answer: Dravidian
Identify the language that is official in Bangladesh and India and possesses approximately 230 million speakers.
Answer: Bengali
Russian is the only Indo-European language mentioned as being spoken in Asia.
Answer: False
Arabic is an official language in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, among other nations.
Answer: True
The Kazakh language is spoken in parts of Russia and China, in addition to Kazakhstan.
Answer: True
Russian is co-official in Kazakhstan, but Kazakh is the sole official language.
Answer: True
Dhivehi, the official language of the Maldives, is indeed part of the Indo-European language family.
Answer: True
The Indo-Iranian branch is the primary, but not the sole, representation of the Indo-European family in Asia.
Answer: True
The Semitic branch of Afro-Asiatic languages is primarily found in Western Asia, not East Asia.
Answer: True
By which branch are the Indo-European languages primarily represented in Asia?
Answer: Indo-Iranian
Which of the following is cited as an example of an Iranic language spoken in Asia?
Answer: Pashto
In which part of Asia is the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family primarily located?
Answer: Western Asia
Identify which of the following is NOT listed as a country where Arabic holds official status.
Answer: Egypt
The Kazakh language is official in Kazakhstan; in which other countries is it spoken?
Answer: China and Russia
Identify the language that is co-official in Kazakhstan and official in Russia.
Answer: Russian
Balochi is recognized in Pakistan; in which other country is it recognized?
Answer: Iran
Dari serves as the official language of which Central Asian country?
Answer: Afghanistan
Ascertain the language family to which Dhivehi, the official language of the Maldives, belongs.
Answer: Indo-European
Identify the language that is official in Iran and is known by the native name Farsi.
Answer: Persian
Vietnamese and Khmer exemplify languages belonging to the Austroasiatic family.
Answer: True
The Kra–Dai languages are predominantly situated in Western Asia and certain regions of Europe.
Answer: False
Within the Austronesian language family, Indonesian is identified as the most widely spoken.
Answer: True
Burmese is incorrectly stated to belong to the Indo-European language family; it is part of the Sino-Tibetan family.
Answer: True
The Korean language is spoken in regions such as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China.
Answer: True
Vietnamese is incorrectly classified under the Sino-Tibetan language family; it belongs to the Austroasiatic family.
Answer: True
Dzongkha, with approximately 600,000 speakers, is the official language of Bhutan.
Answer: True
Based on the text, identify the language family that includes Tibetan, Burmese, and Karen.
Answer: Sino-Tibetan
Identify the two languages mentioned as holding official status within the Austroasiatic (Mon–Khmer) family.
Answer: Vietnamese and Khmer
In which regions are the Kra–Dai languages, including Thai and Lao, primarily located?
Answer: Southern China, Northeast India, and Southeast Asia
Identify the language recognized as the most widely spoken within the Austronesian family.
Answer: Indonesian
Identify the language noted as having de facto official status in Japan.
Answer: Japanese
According to the text, to which language family does Vietnamese belong?
Answer: Austroasiatic
Thai serves as the official language of which Southeast Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
Indonesian is official in Indonesia; in which neighboring territory does it serve as a working language?
Answer: Timor-Leste
Cantonese is official in Hong Kong; in which other Special Administrative Region does it hold this status?
Answer: Macau
Identify the language family that encompasses languages such as Chinese, Tibetan, and Burmese.
Answer: Sino-Tibetan
Identify the language family that includes Indonesian, Malay, and Tagalog.
Answer: Austronesian
Identify the language families to which Vietnamese and Thai belong.
Answer: Austroasiatic and Kra-Dai
Identify which of the following languages is mentioned as being official in both North Korea and South Korea.
Answer: Korean
Identify the language family that includes languages spoken across the Tibetan Plateau, Southern China, Myanmar, and Northeast India.
Answer: Sino-Tibetan
The hypothetical 'Altaic' language family purportedly encompasses Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages.
Answer: True
The majority of scholars today consider the 'Altaic' grouping to be a genetically related language family.
Answer: False
The Caucasus region is characterized by the presence of multiple major language families.
Answer: False
Sentinelese is an Andamanese language that remains undocumented and unclassified.
Answer: True
The Great Andamanese and Ongan are identified as the two primary Andamanese language families.
Answer: True
Languages in Arunachal Pradesh, such as Miji, are considered challenging to classify.
Answer: True
What is the prevailing scholarly perspective on the 'Altaic' language family?
Answer: It is considered a Sprachbund due to language contact.
According to the source, which Andamanese language family remains undocumented and unclassified?
Answer: Sentinelese
The source indicates that many scholars consider the historical 'Altaic' grouping to be primarily a:
Answer: Sprachbund
Chinese Pidgin English is identified as an early pidgin language developed in conjunction with European trade in China.
Answer: True
Creole languages based on Malay, such as Manado Malay, are spoken in Asia.
Answer: True
Identify which of the following is mentioned as a creole language derived from Spanish.
Answer: Chavacano
The source notes the prevalence of indigenous sign languages in countries like Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam, with many official sign languages belonging to which family?
Answer: French Sign Language family
Sumerian and Elamite are extinct languages that were historically spoken in the Fertile Crescent.
Answer: True
The source identifies Sanskrit as a language possessing a significant written history in Asia.
Answer: True
According to the text, which extinct languages were spoken in the Fertile Crescent?
Answer: Sumerian and Elamite
Identify which of the following languages is mentioned as possessing a significant written history.
Answer: Tamil
The source identifies Hittite and Tocharian as extinct languages found in which specific regions?
Answer: Anatolia and Chinese Turkestan
Which languages does the source list as extinct languages of the Fertile Crescent?
Answer: Sumerian and Elamite