Types of Languages
A vigorous language
What is a language that is in daily use but lacks a literary tradition?
A Indo-European language example
English, Russian, Armenian, German, etc.)
Language definition
A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning.
Example of a Language
English, Mandarin, Japanese, anything that people speak
A dying language
What is a language that is used by older people, but is not being transmitted to children
A Sino-Tibetan language example
Chinese, Mandarin, Burmese, etc.)
Literary Tradition definition
A system of written communication
Example of a literary tradition
Any classic story like Grimm's fairy tales, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderella, etc.)
A threatened language
What is a language that is used for face-to-face communication, but is losing users
A Germanic language example
German, Swedish, Dutch, Old English, etc.)
Language families definition
Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language
Example of Language Families
Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo, etc.)
A Developing language
What is a language that is in daily use by people of all ages
A Niger-congo language example
Bantu, Yoruba, Igbo, Wolof, etc.)
Collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language and evolved into individual languages
Language branches example
Balto-Slavic, Romance, Germanic, etc.)
An Institutional language
What is a language that is used in work, education, mass medias, and government
An Afro-Asiatic language example
Arabic, Egyptian, Semitic, Hebrew, etc.)
Language groups definition
Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past, and display similar grammar and vocabulary.
Language Groups example
West Germanic, Indo-European, etc.)