What am I?
Language that is used by the Government and in public places in a country
Official Language
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian are all part of which family?
Indo-European
A form of a language spoken in a local area
dialect
All Indo-European languages share certain words or at least their roots in common. Name one.
beech, oak, bear, deer, pheasant, or bee
Name a revived language
Hebrew
Dialect of a language that is deliberately taught in school often with the support of the government.
Standard Language
Afro-Asiatic
combining two or more languages (typically one trade language with one native native language) and giving the result a simplified structure
pidgin
When depicted as a tree, these are the roots of language family from which we derive English, German, and the Romance Languages.
Proto-Indo-European
Name an isolated language
Basque
Icelandic
A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.
Language Group
The language spoken by the most native speakers in the world and also used as the lingua franca of Southeast Asia is ___. Double your points by also naming its family (second largest family)
Language- Mandarin
Family- Sino-Tibetan
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
creole
Linguists believe that speakers of the language that became the roots of the Indo-European family came from a __ region (climate). Double your points if you can explain why?
Climate- Cold
Reason- Shared root words for winter and snow but not for ocean.
This state recognizes English and French as Official Languages
Canada
Literacy tradition where symbols that represent words instead of sounds
English is a part of which language branch? Double your points if you can name the group as well.
Branch- Germanic
Group- West Germanic
a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages but need to communicate for trade or diplomatic reasons
lingua franca
Theory about the ancient roots of the Indo-European language family stating that a group of roaming, warriors from the steppes of Russia/Kazakhstan spread their language via conquest.
Kurgan Hearth Theory
Nomadic Warrior Theory
Several groups invaded England and contributed to the formation of the English language. Name 3.
Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Normans, Vikings
Branch (that is also a language itself) that formed the Romance languages.
Latin or Vulgar Latin
Hindi is the most popular language spoken in India. It is a part of which language branch? Double your points if you can name the group as well.
Branch- Indo-Iranian
Group- Indic
When France adopts English words into their language the result is called
Franglais
Theory about the ancient roots of the Indo-European language family stating that the success of agricultural practices in modern-day Turkey spread this region's language westward into Greece and further from there.
Anatolia Hearth Theory
Sedentary Farmer Theory
happens when a small group's traditional language is swapped out for or heavily modified by an invading language
language replacement