Chapter: Culture & Society
The speakers of major Indian languages belongs to how many languages families ?
The major Indian languages belong to four linguistic families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, and Sino-Tibetan.
Recall the four families with the acronym IDAS (Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Sino-Tibetan).
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An attempt to determine the number oflanguages in the world is affected by otherfactors. A new language do continue to bediscovered even these days, as unexploredregions of the world begin to be opened up.The discovery does not usually take placestraight away. Often there are similarities withan already known language which makesthe investigators assume that what they havefound is just a dialect of that language. Onlyafter a considerable period of contact does ittranspire that the speech is so different that ithas to be considered a different language. Ittakes a language survey to establish the facts,and there are still many countries where suchsurveys are incomplete or have not even begun.The people may be known, but the identityof their language may not be. Because manysuch people are bilingual or multilingual, andconverse with outsides in lingua franca, it maytake a while before linguists come to realisethat the there is an ethnic language there at all.
Which one of the following is NOT the reason for the difficulty in estimating the number of language of the world ?
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An attempt to determine the number of languages in the world is affected by otherfactors. A new language do continue to bediscovered even these days, as unexploredregions of the world begin to be opened up.The discovery does not usually take placestraight away. Often there are similarities withan already known language which makesthe investigators assume that what they havefound is just a dialect of that language. Onlyafter a considerable period of contact does ittranspire that the speech is so different that ithas to be considered a different language. Ittakes a language survey to establish the facts,and there are still many countries where suchsurveys are incomplete or have not even begun.The people may be known, but the identityof their language may not be. Because manysuch people are bilingual or multilingual, andconverse with outsides in lingua franca, it maytake a while before linguists come to realisethat the there is an ethnic language there at all.
Which one of following is a way to establish the discovery of a new language?
The passage discusses the discovery of new languages and emphasizes that establishing prolonged contact with speakers is essential to recognize a language's uniqueness.
To remember the process of language discovery: Contact → Classification → Confirmation.
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Directions:Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions from the given options, based solely on the passage.given options, based solely on the passage.Mark your answer on the Answer Sheetaccordingly.
An attempt to determine the number oflanguages in the world is affected by otherfactors. A new language do continue to bediscovered even these days, as unexploredregions of the world begin to be opened up.The discovery does not usually take placestraight away. Often there are similarities withan already known language which makesthe investigators assume that what they havefound is just a dialect of that language. Onlyafter a considerable period of contact does ittranspire that the speech is so different that ithas to be considered a different language. Ittakes a language survey to establish the facts,and there are still many countries where suchsurveys are incomplete or have not even begun.The people may be known, but the identityof their language may not be. Because manysuch people are bilingual or multilingual, andconverse with outsides in lingua franca, it maytake a while before linguists come to realisethat the there is an ethnic language there at all.
“The people may be known, but the identity of their language may not be“, means
The phrase “The people may be known, but the identity of their language may not be” indicates the gap between recognizing a cultural group and understanding their unique linguistic identity.
Remember "Ethnic but not linguistic" to connect the understanding of ethnic identity versus linguistic identity.
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The munda language group belongs to which family ?
The Munda languages, including languages like Santali and Mundari, form part of the Austric language family, which is primarily spoken in central and eastern India.
The Austric family is divided into the Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages, encompassing the Munda languages which are indigenous to regions primarily in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
Remember: Munda sounds like "Austric," both are rooted in the cultural diversity of India.
Verified against "Languages of India" - NCERT Publication, Chapter on Language Families.
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