首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Every two weeks a language disappears. By 2100 nearly half of the 6,000 spoken today may be gone. Migration, either between coun
Every two weeks a language disappears. By 2100 nearly half of the 6,000 spoken today may be gone. Migration, either between coun
admin
2020-03-31
56
问题
Every two weeks a language disappears. By 2100 nearly half of the 6,000 spoken today may be gone. Migration, either between countries or from the countryside to cities, is one reason: though new arrivals generally stick with their mother tongue, at least at home, their children rarely do. The dominance of English is another. But one tongue against the trend is Romani, spoken by 4m of the roughly 11m Roma people worldwide. Its health attests to the importance of language in shaping identity.
Unlike most languages, Romani has no country to call home. Its roots lie in India, but since the 10th century its speakers have scattered and kept moving. One result is that they are everywhere a linguistic minority. Another is that 150 different dialects are in use. "Anglo-Romani" , spoken in Britain, differs widely from dialects in France, Bulgaria and Latvia. One Roma man in New Zealand speaks a dialect previously only heard in Wales.
The 290,000 native Swedish speakers in Finland show no signs of dropping their language—but it is their country’s second official one, compulsory in all schools and spoken by 9.5m Swedes next door. Irish hangs on partly because of government spending on translating road signs and documents, broadcasting, teaching and extra marks for brave students who use the tongue in their final school exams.
But without a government to champion it, Romani is used mostly in the home. Academics and linguists have written it down and tried to standardise it, but many of those who speak it do not read it. America printed a Romani guide to its 2000 census form, but that is a rarity; it almost never features in official documents.
The lack of texts complicates attempts to teach it formally. Roma Kulturklass, a Swedish Roma-ni-language school, is one of a handful in the world. Its 35 pupils study everything except Swedish and English in both Romani and Swedish. But with few textbooks, says Angelina Dimiter Taikon, the head teacher, staff must make do with their own translations.
Romani is usually used at home because______.
选项
A、people do not use dialects in public
B、it needs support from the government
C、it never appears in official documents
D、people can only speak it but not read it
答案
B
解析
根据题干中的Romani,used at home定位到第四段第一行的“Romani is used mostlyin the home”一句。该题的答案来自本句的前半句,即“without a government to champion it”。该句大意为:如果没有政府倡导,吉普赛语大多数时候只能在家里使用。故本题答案为选项[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Y91Z777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Haveyoueverwonderedwhatourfutureislike?Practicallyallpeople【C1】______adesiretopredicttheirfuture【C2】______.Mos
Ineverycultivatedlanguagetherearetwogreatclassesofwordswhich,takentogether,comprisethewholevocabulary.First,t
Videogameshavebecomeincreasinglyrealistic,especiallythoseinvolvingarmedcombat.America’sarmedforceshaveevenused
Videogameshavebecomeincreasinglyrealistic,especiallythoseinvolvingarmedcombat.America’sarmedforceshaveevenused
Americans’prideandfaithoftheireconomicsystem,【C1】______thatitprovidesopportunitiesforallcitizenstohavegoodliv
AllSumeriancitiesrecognizedanumberofgodsincommon,includingtheskygod,thelordofstorms,andthemorningandevenin
AllSumeriancitiesrecognizedanumberofgodsincommon,includingtheskygod,thelordofstorms,andthemorningandevenin
Thegreatrecessionmaybeover,butthiseraofhighjoblessnessisprobablybeginning.Beforeitends,itwilllikelychanget
Thegreatrecessionmaybeover,butthiseraofhighjoblessnessisprobablybeginning.Beforeitends,itwilllikelychanget
In1784,fiveyearsbeforehebecamepresidentoftheUnitedStates,GeorgeWashington,52,wasnearlytoothless.Sohehireda
随机试题
已知某商店月初某种商品的库存量为12000千克,月末为7000千克,又知其该月的销售量为18000千克,则该商店的商品库存保证销售天数大约为()
催化纤维蛋白原成纤维蛋白的物质是
A.继发性肺结核B.肺炎球菌性肺炎C.支气管扩张D.支气管内膜结核E.肺癌男性,28岁,自幼反复出现咳嗽、咳黄痰,偶有痰中带血,曾有两次咯血量在100ml以上,胸片见双下肺纹理粗乱。应考虑
心尖区闻及舒张期隆隆样杂音,除考虑二尖瓣狭窄的诊断外,还可能是
血源性骨髓炎死骨形成的最主要原因是
属于动物生理产物的是
“进口口岸”栏应填:9.“征免性质”栏应填:
某公司准备在某市郊区建一座化工厂,向某市自然资源和规划局、土地管理局、生态环境局和建设局等职能部门申请有关证照。下列说法正确的有()。
公共意识是独立自由的个体所具有的一种整体意识或整体观念。公共意识一方面是个人自由的体现,另一方面是对于一个超越于个体自身以外的共同整体的体现。根据上述定义,下列属于公共意识的是()。
生产集中和资本集中()
最新回复
(
0
)