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1. To which language family does Albanian belong?
2. Which of the following is NOT a Uralic language?
3. Chuvash, Azeri, and Uzbek are all members of which language family?
4. Which of the following is NOT a Tungusic language?
5. Burmese and Dzongkha, the national languages of Burma (Myanmar) and Bhutan, are usually considered members of which language family?
6. Vietnamese is a member of which language family?
7. Which of the following national languages is NOT an Austronesian language?
8. A tough one: Dyirbal, Warlpiri, and Ngarrindjeri are members of which contested language family?
9. Which of the following is NOT a member of the Niger-Congo language family?
10. Which of the following is NOT a branch of Afro-Asiatic?
11. Which language family contains an indigenous language that is an official language of both Bolivia and Peru?
12. Which of the following is NOT a Mayan language?
13. Náhuatl was one of the great languages of the pre-Columbian Americas, and is still spoken today (in many dialects) by nearly 1.5 million people. To which family does Náhuatl belong?
14. Thanks to film director Terence Malick, there's a resurgence of interest in the Powhatan language, once spoken in Virginia and North Carolina. To what language family did/does Powhatan belong?
15. Which of the following is an Eskimo-Aleut language?
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