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LING 201 Introduction to Linguistics > Languages of Canada > Flashcards

Languages of Canada Flashcards

1
Q

Which language is spoken by Inkutitut, Greenlandic and Aleut people?

A

Eskimo-Aleut

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How many people speak Eskimo-Aleut in Northern and North-Eastern Canada and in Alaska and Greenland?

A

40 000

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Which language is spoken by Navajo, Dogrib and Tlingit people?

A

Na-Dene

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True or false: Na-Dene is the only language family with a proposed relative in Eurasia

A

True

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How many people in Northwestern Canada and Southern US speak Na-Dene?

A

20 000

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Which language is spoken by Cree, Ojibwe and Blackfoot people?

A

Algonquin

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Which other languages are grouped with Algonquin as Algic?

A

Yurok and Wiyot

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How many people across Southern Canada and in the US speak Algonquin?

A

150 000

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9
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What are other language families in Canada?

A

Siouan, Salishan, Wakashan, Iroquoian, Tsimshianic

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A language with no known relatives is what?

A

A language isolate

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11
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What is the language isolate spoken in Northern British Columbia?

A

Haida

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What is the language isolate spoken in South-eastern British Columbia?

A

Ktunaxa

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True or false: In some languages, pronouns/verbs are inflected for clusivity

A

True

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14
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What is the inclusive we?

A

The speaker, listener and third parties

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What is the exclusive we?

A

The speaker and third parties

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16
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Which languages mark clusivity in the inflectional morphology?

A

Algonquin, Iroquoian, Siouan and Wakashan

17
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(Obviative/proximate) is distant or not salient in the conversation

A

Obviative

18
Q

(Obviative/proximate) is nearby or salient in the conversation

A

Proximate

19
Q

True or false: The obviative is typically the default and not overtly marked with morphology

A

False, the proximate is

20
Q

True or false: In a situation with two 3rd person subjects, one is the proximate and the other is the obviative

A

True

21
Q

Which languages mark obviation in the morphology?

A

Algonquin and Ktunaxa

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