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In what Orthagraphy does Modern Estonian orthography have its basis?
Newer Orthography
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Who is responsible for the creation of the Newer Orthography?
Eduard Ahrens
[ "Estonian_language\n\nModern Estonian orthography is based on the Newer Orthography created by Eduard Ahrens in the second half of the 19th century based on Finnish orthography. The Older Orthography it replaced was created in the 17th century by Bengt Gottfried Forselius and Johann Hornung based on standard German...
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In what century was the Newer Orthography created?
19th century
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Previous to the Newer Orthography what orthography was in place?
Older Orthography
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From what other country's orthography did the Older Orthography get its basis?
standard German orthography
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In Soviet international publications what language's transliteration are Estonian words and names often back-transliterations from?
Russian
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What famous encyclopedia contains a Russian back-transliteration of Estonian?
Encyclopædia Britannica
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What is the Russian back-transliteration from Encyclopædia Britannica?
"ostrov Khiuma"
[ "Estonian_language\n\nIt should be noted that Estonian words and names quoted in international publications from Soviet sources are often back-transliterations from the Russian transliteration. Examples are the use of \"ya\" for \"ä\" (e.g. Pyarnu instead of Pärnu), \"y\" instead of \"õ\" (e.g., Pylva instead of Põ...
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What is the typological form of Estonian?
transitional
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What is Estonian typologically transitioning from?
an agglutinating language
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What sort of form is Estonian transitioning into?
a fusional language
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How are words ordered in Estonian canonically?
subject–verb–object
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What language lacks gendered nouns and pronouns?
Estonian
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In the nominative, genitive, partitive, illative, inessive, elative, allative, adessive, ablative, translative cases what always agrees with the noun in number and case?
adjectives
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What other language has a telicity contrast?
Finnish
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Aside from the accusative, where can the direct object of the verb be found?
partitive
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What is the accusative used for?
total objects
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From what system is a distinctive future tense lacking?
verbal system
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What is used in place of the future tense?
present tense
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What does Estonian use to show actions performed by an undecided subject?
special forms
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Close to 33 percent of Estonian's vocabulary belong to what group of languages?
Germanic languages
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What is the main Germanic language from which Estonia gets the Germanic portion of its vocabulary?
Low Saxon
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When did Low Saxon make its appearance as part of the Estonian language?
during the period of German rule
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From what other Germanic language does Estonian derive its vocabulary?
High German
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Standard German is part of what Germanic language?
High German
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What two letters can be replaced with each other a lot of the time in Estonian?
'b' & 'p'
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What happens in many cases when a word starts with an 's'?
The initial letter 's' is often dropped
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In an example of replacing 'b' with 'p' how is 'baggage' pronounced?
pagas
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Who was the journalist who was also a language planner?
Ado Grenzstein
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In what years did Ado Grenzstein do journalism work in Estonia?
1870s–90s
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What is another term for making up words from nothing?
formation ex nihilo
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Who in the course of their language planning attempted to use the formation ex nihilo technique?
Ado Grenzstein
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Of all of Estonian's language reformers who is the most well known?
Johannes Aavik
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What was the period of time in which Johannes Aavik was alive?
1880–1973
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What is the technique Aavic used to create Estonian words out of nothing?
creations ex nihilo
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In what publication can examples of ex nihilo words be found?
Aavik’s dictionary
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How many words did Aavik put in his dictionary?
approximately 4000
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What languages did Aavik know?
Ancient Greek, Latin and French
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When was Aavik's dictionary published?
1921
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What is another term for words created by Aavik?
Aavikisms
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Instead of being created from nothing Aavik's ex nihilo terms are thought to actually possibly have been influenced by what?
foreign lexical items
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What is a source for the particles in paper?
wood
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What is a common use for paper?
writing
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What is the last step in paper production?
drying
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When was the pulp papermaking process developed?
2nd century AD
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What country was the process developed in?
China
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What country is leading in production of paper?
China
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What country is the second largest produced of paper?
United States
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Which court eunuch was associated with the papermaking process?
Cai Lun
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Who is credited with the papermaking process?
Cai Lun
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What material did paper replace upon its invention?
silk
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Which Age did the invention of the papermaking process contribute towards?
Golden Age
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What century is the first papermaking process attributed to?
2nd
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In what century did the papermaking process spread from China to Europe?
13th
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Which middle eastern city did the papermaking process to Europe from?
Baghdad
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What name did the process take on in Baghdad?
bagdatikos
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In which century did the process become much cheaper than before?
19th
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Which Canadian inventor helped F.G. Keller to develop their own process?
