Informative Essay on chapter 5 review – Flashcards
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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 languages were once the same
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a group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a
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language branch
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a group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
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language family
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the two largest language families in the world are
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sino-tibetan and indo-european
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when languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent
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language families
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the language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
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Sino-Tibetan
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Both the angles and the normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
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invaded england
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dialects 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?
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bulgarian
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the language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as
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Vulgar Latin
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the most widely spoken language in Brazil is
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portuguese
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the two most important languages in South America are
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portuguese and spanish
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Russian is part of what language branch?
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Germanic
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English is part of which language branch?
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Germanic
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English is part of which language family?
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Indo-European
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according to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the Germanic invaders of England included which groups or tribes?
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angles, jutes, and saxons
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English is part of which language group?
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West Germanic
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the most widely spoken language in Argentina is
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Spanish
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The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but
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celtic
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The official of India is_____. ________ has been retained as a secondary official language.
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Hindi. English
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the four most contemporary Romance languages are
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Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese
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which language family does Mandarin belong to?
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Sino-Tibetan
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after 1066 the official language in England was
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French
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the official language of China and Taiwan is
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Mandarin Chinese
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a literary tradition
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the written form of a language
