Question

This is the southernmost country of a language family that Eloise Jelinek proposed had no noun-verb distinction. The barred lambda is used to represent lateral affricates in languages from this country such as Lushootseed. A language (15[1])from this country (-5[1])uses verb stems to classify objects by shape, and has lightning and humans at the top of its animacy hierarchy. The Penutian (-5[1])and Hokan families were hypothesized by Alfred (*) Kroeber, who worked with Ishi, the last member of this (10[1])country’s Yahi people. Benjamin Whorf controversially claimed that a language from this country had no concept of linear time. A (-5[1])language from this country uses a unique syllabary that borrows from European scripts but does not represent the same sounds. For 10 points, name this country where Hopi and Cherokee are spoken. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: United States [or US, America, USA or United States of America]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sasha FillbrandtPaddington in Peru (2024)The cult of SGA3515
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for Buzzbingy academy38-5
Daniel MaMadmen and Specialistsshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique60-5
Owen RileyToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansOld and Young7710
Skand ParvatikarASU->Stanford->ASU pipelineSocial credit go vroom97-5
Leo TaoSocial credit go vroomASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline12910
Alan Xiebingy academyIn the Mood for Buzz13010
Khang Leshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiqueMadmen and Specialists13010

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%33%33%83.67
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%0%25%87.25
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y5100%0%40%107.80
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State2024-12-06Y2100%0%100%130.00
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%104.75
2024 ARCADIA at BU2024-12-06Y8100%13%13%106.38
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%110.40
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%20%40%98.60
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%81.50
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%33%0%74.00
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T2024-12-06Y2100%50%0%68.00
2024 ARCADIA Online2025-05-17Y5100%20%60%100.20