I. Choose A, B, C or D to answer the questions
1. How many languages are there in the world according to David Harrison?
a) 6000 b) 7000 c) 8000 d) 5000
2. Languages are distributed in the world:
a) evenly b) unevenly
3. How many speakers of the language N/u remained?
a) 8 b) 10 c) 1 d) 18
4. Where is N/u spoken?
a) South Africa b) South India c) South Australia d) South America
5. How many languages will potentially go extinct this century?
a) 3566 b)3576 c) 3586 d)3596
6. Which of this is going extinct at a faster rate?
a) fish b)birds c) plant d) languages
7. How many languages haven’t been documented sufficiently yet?
a) 50% b)60% c) 70% d)80%
8. The language Kallawaya is important to preserve because it contains the secret knowledge of:
a) pharmacology b) fishery c) hunting d)animal species
9. How many terms for describing different formations of sea ice does one of the languages of Alaska have?
a) 59 b) 69 c) 89 d) 99
10. What knowledge is disappearing together with the Tofu language?
a) Classification system for wolf b) myth about creation of the world c)solar calendar d)landscape description
11. How many hotspots are there in the world?
a) 4 b) 14 c) 24 d) 34
12. How are two young men trying to save their language Aka?
a) Through wearing traditional clothes b) through teaching c)through verbal art d) through folklore
II. Answer the questions:
Why are languages going extinct?
Where are languages going extinct?
Why does it matter to us?
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