Language Groups
diffusion
Language development and dialects
Artifacts, Sociofacts, and Mentifacts
Vocab
100

The large Germanic language spoken around the world.

What is English?

100

Islam is an example of what kind of diffusion

what is expansion diffusion

100

The bible belt is an example of a 

what is an isogloss

100

An ancient tool found in an excavation is an?

Artifact

100

Official language?

A language used by the government to conduct all of its business

200

The largest east Asian language group.

What is Mandarin?

200

When a pandemic starts, what kind of diffusion is this?

Contagious diffusion

200

When natives were mixed their language with their colonizers they made a 

Creole

200
Let's say my family decided to stop going to church one day. This is an example of a?

Sociofact

200

Dialect?

A regional variation of a language

300

The eastern European language group with languages like Russian and Ukrainian.

What is Slavic?

300

Rap music diffusing across the world is an example of?

Hierarchical diffusion

300

When one dialect is recognized as the normal use of the language. Like Scottish accent with a Scottish dialect isn't the _ of english

Standard language

300

India is a largely rural and impoverished country. This is a?

Mentifact

300

Working Language?

A language designated by a corporation as its language. They use it to work and communicate.

400

The name given to the language branch with countries mostly on the Mediterranean.

What is a Romance language

400

When Siberians domesticated reindeer after seeing domesticated cattle, this an example of? 

Stimulus diffusion

400

If American English is a dialect, that would make Appalachian English what?

Subdialect

400

A TV or a modern toy is a more recent example of an?

Artifact

400

Received Pronunciation?

The standard form on english

500

What language branch is primarily used in the middle east and parts of Africa?

What is Afro-Asiatic? 

500

When the Europeans came over on the mayflower bringing their culture with them, what kind of diffusion is this?

Relocation diffusion

500

If I learn a Lingua Francia that's been simplified you would call it a 

Pidgin Language
500

The caste system is a good example of a?

Mentifact, but sociofact at local level

500

An informal language?

A language made my mixing 2 languages.


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