Answers To: Languages And Dialects

By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway
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  1. C. The name Pennsylvania Dutch is derived from Deutsch, meaning "German."

  2. True. The Japanese language has several degrees of politeness, and traditional Japanese women speak a very deferential form of the language.

  3. A,2; B,3; C,1

  4. False

  5. D. Even in Luxembourg, Luxembourgish is not an official language!

  6. True. Haut-Comité pour la défence et l'expansion de la langue Française created French terms to replace words borrowed from English.

  7. True

  8. A. Mandarin, however, is the official language of the People's Republic of China.

  9. C. However, since Italy's biggest movie studios are in Rome, the Roman dialect is often heard in the media.

  10. A,3; B,1; C,2