Charles Fenerty
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What Latin word is paper derived from?
Papyrus
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What language is papyrus derived from?
Greek
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What process changes the properties of the fibres used in papermaking?
maceration
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What plant was used in Egypt to make papyrus?
Cyperus
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What part of the Cyperus plant was used in making papyrus?
the pith
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What is separated from the cellulose fibres?
lignin
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What type of paper is paper made from chemical pulps known as?
wood-free
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What percentage of fibres are wasted in the bleaching process?
5%
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What percentage of cotton is cellulose?
90%
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How many chemical pulping processes are there?
three
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What decade does the sulfite process date to?
1840s
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What process is most commonly used?
The kraft process
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What is another process used to pulp straws with high silicate content?
Soda pulping
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Besides the thermomechanical process, what is a process used in pulping?
groundwood pulp
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What is the main ingredient in the groundwood process?
debarked logs
[ "Paper\n\nThere are two major mechanical pulps, the thermomechanical one (TMP) and groundwood pulp (GW). In the TMP process, wood is chipped and then fed into large steam heated refiners, where the chips are squeezed and converted to fibres between two steel discs. In the groundwood process, debarked logs are fed i...
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What strength of paper is produced by mechanical pulps?
weak
[ "Paper\n\nThere are two major mechanical pulps, the thermomechanical one (TMP) and groundwood pulp (GW). In the TMP process, wood is chipped and then fed into large steam heated refiners, where the chips are squeezed and converted to fibres between two steel discs. In the groundwood process, debarked logs are fed i...
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Recylced papers can be made with what new type of pulp?
virgin
[ "Paper\n\nRecycled papers can be made from 100% recycled materials or blended with virgin pulp, although they are (generally) not as strong nor as bright as papers made from the latter." ]
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What type of clay improves the characteristics of the pulps used in papermaking?
china clay
[ "Paper\n\nBesides the fibres, pulps may contain fillers such as chalk or china clay, which improve its characteristics for printing or writing. Additives for sizing purposes may be mixed with it and/or applied to the paper web later in the manufacturing process; the purpose of such sizing is to establish the correc...
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What is added for sizing purposes?
Additives
[ "Paper\n\nBesides the fibres, pulps may contain fillers such as chalk or china clay, which improve its characteristics for printing or writing. Additives for sizing purposes may be mixed with it and/or applied to the paper web later in the manufacturing process; the purpose of such sizing is to establish the correc...
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What besides china clay is used as a filler?
chalk
[ "Paper\n\nBesides the fibres, pulps may contain fillers such as chalk or china clay, which improve its characteristics for printing or writing. Additives for sizing purposes may be mixed with it and/or applied to the paper web later in the manufacturing process; the purpose of such sizing is to establish the correc...
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How is the water removed by force from a sheet of paper?
Pressing
[ "Paper\n\nPressing the sheet removes the water by force; once the water is forced from the sheet, a special kind of felt, which is not to be confused with the traditional one, is used to collect the water; whereas when making paper by hand, a blotter sheet is used instead." ]
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What is used to collect the water expelled from pressing?
felt
[ "Paper\n\nPressing the sheet removes the water by force; once the water is forced from the sheet, a special kind of felt, which is not to be confused with the traditional one, is used to collect the water; whereas when making paper by hand, a blotter sheet is used instead." ]
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What is used to collect water when hand-making paper?
blotter sheet
[ "Paper\n\nPressing the sheet removes the water by force; once the water is forced from the sheet, a special kind of felt, which is not to be confused with the traditional one, is used to collect the water; whereas when making paper by hand, a blotter sheet is used instead." ]
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Besides a blotter sheet, what can be used to collect water?
felt
[ "Paper\n\nPressing the sheet removes the water by force; once the water is forced from the sheet, a special kind of felt, which is not to be confused with the traditional one, is used to collect the water; whereas when making paper by hand, a blotter sheet is used instead." ]
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What is the main component of drying the paper?
air
[ "Paper\n\nDrying involves using air and/or heat to remove water from the paper sheets; in the earliest days of paper making this was done by hanging the sheets like laundry; in more modern times various forms of heated drying mechanisms are used. On the paper machine the most common is the steam heated can dryer. T...
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At what percentage moisture content is the papermaking process trying to achieve in the end?
6
[ "Paper\n\nDrying involves using air and/or heat to remove water from the paper sheets; in the earliest days of paper making this was done by hanging the sheets like laundry; in more modern times various forms of heated drying mechanisms are used. On the paper machine the most common is the steam heated can dryer. T...
