Linguists studying the Voro language family have observed that Voro languages that evolved in coastal environments possess a highly specialized vocabulary for distinct types of ocean currents. In contrast, Voro languages that evolved in inland, arid regions almost entirely lack such vocabulary. The modern language of Zani, which belongs to the Voro family and is spoken exclusively by a nomadic population in a landlocked desert, nonetheless contains an extensive array of archaic terms for ocean currents. Historical texts provide strong evidence that the Zani people have never traded or interacted with coastal populations.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
- AAny language that possesses a highly specialized vocabulary for distinct types of ocean currents must have evolved in a coastal environment.
- BZani is the only Voro language spoken in an inland, arid region that possesses a specialized vocabulary for ocean currents.
- The Zani language likely underwent at least some of its development in a coastal region.Cevap
- DThe Zani people currently use their archaic terms for ocean currents to describe features of their desert environment.
- EIf a Voro language did not evolve in a coastal environment, it will completely lack specialized vocabulary for ocean currents.
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The statement that the Zani language likely underwent at least some of its development in a coastal region is the most strongly supported inference.
The stimulus establishes a mystery: Zani possesses a specialized coastal vocabulary despite being an inland language, and it explicitly eliminates trade as a source for this vocabulary. Since inland Voro languages generally lack such terms, the most logical explanation strictly supported by the text is that Zani acquired this vocabulary by developing, at least partially, in a coastal region before its speakers became completely landlocked.
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