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The Sino-Tibetan Language Family: Multiple Choice
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- 01The Tibetan language uses a script that is ultimately derived from which family of scripts?
- 02One of the most widely accepted theories places the origin or homeland of the proto-Sino-Tibetan language in what region?
- 03Which language within the Sino-Tibetan family has the most native speakers by a very large margin?
- 04The Burmese language, the official language of Myanmar, belongs to which sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman branch?
- 05What are the two traditional, primary branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family?
- 06Which of these major Southeast Asian languages is NOT part of the Sino-Tibetan family, belonging instead to the Austroasiatic family?
- 07By number of native speakers, where does the Sino-Tibetan language family rank in the world?
- 08Besides the Sinitic languages, which is the most widely spoken language group within the Tibeto-Burman branch?
- 09What phonological feature, involving the use of pitch to distinguish word meaning, is characteristic of most Sinitic, and many Tibeto-Burman, languages?
- 10The Sinitic branch of the language family is almost entirely composed of the varieties of which language?