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Besides calcium, coated paper has a thin layer of what?
china clay
[ "Paper\n\nPaper at this point is uncoated. Coated paper has a thin layer of material such as calcium carbonate or china clay applied to one or both sides in order to create a surface more suitable for high-resolution halftone screens. (Uncoated papers are rarely suitable for screens above 150 lpi.) Coated or uncoat...
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What process is done to polish the surface of the paper?
calendering
[ "Paper\n\nPaper at this point is uncoated. Coated paper has a thin layer of material such as calcium carbonate or china clay applied to one or both sides in order to create a surface more suitable for high-resolution halftone screens. (Uncoated papers are rarely suitable for screens above 150 lpi.) Coated or uncoat...
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What is the shiniest type of coated paper?
Gloss
[ "Paper\n\nPaper at this point is uncoated. Coated paper has a thin layer of material such as calcium carbonate or china clay applied to one or both sides in order to create a surface more suitable for high-resolution halftone screens. (Uncoated papers are rarely suitable for screens above 150 lpi.) Coated or uncoat...
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What papers give the best optical density?
Gloss
[ "Paper\n\nPaper at this point is uncoated. Coated paper has a thin layer of material such as calcium carbonate or china clay applied to one or both sides in order to create a surface more suitable for high-resolution halftone screens. (Uncoated papers are rarely suitable for screens above 150 lpi.) Coated or uncoat...
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What contraption is used to carry the paper to the web printing presses?
reels
[ "Paper\n\nThe paper is then fed onto reels if it is to be used on web printing presses, or cut into sheets for other printing processes or other purposes. The fibres in the paper basically run in the machine direction. Sheets are usually cut \"long-grain\", i.e. with the grain parallel to the longer dimension of th...
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In what manner are sheets normally cut?
long-grain
[ "Paper\n\nThe paper is then fed onto reels if it is to be used on web printing presses, or cut into sheets for other printing processes or other purposes. The fibres in the paper basically run in the machine direction. Sheets are usually cut \"long-grain\", i.e. with the grain parallel to the longer dimension of th...
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If the paper is not to be used in the web printing process, what is done?
cut into sheets
[ "Paper\n\nThe paper is then fed onto reels if it is to be used on web printing presses, or cut into sheets for other printing processes or other purposes. The fibres in the paper basically run in the machine direction. Sheets are usually cut \"long-grain\", i.e. with the grain parallel to the longer dimension of th...
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What type of paper is produced on a machine like the Fourdrinier?
wove paper
[ "Paper\n\nAll paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain. Textured finishes, watermarks and wire patterns imitating hand-made laid paper can be created by...
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What is used to apply watermarks and other patterns?
rollers
[ "Paper\n\nAll paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain. Textured finishes, watermarks and wire patterns imitating hand-made laid paper can be created by...
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What is in common with the lentgh along and across the grain of paper produced by a machine such as the Fourdrinier?
density
[ "Paper\n\nAll paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain. Textured finishes, watermarks and wire patterns imitating hand-made laid paper can be created by...
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What leaves a pattern on the paper that has a consistent density width and lengthwise?
wire mesh
[ "Paper\n\nAll paper produced by paper machines as the Fourdrinier Machine are wove paper, i.e. the wire mesh that transports the web leaves a pattern that has the same density along the paper grain and across the grain. Textured finishes, watermarks and wire patterns imitating hand-made laid paper can be created by...
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What type of lines does wove paper not exhibit?
Laidlines
[ "Paper\n\nWove paper does not exhibit \"laidlines\", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the \"chainlines\", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits...
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What are small regular lines left on paper when handmade in a mould?
Laidlines
[ "Paper\n\nWove paper does not exhibit \"laidlines\", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the \"chainlines\", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits...
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What runs perpendicular to the laidlines?
chainlines
[ "Paper\n\nWove paper does not exhibit \"laidlines\", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the \"chainlines\", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits...
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Which is lines are commonly higher in density, laidlines or chainlines?
Laidlines
[ "Paper\n\nWove paper does not exhibit \"laidlines\", which are small regular lines left behind on paper when it was handmade in a mould made from rows of metal wires or bamboo. Laidlines are very close together. They run perpendicular to the \"chainlines\", which are further apart. Handmade paper similarly exhibits...
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What tool is often used in measuring the thickness of paper?
caliper
[ "Paper\n\nThe thickness of paper is often measured by caliper, which is typically given in thousandths of an inch in the United States and in thousandths of a mm in the rest of the world. Paper may be between 0.07 and 0.18 millimetres (0.0028 and 0.0071 in) thick." ]