Crossword Puzzle (Dilang Linggwist)
Across
- 1. This language is said to be the official grandfather of fantasy conlangs (constructed languages).
- 4. The letters "k" and "g" in the word "kangaroo" are categorized as velar consonants. The active articulator is the tongue body. What is the passive articulator?
- 5. It is defined as ‘the study of sentence structure’
- 7. Who is qualified to assess and recommend the most suitable communication strategy for a person to use?
- 9. This country has the most number of languages of 850.
- 12. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a way of speaking that differs from the standard variety of the language.
- 13. What is the name of the event held in UP Diliman, Palma Hall, PH 207, at September 6, 2014, 8am-5pm?
- 15. The study of the relationships between linguistic behavior and psychological processes, including the process of language acquisition.
- 18. The popular phrase ‘hakuna matata’ is from what African language?
- 20. What is a small country in the Middle East that is made up of alternating vowels and consonants? It is the longest name of a country whose letters do that.
- 25. This word, meaning eye, has the same meaning in Tagalog, Bahasa, Fijian and other Austronesian languages.
Down
- 2. This is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs, as used by deaf people.
- 3. In Arabic and in Greek, which country gave its name to the orange (the citrus fruit)?
- 6. What is the name of the organization that presented this event?
- 8. Old Norse is similar to this modern Scandinavian language.
- 10. This was declared as the word of the year last 2013. It is now included in the Oxford Dictionary.
- 11. He was considered as the father of linguistics.
- 14. It is the scientific study of language.
- 16. A catalogue of a given language's words; the words used in a language or by a person or group of people.
- 17. A Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines.
- 19. Set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.
- 21. The regional lingua franca of Northern Luzon.
- 22. Study of word origins
- 23. An ancient pre-colonial Philippine writing system
- 24. It is the most spoken language in the world with over a billion speakers.