Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
Define Language families.
100
Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past display similar grammar and vocabulary.
Define Language group.
100
Collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language.
Define Language Branches.
100
A system of written communication.
Define Literary Tradition.
200
Mandarin.
What is the most used language in the world?
200
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan.
What are the two largest language families?
200
French and English
What is a language in the same group as English
200
Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Baltic-Slavic, and the Romance Branch.
What are the four most widely spoken branches?
200
Arabic, Chinese, Cryillic, and Latin.
What are the four principal writing systems that most written languages use?
300
Mandarin & Cantanese
What are the two languages that come from the sink-Tibetan language family?
300
2/3 of the world's population.
What percentage of the world's population speak a language that belongs the Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan families?
300
Families are the largest, then branches, then groups, then languages.
What is the order of languages, families, branches, and groups in order from largest to smallest?
300
West Germanic
What branch has English in it?
300
Africa
Where do languages often lack literary traditions?
400
Mandarin
What language will replace English as the next lingua Franca by 2020?
400
Afro-Asiatic and Altaic
What are the two largest language families of southwest Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia?
400
Because they are within language branches and are more specific than branches... Because they are within branches.
Why do language groups have to have specific grammar and Vocab?
400
North=High, West=Low.
What is the difference between the north Germanic subgroup and the west Germanic subgroup?
400
Niger-Congo
What language lacks a literary/written tradition?
500
Because they have thousands of languages coming from many tribal regions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Why does Africa have the most spoken languages?
500
Because the isolation on islands and peninsulas contributed to overall independent development.
Why will languages such as austronesian, austro-asiatic, tai Kadai, Japanese, and Korean likely not become a lingua Franca?
500
Groups have specific Vocab and grammar, and branches is the overall evolution of a language overtime.
What is the difference of language groups and language branches?
500
The eastern group is Indic, and the western group is Iranian.
The indo-Iranian branch is subdivided into an eastern and western group. What are each of the groups called?
500
Languages and literary traditions both refer to systems of communication, but languages is spoken communication, and literary tradition is a system of communication.
Compare and Contrast Languages and Literary traditions.