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lingua franca

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language understood by people who have different native languages

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The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how

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recently in time the language were once the same

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language group

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group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages

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language family

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group if languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history

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basque is a good example of a(n)

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isolated language

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franglais

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the use of English in the French language

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geographic study if the distribution of languages provides a good example of

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interplay between globalization and local diversity

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two largest language families in the world are

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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

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What tribes invaded the British Isles... (three tribes and one major invasion later)

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Angles, Jutes, Saxon Norman

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first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day

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Denmark

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Dialect developed within England primarily because

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different Germanic invaders settled in different regions

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Which of the following is NOT a Romance language? Bulgarian Romaninan Italian French Portuguese

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Bulgarian

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language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as

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vulgar latin

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most widely spoken language in Brazil

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Portuguese

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most widely spoken language in Argentina

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Spanish

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four most frequently branches of Indo-European are

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Romance Germanic Indo-Iranian Baltic-Slavic

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two most important language in South America

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Portuguese and Spanish

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Russian is a part of what language branch

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Balto-Slavic

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Krugans

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herders from the steppes of Central Asia

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According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

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with the diffusion of agriculture

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Colin Renfrew's research constitutes much of.....................Hypothesis

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Sedentary Farmer

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English is part of which language branch

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Germanic

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Which group of the Germanic family is extinct

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East Germanic

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Which branch of Indo-European includes Ukrainian

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Balto-Slavic

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Which branch of Indo-European includes Slovak

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Balto-Slavic

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Which branch of Indo-European includes Dutch

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Germanic

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Indo-European language is chiefly spoken in which of there countries? Estonia Bulgaria Finland Hungary

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Bulgaria

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Every European country is dominated by Indo-Euoprean speakers except

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Finland Hungary Estonia

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What language group is English and German

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West Germanic

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literary tradition

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written form of a language

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isogloss

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boundary between language region

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second-largest family

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Sino-Tibetan

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Marija Gimbutas' theory points for the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient

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krugans

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Marja Gimbutas has contributed to the.....................Hypothesis

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nomadic warrior

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when languages are depicted as leave on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent

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possible prehistoric superfamilies

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most important language family in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Niger-Congo

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survival of any language relies on

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political and military strength of its speakers

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Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different

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language branches

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example of a literary tradition is

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historical documents and religious texts of the ancient Maya that were partly destroyed by Spanish conquerors

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British and American English does NOT differ in

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alphabet

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gumbo and jazz are terms that originated in English dialects of

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African Americans

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Immigrants to which American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds in the 1700s and 1800s

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Middle Atlantic

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dialect

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form of language spoken in a local area

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when people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from the other members of their group

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isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distinct languages

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creolized language

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mis of indigenous and colonial languages

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pidgin language

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has no native speakers

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celtic

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language that was nearly extinct in British-controlled areas but which is now being revived

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Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of

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Iceland's relative isolation from other places

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language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world

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mandarin

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Chinese is traditionally written in the form of

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ideograms

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example of a revived language

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Hebrew

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Flemings and Walloons live in

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Belgium

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official languages in Switzerland (four)

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French German Romansh Italian

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Basque is spoken primarily in

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the Pyrenees Mountains

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Spanish is an important language in the United States primarily because of

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the diffusion of Spanish colonies and subsequent migration patterns

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Tamil is an important language in

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India Sri Lanka

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English language is describe by

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recent growth is due to expansion diffusion diffused along with economic globalization Indo-European language lingua franca

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English language is "second" or "third" language in many regions where it is used as a(n)

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lingua franca

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english is the most important in North America primarily because of

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diffusion of English colonies

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most widely spoken Indo-European language

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English

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best describes the use of English on the Internet

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English has become less dominant but is still the leading Internet language

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English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to

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its role as a common language of a global economy and culture

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in the 1700s, 1800s, and afterward, English diffusion has been strongly related to colonialism and imperialism in many parts of the world bc

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conquered peoples wishing to participate in the new government and the increasingly global economy felt pressured to learn English

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language

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system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understand to have the same meaning

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official language

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used by government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps

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language is something people...

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value

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World's 8 Major Language Families

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Indo-European Sino-tibetan Niger-Congo Afro-Asiatic Austronesian Dravidian Altaic

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logograms

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symbols that represent words, or meaningful parts of the world, rather than sounds (Chinese)

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Estonia, Finland, and Hungary are part of what language family

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Uralic

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india's official language and

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Hindi

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Indo-iranian branch is divided into two language groups:

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Eastern (indic aka Hindi) and Western (iranian)

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West German is divided into two subgroups

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high and low

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North german is languages found in

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Scandinavia

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Official languages of the United Nations: (6)

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Mandarin Spanish French Russian English Arabic

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who brought the beginnings of the english language to the British Isles and shared a language similar to that of other peoples in the region from which they came

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Angles, Jutes, and Saxons (later known as the Anglo-Saxon after the two larger groups)

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who stayed in England although were defeated and enriched the language the Anglo-Saxon's basic English with new words

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Vikings

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Vikings came from present-day

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Norway

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English is quite different from German today primarily because England was conquered by the (name and date)

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Normans in 1066

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Normans spoke

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french

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Krugans were

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nomadic herders

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name four of countries example of how multilingual states deal with it

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Belgium Nigeria Switzerland Canada

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Southern Belgians (name and language)

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Walloons French

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Northern Belgians (name and language)

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Flemmings Flemish

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Swiss exist peacefully as a multilingual state bc of their tradition of putting the considerable power in

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small communities

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Many Native American languages are

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extinct languages

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Gothic language is an

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extinct language

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Israel two official languages are

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Hebrew Arabic

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one of the most fundamental needs in a global society is a

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common language for communication

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combination of Spanish and English

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Spanglish

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denglish

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combination of English and german

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Canada's two official languages

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English and French

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.................. is to Canada as .................... is to USA

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French; Spanish

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Does the USA have an official language?

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NO

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Name the 8 Major Indo-European branches

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Romance Germanic Indo-Iranian Balto-Slavic Albanian Armenian Greek Celtic

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Romance languages derive

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latin

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