HUG - Religion and Language Review

Major Religions

100

This major religion's sacred text is the Bible.

Christianity

200

This is the second largest religion in the word with 1.5 billion members.

Islam

300

This religion's sacred text is called the Vedas, also known as the "Books of Knowledge".

Hinduism

400

The followers of this religion pursue Nirvana (the ultimate enlightenment).

Buddhism

500

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam make up this family of religions. 

Abrahamic Religions

Religious Topics

100

The belief and worship of one God.

Monotheistic

200

This religion is the worlds largest polytheistic religion.

Hinduism

300

These types of religions are the worlds largest religions with many converts always seeking new members.

Universalizing religions

400

This term refers to the over 8 million Jewish people who live outside of Israel. It describes Jewish people living primarily in North America (mainly the US and Canada), Europe (notably France, UK, Germany), and Argentina 

Diaspora

500

This is the first group to establish a cultural and religious custom in a place.

Charter Group

Diffusion

100

The place where an idea/innovation originates from.

Hearth

200

This type of diffusion is how Christianity diffused through out Central and South America.

Hierarchical 

300

This religion's hearth is Southwestern Asia, present day Saudi Arabia. 

Islam

400

This theory argues that the Proto-Indo-European Language diffused because of the expansion of agricultural surplus resulting in more trade. 

Sedentary Farmer Theory

500

This language is the second most commonly spoken language in the world, but it never spread because it's charter group didn't establish colonies outside of it's hearth. 

Mandarin

Language Family

100

This is a person who studies languages.

Linguist

200

This is the worlds largest language family with 3 billion people speaking one of it's languages. 

Indo-European Family

300

This branch includes the French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese languages. 

Roman Branch

400

This is a collection of languages that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and vocabulary. 

Language Group

500

Linguists agree that this must have existed, but disagree about when/where it originated and how it diffused. 

Proto-Indo-European Language 

Language Evolution

100

This is a regional variation of a language distinguished by unique vocabulary, pronunciation, and spelling.

Dialect

200

A simplified form of a language that allows speakers of two different languages to communicate.

Pidgin

300

This is a word usage boundary determined by data collected directly from people. 

Isogloss

400

This is a language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. 

Creole

500

This is a language that is used for international communication.

Lingua Franca